EVSC Board Passes 2022 Budget

Evansville IN

21 September, 2021

3:14 PM

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By Steve Burger, WNIN Sept. 21, 2021 The EVSC Board passed next year's budget by a unanimous vote Monday evening. The total EVSC budget for next year is just over $281 million, which is a seven percent increase over this year's budget. The budget is split into two main funds- Education, which pays for teacher salaries and things like classroom supplies. The Operations Fund pays for most other day to day expenses. There is a capital projects area and a Transportation Fund that is used for operating and replacing school buses. For 2022, the Education Fund is $148 million, the Operations Fund is $33 million, the Capital Projects Fund is just under $30 million and the Transportation Fund, split between transportation operations and bus replacement, is $32 million for next year. The remaining big chunks of the budget are just over $29 million for servicing the school corporation's debt and $8 million for the Rainy Day Fund. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.