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CUMMING, Ga. â A silver lining in the COVID-19 disruption is an increase in local tax revenues flowing into the Forsyth County School System as it deals with an increasing number of students and an ambitious construction program.
âWe re going to end up this current year better off than we thought,â said Larry Hammel, chief financial officer for the district. âAnd we re planning for even a bigger increase in local revenue come next year.â
The fiscal year 2022 budget which began July 1 is right at $520.1 million, up 5 percent from last year. Revenues are also up nearly 8 percent from FY21.
Local tax revenue makes up about 52 percent of the budget. For FY22 local revenues rose more than $20 million from last year.