The operating budget must be approved by the Williamson County Commission each year at its July meeting

Most of the budget goes directly to the classroom. For example, the Cafeteria and Extended-Care Budgets are self-sustaining from fees collected. The General Purpose Fund is discussed in more detail on the next slides.

The largest expenses for the schools is the human capital. As you will see on next slides, the vast majority of this expenses is direct classroom instruction and support.

As you can see most of the budget ends up directly in the classroom. For comparison charities are lucky to get 75% of fund received directed to programs most are the 60%+ range (the remainder goes to administration). WCS appears efficient from this data.

As noted in this slide, WCS spends less than the state average per student yet consistently is rated a top district in the state and nation.

The majority of the County budget is spent on schools.

Williamson County has a much higher percentage of school aged children than the Tennessee and National averages. Families move here for the schools.

Roughly 70% of the County’s debt is a result of the schools.

Williamson County’s population is expected to double in size over the next 30 years.

Williamson County’s growth is expected to outpace no only the nation, but the Nasvhille MSA.