The Monroe County Community School Corp. announced Wednesday no teachers will be laid off for the 2025-2026 school year. In a news release, school officials said the corporation will continue to move forward with its two-year strategy to achieve financial balance.
Due to budgeting issues MCCSC has reduced personnel through natural attrition and eliminating non-classroom positions. In May, about 60 non-classroom positions were eliminated.
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The goal of the two-year strategy is to address the budget gap between revenue and expenses. MCCSC is expected to lose $22.4 million in 2025 due to declining enrollment, according to the release. However, payroll expenses have increased $28.6 million over the last three years.
About 85 percent of MSSCS’s total budget goes toward payroll expenses, which may cause additional positions to be cut in the future in order to balance staffing with student enrollment, according to the release.
It is expected that MCCSC’s state funding may be reduced by about $17 million over the next three years due to actions in this year’s legislature. Additional losses may occur after 2028 when MCCSC will have to share property tax revenue with charter schools.
“We continue to face a number of political and financial headwinds that will require tough decisions in the future,” said Superintendent Markay Winston in the press release. “I do not want to give the impression that we are back in financial balance—we are not there yet. Additional disciplined belt tightening will be necessary across all areas of our school corporation.”
MCCSC’s Director of Strategic Communications Sarah DeWeese was not available for comment in time of publication.