Bibb County School District to Amend Budget After $5.5M Personnel Cost Error
Monday, January 12th, 2026
The Bibb County School District will present a formal budget amendment to the Board of Education on January 15 after identifying a $5.5 million discrepancy in the FY 2026 budget caused by miscalculated personnel costs.
Superintendent Dr. Dan Sims disclosed the error in a four-page memo in December, obtained Friday via an open records request. In the memo, Sims writes that the district failed to account for several salary and benefit obligations in the approved budget. Despite the multi-million dollar oversight, the district expects to end the fiscal year with a $1.1 million increase to its fund balance due to newly identified tax revenue and other cost savings.
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