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Money trail → Brevard Public Schools — all funds
Brevard County · separate government · 2026

Debt Service — paying for past buildings

$36,116,361
✓ Sourced

This number is cited to a source document, and its arithmetic re-adds to the dollar (it cross-foots, or it is counted inside a total that does).

Source
Brevard Public Schools FY 2027 Proposed Budget (sent to the Board and Cabinet, July 28, 2026)
Source locator
p. 24
Layer
reference — Reference material: state publications and directories that explain the numbers (millage books, salary surveys) rather than authorize or record spending.
Checked
Cross-foots ✓ — the 4 lines beneath this sum to this total exactly. Full report.
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2% of Brevard Public Schools — all funds ($1,567,771,257)
Retrieved
2026-10-06 — The Board held its final budget hearing September 10, 2026; the adopted book is not posted yet (Docket #3).

Note on this line

Lease-purchase payments (certificates of participation) for schools built in past years, paid from the 1.5-mill capital tax. The district’s last state school bond (2017A) was paid off in FY2026 (p. 23).

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
Principal $24,720,000 ✓ Sourced
Interest $11,162,400 ✓ Sourced
Fees $56,600 ✓ Sourced
Left at year’s end $177,361 ✓ Sourced