Dallas School District — Where Your Money Goes

2026–2027 Final General Fund Budget · Luzerne County, PA · A community view of the proposed budget

The flow of money: in, then out

Money the district plans to take in (left) pools into the General Fund, then splits by major category (Instruction, Support Services, and so on), then by program and function, and finally into what it buys: salaries, benefits, services, supplies (right). Hover any band to see the amount.

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Where it's spent, in detail

Total spending sits at the center. The five major categories (Instruction, Support Services, Non-Instructional, Debt Payments, Transfers to Other Funds) branch off it, each program branches off its category, and the smallest bubbles are what the money buys: salaries, benefits, services, supplies. Bubble size is proportional to dollars. Scroll to zoom, drag the background to pan, drag any bubble to move it. Hover for exact figures.

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Year over year: what changed from 2025-26 to 2026-27

Each bar shows the change in budgeted dollars from last year's budget to this year's proposal. Green = increase, red = decrease. Compares budget to budget, not year-end actuals.

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About "Transfers to Other Funds": the 2026–27 budget moves $7,627,000 out of the General Fund into other district funds. The budget document does not name the receiving funds or state the purpose. That amount is separate from debt payments of $2,354,681 in principal and interest. An earlier version of this site grouped the two under a single "Debt Service & Other Financing Uses" category; they are now shown separately.

Source: Dallas SD 2026–2027 Final General Fund Budget (PDE-2028), AUN 118401603, printed 5/30/2026. All figures are the district's own budgeted estimates. This is not an official district document.