The Board approved a $7.6 billion balanced budget for 2016-17 on June 21, 2016, which reflected a $700 million increase in funding over last year. “This is the healthiest year in the past decade,” Chief Financial Officer Megan Reilly said. The budget provided some increases to school programs and additional staff, as well as a 14 percent increase for school police. While many in the audience opposed the increase to School Police, it should be noted that