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Confirmation of restorative justice budget and program continuity
3:03:38
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23 sec
Council Member Rita Joseph seeks and receives confirmation that despite budget changes, no schools will lose their restorative justice programming in the upcoming fiscal year.
- Total budget for restorative justice is $12 million for fiscal year 2026
- $6 million is baselined, while the other $6 million is secured for 2026
- DOE confirms that the same level of service will be maintained in fiscal year 2026
Rita Joseph
3:03:38
because so no schools would we're gonna get this straight on a record.
3:03:42
So, this is 6,000,000 was baseline, 6,000,000 is so altogether is 12, so no schools will lose their programming.
3:03:49
I need that on the record because my young people call every day when they saw those numbers.
Seritta Scott
3:03:53
Yes.
3:03:53
It's maintaining the same levels that we had in fiscal year twenty five, so it should serve the same amount of schools in fiscal year twenty six.
3:04:00
Okay, thank you.