Please provide teacher and total system turnover data for the last few years, and how much we include in the budget for savings from lapse and turnover?

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Please provide teacher and total system turnover data for the last few years, and how much
we include in the budget for savings from lapse and turnover? 

The table below includes turnover data for administrators and principals, teachers, and support professionals for Fiscal Years (FY) 2016 through FY 2019. 

Turnover Data

As part of the budget development process, staff in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer analyzes the budget impact related to lapse and turnover in positions. Lapse salary saving is the result of unused budgeted salary that remains when an employee terminates service

and is not immediately replaced.  The term turnover is the accumulation of unused budgeted funds that results from replacing former employees by lower-paid staff.  The lapse and turnover table below provides savings applied to the budget for FY 2016 through FY 2020.

Lapse and Turnover Savings Applied to the Budget

Fiscal Year

Savings Applied ($)

FY 2020

                   $27,274,492

FY 2019

                     26,304,492

FY 2018

                     26,254,492

FY 2017

                     26,644,492

FY 2016

                     26,731,297