Overview
- Mayor Muriel Bowser presented the FY27 “Grow DC” proposal Friday, outlining higher spending for education, public safety, childcare, and transportation.
- Schools would see a 2.55% boost to the per‑student funding formula to $15,455, which is the base amount schools receive per student, with universal Pre‑K and childcare subsidies kept fully funded.
- Public safety plans include a $500 million operating request, $75 million toward a new jail through a public‑private partnership, $46 million for youth rehabilitation facilities, and $350 million over six years for new fire and ambulance vehicles, with an MPD hiring line not yet specified.
- Capital commitments feature $743 million for Metro operating costs, $900 million for bridges and roads, and $320 million for transportation upgrades around the RFK campus linked to redevelopment.
- The package now heads to the D.C. Council, with full budget books due April 14, in a debate shaped by Bowser’s final year in office and an emergency youth curfew set to expire April 15.