If you’ve heard of inflation you know that the same thing costs MORE year after year. Additionally, staffing increases are standard when you have people remain longer than 1 year (raises). An increased budget absolutely does not mean that schools can get additional staff or services.

If the increases aren’t sufficient (which in most districts they haven’t been aside from getting an influx of covid money), then teacher positions get cut, social workers get cut, etc. Our schools are now operating as mental health triage on a daily basis, and families are in crisis (housing, jobs, home violence, food, etc) and there aren’t caseworkers or therapists to help more than 10% of those needing help. It’s dire.