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Fargo school board adopts 2025-26 budget, projects multimillion-dollar deficit and 7-1 vote
Summary
The Fargo Board of Education voted 7-1 to adopt the final 2025-26 budgets and certify a levy of about $93.56 million, while staff and trustees warned the district is running a multi‑million dollar structural deficit that will require near-term corrections to avoid deeper cuts later.
The Fargo Board of Education on Tuesday adopted final budgets for the 2025-26 school year and instructed administrators to submit a certificate of levy to the county auditor, approving a levy of approximately $93,560,000. The motion carried on a 7-1 roll call vote after trustees and staff described a persistent multimillion-dollar deficit and urged planning to correct it.
Board member Greg, who moved the motion, told the board, “we ended last fiscal year, with a multimillion dollar deficit,” and said the current budget also projects a multimillion-dollar shortfall. “If we act quickly, really, we're talking about about a 1% correction to the budget,” Greg said, urging timely action to avoid larger cuts in future years.
Finance presenter Jackie, a district staff member, reviewed revenue and expenditure details and said the district’s general fund balance can cover the shortfall…
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