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Central Consolidated reviews budget: SEG rise, big Johnson O'Malley cut, $15M capital set-aside for facility project
Summary
Central Consolidated staff presented a draft 2025–26 budget showing a roughly $76.8 million SEG total (a reported 22% increase), substantial reductions in some federal and tribal grants including a near-94% drop in Johnson O’Malley funding, and a $15 million capital outlay set-aside to meet PSFA project requirements.
Dominic Satania, presenting the draft budget, told the board the district’s proposed 2025–26 revenues include a sizeable increase in the state equalization guarantee (SEG) and a mixed picture for federal and tribal grants.
Satania said SEG (the district’s primary operational fund) will increase year over year — he cited a 22% rise and presented a figure of about $76.8 million in SEG for the coming year — which staff attribute to formula changes and an increased base unit. The presentation also showed the SEG-supported staffing level and expenditures: the 11,000 operational fund totals were reported in the presentation as about $76,758,000 and were associated with roughly 661 full-time-equivalent positions funded from SEG.
At the same time, the district faces reductions and uncertainty in several grant-funded programs. Staff reported the ARP ESSER pandemic funds have been spent down and will not continue; Title I and special-education (IDEA) allocations showed decreases; and local federal grants exhibited variation…
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