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Portland Public Schools unveils $2.04 billion 2025'26 budget proposal amid structural deficit
Summary
Superintendent Armstrong presented the proposed 2025'26 budget on April 22, identifying a continuing structural deficit and enrollment declines. The $2.04 billion all-funds proposal assumes a May bond and includes central-office and school staffing reductions; the board set public hearing and adoption dates.
Superintendent Armstrong delivered Portland Public Schools' proposed 2025'26 budget at the board's April 22 meeting, describing a multi-year structural shortfall and outlining reductions, a planned enrollment campaign and assumptions that shape the district's plan.
The proposal and fiscal context Superintendent Armstrong said the district faces a structural deficit and a multi-year trend of falling enrollment. The proposed all-funds budget totals $2,040,000,000, which the superintendent described as the full cost of operating the district. Key figures the superintendent reported: - Total proposed all-funds budget: $2,040,000,000 - General fund (operating): $868,000,000 - Capital projects fund: $643,000,000 - Debt service: $272,000,000 - Instructional investment: $545,000,000 - Weighted enrollment used for state funding: 52,324 students - Enrollment decline since 2019-20: 10.8%
Armstrong described the district's spending priorities as protecting student experience and achievement and aligning resources to board goals (third-grade reading, fifth-grade math, eighth-grade…
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