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Bullitt County Schools outline draft 2025–26 budget with proposed pay increases, new positions and major capital needs
Summary
District finance staff presented a draft 2025–26 budget including a proposed 2.5% salary increase, additions to staffing, HVAC and facility projects, and revenue forecasts; figures are forecasted and the tentative budget will follow the board’s budget timeline.
Bullitt County Schools finance staff presented a draft budget for fiscal year 2025–26 that includes a proposed 2.5% increase to the salary scale, new and expanded staff positions, and major facilities and maintenance funding requests.
The presenter outlined revenue forecasts and assumptions: a projected property tax estimate used in the draft of about $61.9 million, permissive utility taxes budgeted at about $5.8 million, and a forecasted SEEK (Support Education Excellence in Kentucky) allocation of roughly $38.3 million for 2025–26. The presenter said those figures are forecasts and final SEEK and other state allocations will not be confirmed until later in the budget cycle. "This is the final SEEK that we did in 24–25 … I have it forecasted out to be 38,300,000," the presenter said.
On the expense side, the draft identifies salary and staffing increases as the largest items. The budget includes a 2.5% salary increase estimated at about $2.1 million, additional step movement on the salary scale, and new positions including an additional nurse, an SRO, special education interpreters, occupational therapy assistants, speech pathologists, and a computer technician among others. The presenter summarized the net staffing and compensation increases at roughly $3.1 million.
Major facilities and operations requests in the draft include approximately $2.5 million for HVAC replacements and about $3 million for operations, building and maintenance items. The draft also lists capital needs such as new buses and a maintenance vehicle, upgrades to science and fine arts equipment, and a potential weapons detection initiative for campus events. The draft retains a contingency balance projected near 4.5% of the budget; the presenter said a higher contingency (target 5%) would give more flexibility against revenue uncertainty.
Board members and staff discussed the influence of average adjusted daily attendance (AADA) on SEEK funding and district planning. The presenter emphasized that funding is tied to attendance and that maintaining attendance is critical to revenue forecasts.
The presentation was informational; no budget adoption occurred at the meeting. Staff said a tentative balanced budget will be presented in May and the working budget will be finalized in September as part of the district’s established budget calendar.
