Pasco School Board adopts 2025-26 budget, approves spending limits for five funds

The Pasco School District Board of Directors unanimously approved Resolution 1060 on the proposed 2025-26 budget after a public hearing and discussion at its regular meeting.

At the hearing, a district staff presenter summarized the five fund spending plan the board was asked to adopt and noted the budget assumes flat enrollment and a set of staffing reductions over the next three years.

The board will set maximum expenditure limits for the district's five designated funds: the general fund, capital projects fund, debt service fund, associated student body (ASB) fund and the transportation vehicle fund. The district's presenter said the general fund begins the year with an estimated $16,500,000 and is projected to end the 2025-26 year at about $12,500,000, reflecting a drawdown tied to efficiency changes and planned spending. The capital projects fund was presented with a beginning balance of about…