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District finance presentation: state 45‑day revise keeps 2.3% COLA, adds TK funding and one‑time student support money
Summary
District staff summarized the state 45‑day revised budget: 2.3% COLA, a one‑year hold harmless for expanded learning opportunity program (ELOP), an increased TK funding ratio to 10:1 and local projections of roughly $500,000 additional TK funding and about $900,000 in student support/professional development discretionary funds.
Melissa, district finance staff, presented the district’s summary of the state 45‑day revised budget and local implications for 2025–26.
At the state level, Melissa said the approved budget maintains a 2.3% cost‑of‑living adjustment, defers a portion of apportionment from June 2026 to July 2026, and funds an increase in TK staffing to a 10‑to‑1 ratio. The state budget also provided one‑time funding for student support and professional development; Melissa cited a statewide one‑time appropriation of $1.7 billion and a small literacy grant that the district received last year of roughly $22,000.
On local impacts, Melissa said the district should receive approximately $500,000 more this year due to the TK staffing‑ratio change and that the student support and professional development discretionary block grant is projected to be about $900,000 for the district, with exact numbers to be released later. She described the ELOP change as a one‑year hold‑harmless and said the district is modifying the program to prepare for 2026–27.
Trustees asked whether the district was staffed to meet the TK 10:1 mandate. Melissa said the district has been hiring TK aides and teachers and was “staffing for the 1 to 10,” with only one TK aide posting remaining open at the time of the meeting.
Melissa said the district will present actuals on Sept. 15 and bring a first‑interim report in December showing updated staffing, enrollment, expenses and revenues.
The presentation was informational; no budget action was taken at the meeting.
