Bossier Parish finance committee adopts proposed 2025–26 budget; approves payroll timing guidelines

The Bossier Parish School Board Finance Committee approved the proposed original 2025–26 budget and adopted changes to payroll timing guidelines at its finance committee meeting. The committee also approved the back-to-school payment date change and the thirteenth-check guideline and reviewed March 2025 financial statements for discussion only.

Finance staff presented the proposed all-funds 2025–26 budget, noting projected increases and key assumptions. The presentation included a projected 8% increase in local revenues driven largely by higher interest income, an increased estimate for facility rental income after stronger recent bookings, and more predictable Medicaid reimbursements following prior multi-year settlements. The presenter budgeted $5,000,000 for a state supplement subject to legislative approval and said federal flood-control reimbursements were reduced in the estimate because those…