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Clarkston Community Schools adopts 2025-26 budget with $4.7 million deficit; state funding still unsettled
Summary
During a statutorily required public hearing, the district presented a $129.3 million revenue plan for 2025-26 and approved the original budget that projects a $4.7 million deficit and an 18% total fund balance amid uncertainty about state aid.
Clarkston Community Schools on Monday held a public hearing and then approved its original 2025-26 budget, adopting a plan that projects $129.3 million in revenue, $134.2 million in expenditures and a $4.7 million deficit.
The hearing opened at 6:45 p.m., when Marybeth Rogers, the district’s executive director of business services, presented assumptions behind the budget, including projected open-enrollment gains of 75 students and a 2.5% increase in benefit costs. Rogers told the board that “90% of our revenue is unknown without a state aid budget of being approved.”
The district’s budget assumptions also reflect uncertain state funding: Rogers said the governor’s budget was at “392” (as discussed in the presentation) while the state Senate’s proposal was slightly higher; she told the board the Michigan House had not yet released a competing budget. Superintendent Ryan reminded the public of the deadline: “Just for…
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