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Board adopts 2025–26 budget showing $5.6 million deficit; trustees adopt related fiscal resolutions
Summary
Tehachapi Unified trustees approved the district's 2025–26 budget, which projects $62.2 million in revenue and $67.8 million in expenses (a $5.6 million shortfall). The board also adopted Education Protection Account and fund-balance resolutions and approved the LCFF/LCAP items by roll call votes.
The Tehachapi Unified School District Board of Trustees adopted the district's 2025–26 budget and several ancillary fiscal resolutions on June 24, approving a budget that projects $62.2 million in revenues and $67.8 million in expenditures for the coming year, a planned deficit of approximately $5.6 million.
Chief business staff told trustees the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) allocation for 2025–26 is projected at about $49.2 million, a 2.4% increase from the prior year. Staff said the district's three-year projections continue to meet the state's minimum required reserve of 3%, though the board's preferred 9% reserve goal is not yet achievable; staff forecast an improved reserve position in subsequent years if corrective actions are taken.
At the meeting the board approved, by roll call, a package of routine fiscal items: the LCFF budget overview for parents and the 2025–26 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) annual update; Resolution 01JUN25 identifying uses for Education Protection Account funds (EPA) for teacher salaries and benefits; Resolution 02JUN25 committing portions of the ending fund balance for textbook adoption, educational technology and OPEB liabilities; and Resolution 03JUN25 updating delegated signature authority to remove the retired superintendent and add the incoming superintendent and other district leaders.
Board staff described the adopted budget as showing deficit spending that the district will monitor and manage through multi-year planning and alignment with the incoming superintendent's priorities. Trustee questions focused on reserve levels and the operational impacts of any additional deficit-mitigation measures.
Votes on budget and related resolutions were unanimous where recorded; Clerk Wood was absent for roll calls. The board approved the adopted budget and the fiscal resolutions on 6-0 roll call votes.
