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Yakima School District warns of potential federal cuts, cites healthy cash and clean audit
Summary
At the June 17 Yakima School Board meeting, district finance staff said enrollment and federal funding risks could tighten the 2025–26 budget even though a recent audit found no financial findings and district cash has begun to recover.
At the June 17 meeting of the Yakima School District Board of Directors, district finance staff warned that potential federal and state funding changes could tighten the district’s 2025–26 budget even as the district reported a clean financial audit and improving cash balances. Jake Cooper, who presented the monthly financial update, said federal Title I allocations for 2025–26 were about $700,000 lower for the district and that a possible federal “pocket rescission” could reduce funding later this fiscal year.
Cooper said those rescissions are a presidential tool that can become law if Congress fails to act and that state revenue forecasts also “are not looking good.” He added that the state Office of…
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