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Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 presents tight 2025-26 budget; revenues fall short of projected expenditures
Summary
District staff told the board the proposed 2025-26 budget shows modest state revenue growth and larger contract-driven cost increases, leaving expenditures slightly higher than expected revenues; two public hearings are scheduled before the June 17 adoption.
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 officials presented the proposed 2025-26 budget at a special meeting, saying expected revenues will rise only modestly while required contractual costs will push total expenditures above anticipated income.
Melanie, the district's budget presenter, told the board the district expects a roughly 0.5% increase in state funding ("a little over a million dollars"), reflecting changes in student-count averaging and continuing declining enrollment. She said the district anticipates about $1.5 million in additional interest and investment earnings and a total of $2.9 million in additional revenue for next year.
The nut graf: The gap remains because required cost increases — notably higher costs for the district's self-insured medical plan and for…
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