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Palm Springs Unified finance chief outlines budget pressures, stabilization plan and multiyear projections
Summary
District staff presented the 2025–26 adopted budget overview and a multiyear stabilization plan showing planned deficit budgeting in the near term offset by strong reserves and one‑time state resources; the board was told the adopted budget will be acted on June 24.
Palm Springs Unified officials presented a fiscally cautious budget for 2025–26 that assumes declining enrollment, modest cost‑of‑living adjustments and continued reliance on reserves and one‑time state funding while the district implements a stabilization plan.
Jeff Simmons, assistant superintendent of business services, told the board the state budget picture is uncertain and described the district’s multi‑year projection that currently shows deficit budgeting for the next several years but maintains reserve balances by drawing on the district’s assigned reserves…
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