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District presents 2025-26 proposed budget and LCAP; officials warn of state-level funding uncertainty
Summary
District staff presented the proposed 2025-26 Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and draft budget, reporting improved local indicators and reserves above the 3% minimum while warning of a structural deficit in out years and potential implications from the Prop 98 repayment schedule at the state level.
District staff presented the proposed 2025-26 Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and the draft adopted budget, telling the board the district remains in the top tiers on the California Dashboard while budgeting conservatively against uncertain state revenues.
Marisa Janicek reviewed the LCAP summary and highlighted student-wellness investments and outcomes. Janicek said the district saw a 7-percentage-point reduction in suspensions this year and that chronic absenteeism has moved from the orange tier to green on the state dashboard. She credited investments in counselors and wellness centers with those changes and noted local indicators used in the LCAP were marked "met." "We are green and blue," Janicek said, referring to California's Dashboard colors.
Chief Business Officer Dr. Kim Linz walked trustees through the proposed 2025-26 budget and multiyear projection. She said the district's cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) for 2025-26 has returned to pre-pandemic levels and that the district projects unrestricted reserves above the legally required 3% in the next three years. Linz also cautioned that the district budgets conservatively and carries a structural deficit in out years as a modeled risk: "A structural deficit is a planned deficit. It just means that we are budgeting conservatively," she said, explaining the district budgets worst-case scenarios and adjusts as actual revenues arrive.
Trustees asked about state-level risks tied to the Prop 98 reconciliation and repayment schedule. Board members said the larger statewide underfunding and repayment terms remain a concern; Linz said the district monitors state receipts and retains reserves to provide a buffer should state actions reduce expected revenues in future years.
The presentation was informational; no budget adoption or formal LCAP approval vote was held at the time of the presentation. Trustees were invited to review the documents and asked staff to return with the next scheduled budget action.
