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East Whittier trustees review 2025–26 budget outlook; approve consolidated applications and routine budget items
Summary
District finance staff presented the 2025–26 budget assumptions and a fiscal stabilization plan; the board reviewed multiyear projections and later approved a package of budget-related resolutions and routine items including the consolidated application, estimated-actual budget revisions and interfund transfers.
District finance staff presented the 2025–26 budget and multi-year projections to the East Whittier City School District Board of Education at a public hearing, outlining conservative state assumptions, COLA and ADA estimates, and a fiscal-stabilization plan that staff said cabinet will refine and return with recommendations in September.
The presentation covered key assumptions used in the 2025–26 budget model: LCFF as the principal revenue source, an assumed ADA rate (95.79% used in the projection), COLA assumptions from the May revise, federal revenue held at prior-year levels until final federal allocations are known, and salary/benefit increases limited to step-and-column in the current projection (negotiations not included). Staff noted the district will carry a required 3% reserve for economic uncertainty and that the district projects a structural deficit in out years; cabinet will present stabilization recommendations at the September meeting after state budget actions stabilize.
In the consent and action portion of the meeting the board approved several budget and administrative items by roll-call vote: the consolidated application for spring 2025 (vote 5–0), budget revisions for 2024–25 estimated actuals (5–0), adoption of Resolution No. 24-24/25 establishing interfund transfers of restricted funds (5–0), delegation of administrative authority for routine budget revisions via Resolution No. 25-24/25 (5–0), adoption of resolution regarding teaching authorizations for 2025–26 (5–0), and the declaration of need for fully qualified educators (5–0). Several other routine consent items were approved as presented.
Finance staff said the presentation intentionally used conservative assumptions (a worst-case state scenario) and that the board should expect updated stabilization recommendations in September when statewide budget details are finalized. The board unanimously approved the package of budget and administrative consent items recorded in the minutes.
