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Lawndale presents 2025–26 budget proposal as enrollment declines; district warns Prop 98 uncertainty
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Howard Ho and Director Luis Diaz presented the proposed 2025–26 general fund budget and fiscal outlook, citing a projected enrollment decline, recent drops to the Prop 98 guarantee, and a 2.3% COLA in the May revise; no final budget vote was taken at the meeting.
District business officials presented the Lawndale Elementary School District proposed budget for fiscal year 2025–26 at the June 5 board meeting, describing revenue and expenditure assumptions and the risks created by state budget uncertainty and declining enrollment.
Assistant Superintendent of Business Howard Ho and Director of Budgeting and Accounting Luis Diaz led the presentation. Ho told the board that temporary "hold harmless" funded average daily attendance (ADA) years from the COVID period have dropped off, and "our funded ADA now is closely aligned to our current enrollment," which reduces prior protections for local funding.
Staff outlined the state context: Governor Newsom’s May revise lowered the Proposition 98 K–14 funding guarantee by about…
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