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Atascadero Unified projects multiyear structural deficit; special education shortfall to cost district about $12.8 million next year
Summary
Chief Business Officer presented the district’s May-revised budget assumptions, warning of state revenue uncertainty, declines to the Proposition 98 guarantee, and a structural deficit driven in part by a growing special education cost gap that will require the district to subsidize roughly $12.8 million from the general fund in 2025–26.
Atascadero Unified Chief Business Officer presented the district’s 2025–26 budget preview on Tuesday, telling trustees that state revenue downgrades in the May revise and unfilled attendance (ADA) targets left the district with a structural deficit that extends across the next several years.
CBO Mrs. Darnell summarized the May Revised outlook and local implications: projected state revenues were downgraded since January, governor proposals and federal policy uncertainties increase risk, and Proposition 98’s minimum guarantee was reduced over a three‑year window. The district used the school-services May workshop forecasts to model multiyear projections.
The district…
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