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Birmingham board holds preliminary budget hearing as state revenue outlook softens
Summary
School leaders presented a preliminary 2025–26 budget projection showing roughly $65.6 million in expected revenue, projected reserve declines and risk from reduced state personal income tax receipts and waning one‑time federal funds; board heard enrollment and attendance assumptions but did not adopt a final budget at the hearing.
Birmingham Community Charter High District officials presented a preliminary budget and fiscal assumptions for 2025–26 during a public hearing, citing $65.6 million in projected revenue, planned staffing adjustments and a projected drawdown of reserves if current assumptions hold.
The administration told the board the district is projecting 3,125 students and used a 94% average daily attendance assumption in calculating Local Control Funding Formula revenue; staff said each one‑percentage‑point change in attendance would alter the budget by about $550,000. They also reported…
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