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KCSOS presents proposed 2025–26 budget and May revise implications; staff outline cuts, grant expirations and contingency planning
Summary
Kern County Superintendent of Schools staff outlined the proposed 2025–26 county budget, explaining projected declines in revenue from rolling grant expirations and federal adjustments, and summarized the state May revise that reduces prior January revenue projections and raises concerns about future Prop 98 and program funding.
Jonathan Medina and KCSOS staff presented a proposed 2025–26 budget and walked trustees through revenue and expenditure changes, then discussed how the governor’s May revise affects state education funding.
Medina summarized the proposed county revenue change: "overall, what we're seeing is a, from 20 four‑twenty 5, we're going from $355,000,000 in revenue down to $3.00 $6,000,000 in revenue, so a a decline of $45,000,000." He explained reductions stem from several sources: a decline in LCFF funding driven by lower ADA after COVID‑era adjustments (about $2 million), federal revenue reductions (about $2 million, driven by migrant and AmeriCorps programs),…
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