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Moreland trustees approve 2024–25 second interim report with positive certification
Summary
The Moreland School District Board of Trustees voted to approve the district's 2024'25 second interim budget report and issued a positive certification while noting multi-year pressures including declining funded ADA and planned deficit spending.
The Moreland School District Board of Trustees voted to approve the district's 2024'25 second interim budget report, giving the report a positive certification that the district can meet its financial obligations for the current year and the next two years.
Board review of the second interim, presented by district business staff, centered on attendance and average daily attendance (ADA) trends, projected cost pressures and one-time set-asides intended to manage a multi-year decline in funding. The board discussed deficit spending plans and staff described roughly $2,000,000 in targeted reductions as part of multi-year balancing efforts.
The district's staff told trustees the report compares the adopted budget adopted in June through Jan. 31 and carries a positive certification. Staff highlighted interim metrics including an average attendance rate over the first five months of about 95.8 percent, a December/January low point near 94.4 percent, and funded ADA projections that staff reported in the presentation at roughly $36.05 to $38.04 in different planning years. Staff also said the district is monitoring statutory COLA changes and special education contributions as drivers of future costs.
Trustees heard that this interim shows continued deficit spending in the near term but that some expense reductions were achieved by recoding expiring grants and postponing nonessential outlays. Staff said the district maintained a 3 percent economic uncertainty set-aside and an additional set-aside for anticipated textbook adoption costs in 2026'27 pending state adoptions. Trustees thanked business office staff for seeking to limit site-level impacts when identifying reductions.
The board moved and seconded approval of the 2024'25 second interim report with a positive certification and recorded the motion as approved. The vote was taken by voice; the board chair called for ayes and the motion passed.
Background: California'area districts file interim reports twice a year to show whether they can meet obligations for the current and two subsequent fiscal years. The board was told that while immediate obligations are met, declining enrollment and the 3-year averaging method for funded ADA make future revenue projections vulnerable, and that special education costs remain a significant budget pressure.
The board directed staff to continue multi-year budget planning, meet with departments and finalize the budget calendar leading to a public hearing and final adoption later in the spring.
