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Kennewick School District previews 2025–26 budget, projects smaller-than-expected deficit amid revenue changes
Summary
Kennewick School District budget staff said on March 27 that updated revenues and enrollment projections have narrowed the district’s previously forecast $5.5 million shortfall to roughly $1 million for the current year, but warned that pending state funding decisions make the 2025–26 plan uncertain.
District finance staff told the Kennewick School District Board of Directors that the district’s preliminary budget work for 2025–26 shows revenues improving from earlier projections but significant uncertainty because the state legislative session continues.
Tom Brillhart, presenting the district’s preliminary budget, said that updated property-tax receipts and enrollment trends have narrowed the district’s projected shortfall: “We budgeted last year … an expected deficit of $5,500,000. But as of right now, we’re trending at about a deficit of about a million,” Brillhart said, attributing the change mainly to higher-than-expected revenue and stable expenditures.
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