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Finance advisory committee outlines causes of $11 million budget shortfall and negative FY23‑24 ending balance
Summary
District finance staff and the finance advisory committee detailed an FY23‑24 negative general‑fund ending balance of $1.2 million, a year‑over‑year decrease of about $8.9 million, and explained that the district faced an $11 million shortfall in the 2024‑25 budget because of over‑optimistic beginning balances and revenue miscalculations.
District finance staff and the finance advisory committee reported to the board on the district's audited FY23‑24 financial statements and the drivers behind the current budget shortfall.
Finance staff explained the district started FY23‑24 with what had been shown on draft materials as a $7.7 million beginning fund balance but closed FY23‑24 with a negative $1.2 million general‑fund ending balance — a decrease in fund balance of about $8.9 million. That reduction, together with miscalculated revenue assumptions in the 2024‑25 budget (including approximately $2…
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