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MMSD staff outline 2025–26 budget outlook: enrollment modestly up, state and federal funding uncertain
Summary
District officials told the Operations Work Group that enrollment is stabilizing, the voter-approved operating referendum will roll into base revenue, and big cost drivers for 2025–26 will be salary increases, double-digit health-care cost growth and uncertain federal reimbursements; staff will return with detailed projections in March.
District leaders presented an early 2025–26 budget update to the Operations Work Group, describing revenue drivers, enrollment counts and risks as the district moves toward a preliminary budget proposal in June.
Dr. Gothard and Bob Solner said two factors will be most important for the 2025–26 budget: state revenue-limit actions (the statutory per-pupil revenue increase and related aid decisions) and the district’s enrollment projections. Solner told the committee the current revenue-limit per-member increase reflected in state law is $325 per pupil; the CPI used for 2025–26 salary planning is estimated at 2.95 percent. He said the district still needs final state budget action to confirm those amounts.
Key numbers and points staff presented: - Voter-approved operating referendum: $30,000,000 added this…
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