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Woodland Park board approves revised 2025 budget, lowers appropriation by roughly $827,000
Summary
The board approved a revised fiscal-year 2025 budget that lowers the district appropriation after updated student counts and state funding adjustments; the board also approved related specific budget resolutions.
The Woodland Park School District RE-2 Board of Education approved a revised fiscal-year 2025 budget on Jan. 29, 2025, reducing the district’s total appropriation from the adopted $36,047,790 to a revised $35,219,980, a decrease shown in the packet of approximately $827,810.
The revision follows an updated October count and later state finance updates that raised the per-pupil funding amount from $11,243.12 in the adopted budget to $11,256.13 in the updated projection. Board discussion and the superintendent’s presentation explained that the district’s funded-student count used in the revised appropriation was 1,691.5 (including the charter) compared with the 1,964.2 budgeted earlier this year; the packet notes the district uses a five-year average for state funding calculations.
CFO-level staff presented the changes and highlighted that the district’s revised appropriation reduces overall program funding and that the specific-budget resolution included in the packet was not expected to be used this year; board members asked clarifying questions about beginning-fund-balance usage and were told the revision approves not spending the beginning fund balance in the current year.
Board members voted to adopt the revised appropriation resolution and the associated budget resolution; roll-call votes were recorded and the motions passed.
Key figures presented to the board in the meeting packet and discussion: - Adopted budget (original): $36,047,790 - Revised appropriation: $35,219,980 - Approximate reduction: $827,810 - Per-pupil funding updated to: $11,256.13 (from $11,243.12) - Funded-student count used in current calculations: 1,691.5 (compared with 1,964.2 budgeted earlier)
The board asked staff for clarification about unused specific-budget documents and confirmed the district does not plan to spend down the beginning fund balance in fiscal 2025. The budget resolutions passed by roll call during the meeting; staff will proceed with accounting and reporting steps required by the Colorado Department of Education.
