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Finance committee to recommend committing $500,000 for new ERP as budget pressures and cyber‑charter costs rise
Summary
The committee reviewed a preliminary 2025–26 budget, discussed a possible $91 million revenue baseline, rising cyber‑charter payments, and recommended committing $500,000 for a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system; committee members also discussed grants, tax options and other budget pressures.
Joni, the district’s finance staff member, presented a preliminary budget update to the finance committee and urged department heads to return proposed expense reductions for the 2025–26 budget. She reported a healthy fund balance but said the district faces structural pressures, including higher projected health‑insurance costs and a sharp rise in cyber‑charter tuition payments.
“We are in a very, very healthy fund balance, sitting here,” Joni said, but she cautioned the committee that the district must still produce a balanced budget by June. Joni presented a preliminary 2025–26 general fund figure of about $91,000,000 as a working number and explained that the district would use…
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