Casa Grande Elementary District board approves first 2025–26 budget revision, renews reading volunteer memorandum and OKs minor boundary adjustment

The Casa Grande Elementary District Governing Board on Oct. 7 received a first revision of the district's 2025–26 budget, voted to publish the revised expenditure budget, renewed a yearlong memorandum of understanding with the AARP/Pinal County Experience Corps to place literacy volunteers in district schools, and adopted a resolution formalizing a minor boundary adjustment with Maricopa Unified and Casa Grande Union High School districts.

The budget presentation preceded the board's action. Mr. McCain, the district's chief financial officer, told the board the revision is the first of the year and updates placeholders used when the district adopted a preliminary budget in July. He said the district is projecting enrollment-weighted revenue increases in regular and special education students that together add roughly $2.1 million over last year's final budget, an M&O override increase of about $231,693, and a planned transfer of $105,845 to cover an energy lease.

"This first revision ... will be more accurate to what the budget will be for the year," Mr. McCain said during his presentation, which also outlined statutory changes to the base level (a 2% increase) and…