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Dysart Governing Board adopts proposed FY 2025–26 budget; officials say figures will be revised after legislature
Summary
The Dysart Unified School District governing board adopted the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget, setting the district’s maintenance and operations limit and several major fund estimates; officials said a mandated revision reflecting final state legislation will follow before the September deadline.
The Dysart Unified School District Governing Board on an affirmative vote adopted the district’s proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget after a public hearing and staff presentation.
Marydell Spadell, who presented the budget, told the board the document before them was the same as the version posted for public review and that state law limits changes after the proposed budget is filed. "As statute states, we are not allowed to make any changes from what we proposed to the governing board up to this point in time," Spadell said.
The board recorded several high‑level limits and estimates in the presentation: a maintenance and operations (M&O) budget limit of $220,200,000; unrestricted capital of $24,900,000; a $1,500,000 placeholder under an Emergency Building Renewal Grant program administered by the School Facilities Division; a classroom sites fund allocation that rose with the per‑pupil amount to a $48,100,000 limit for fiscal 2026; and an estimated $13,500,000 of activity in the food service fund. Spadell and other staff emphasized these figures are estimates and that federal and state grant allocations and carry‑forwards were still pending.
Spadell said the auditor general later issued final budget forms reflecting legislative action; staff told the board they will prepare a revision to reflect those final figures as required by law. Under the timeline discussed, the district must adopt the budget by July 15 and complete any required statutory revisions by September 15, and leaders said they expect to present the revision before the end of the August meeting.
After the presentation, a motion to adopt the proposed budget passed; the transcript records the motion, a second and that the motion carried but does not provide a roll‑call tally.
Votes at a glance
- Proposed FY 2025–26 budget — Outcome: approved. (Motion to adopt; second; "Motion carries." Tally not specified in the meeting transcript.) - Consent agenda — Outcome: approved. (One board member abstained; transcript records the abstention but does not provide a full tally.) - Policy 1‑100 revision (district goals policy update) — Outcome: approved. (Motion carries.) - Appointment of trustee to Employee Benefits Trust Board (Connor Hutchison) — Outcome: approved. (Motion carries.) - Superintendent goals for 2025–26 (final approval) — Outcome: tabled to Aug. 28 for further revision (motion to table; second; motion carries).
Why this matters: The adopted limits and estimates set legal spending ceilings and guide staffing, capital and safety planning for the coming year. District staff repeatedly cautioned the board the adopted numbers are subject to a required statutory revision to reflect final state allocations and legislation.
The board meeting packet and links to the proposed budget were posted on the district and ADE websites before the hearing, officials said; staff also said they will update the public when the revision reflecting final legislative changes is prepared.
