Chandler Unified adopts 2025–26 expenditure budget, approves $4 million truth‑in‑taxation for adjacent‑ways projects

The Chandler Unified School District governing board unanimously approved the district's proposed 2025–26 expenditure budget and a separate $4 million truth‑in‑taxation request at its July 9 meeting.

In a public hearing, Lana Berry summarized the adopted budget and the reasons the board must revisit it in September. Berry said the Legislature’s late approvals of certain items — including reinstated supplemental funding for free and reduced‑price lunch (FRPL) and additional capital inflation adjustments tied to Proposition 123 — are not reflected in the adopted document and will be added in a required September revision. "You will have to revise the budget in September to include the things that were finally approved at the June," Berry said.

Key figures presented by Berry and staff: the district's aggregated expenditure…