Chandler Unified board adopts proposed 2025–26 budget and approves $4 million truth‑in‑taxation for road and safety projects

The Chandler Unified School District governing board on July 9 unanimously adopted the district’s proposed aggregated expenditure budget for fiscal year 2025–26 and separately approved a $4 million truth‑in‑taxation request to fund roadway and safety improvements near Weinberg Elementary and other adjacent ways, sidewalks and bus/fire lanes.

Lana Berry, the district’s chief business official, presented the expenditure budget and a summary of changes since the district’s proposed budget in June. Berry said the district’s full budget across all funds is roughly $650 million, while the front‑page aggregated expenditure budget the board adopted is approximately $394 million (about $349 million for maintenance and operations, about $26 million for capital and roughly $18 million for federal projects and grants). Berry told the board the state approved an ongoing base increase equal to 2% of the base support level, which the district estimates at about $5.4 million for maintenance and operations.

Berry said late legislative approvals…