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Mesa Unified adopts proposed FY26 budget; carries large reserve citing enrollment uncertainty
Summary
The Governing Board approved the district's proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget, which includes an estimated carryforward of roughly $100 million, an assumed 2% base increase in maintenance and operations, and a projected 3.8% rise in net assessed valuation that yields a modest estimated tax-rate decrease.
The Mesa Unified School District Governing Board voted unanimously to approve the district’s proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget, adopting preliminary figures based on Auditor General forms and estimates while noting uncertainty in the state budget and student enrollment counts.
District presenters told the board that the budget relies on several conservative assumptions because the state budget had not yet been finalized when the proposal was prepared. The proposal assumes a 2% increase for maintenance and operations base funding and incorporates a $50 per-pupil increase in the Classroom Site Fund. The district used an estimated decline of 1,800 students in the K–12 unweighted average daily membership when projecting revenue, a factor that most strongly affects classroom funding.
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