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Phoenix Union holds public hearings and adopts 2025–26 expenditure budget; truth-in-taxation notice included
Summary
The Phoenix Union High School District held public hearings on the proposed 2025–26 expenditure budget and truth-in-taxation notification and voted to adopt the expenditure budget, citing declining enrollment and a $389 million M&O budget that includes a $55 million desegregation allocation.
The Phoenix Union High School District governing board opened two public hearings — one on the proposed 2025–26 expenditure budget and a second on the district's truth-in-taxation notification — and later adopted the 2025 expenditure budget.
Dr. Adrian de Alba, the district's executive director of finance, summarized the budget at the hearing, saying the proposed expenditure budget "is based on the ADM of 25,516 students" and that the district has seen an enrollment decline of about 1,700 students over the last three years. De Alba told the board the total maintenance and operations (M&O) budget for 2025–26 is about $389,000,000 and includes a desegregation allocation of about $55,000,000.
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