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Woodland Park RE-2 adopts FY2025-26 budget; board cites conservative revenue assumptions
Summary
The Woodland Park School District RE-2 Board held a public hearing on the proposed FY2025-26 budget and adopted the district appropriation resolution by roll call. District staff said the budget uses conservative revenue assumptions and includes BOCES salary flow-throughs; projected change in fund balance was described in open session.
The Woodland Park School District RE-2 Board of Education held a public hearing on the proposed fiscal-year 2025-26 budget, heard a presentation from district finance staff, and adopted the appropriation resolution required by state statute.
"As the board is aware, state statute requires [the] Board of Education to adopt a budget for the following fiscal year by June 30," the presenter said during the hearing and then summarized changes since the draft budget.
District finance staff described key assumptions: the budget incorporates a larger ECEA flow-through to Woodland Park and books certain BOCES salaries so the district will pay those BOCES employee salaries (staff said the offset to that increase is included in the model). The presenter said she used conservative revenue estimates and higher-end expenditure estimates when projecting the budget.
Staff described a projected positive change in fund balance of about $53,000 compared to prior estimates; staff also said the projected year-end fund balance used to compute appropriations. Salaries and benefits were presented as roughly 52% of total budget, and instructional-to-support spending was described as about a 55/45 split.
After questions from board members seeking more detailed fund-level documentation and breakout of state and federal revenue tied to specific programs (transportation, IDEA, ECEA), the board moved to adopt the appropriation resolution. Roll-call voting recorded in the meeting transcript shows the motion carried. Recorded votes for the appropriation resolution included: Hartley: Yes; Bates: Yes; Kimbrell: Yes; Patterson: Yes; Resner Holt: Yes. The motion carried.
Why it matters: The appropriation resolution formalizes the district's legal spending authority for FY2025-26. Board members asked for more detailed fund documentation (fund write-downs and account-level allocations) to increase transparency on how state and federal grant dollars and transportation costs are allocated.
Ending: The board adopted the appropriation resolution in open session and asked staff to provide more detailed breakdowns in future budget reports and to bring a revised budget after October counts and updated state numbers.
