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Carson City trustees adopt FY2025–26 final budget, approve using reserves to cover projected shortfall
Summary
The board adopted the district’s final budget for FY2025–26, approving a budget that uses a portion of reserves to cover a projected $4.6 million taxation gap (structural deficit estimated at $3.4 million after contingency). Trustees discussed enrollment declines and future pressure to reduce deficit spending.
The Carson City School District Board of Trustees adopted the district’s final budget for fiscal year 2025–26 on May 27, approving a plan that reduces reserves to cover a projected budget shortfall.
District fiscal staff presented the final numbers: general fund revenues were listed at about $80.8 million and general fund expenditures at about $85.4 million, producing a taxation deficit of approximately $4.6 million. That figure includes a $1 million contingency and roughly $200,000 in carry‑forward authority; removing those items produces a structural deficit estimate of about $3.4 million, district staff said.
Director of Fiscal Services…
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