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WUSD holds public hearings on LCAP and 2025–26 budget; district projects $7.2M combined decrease in fund balance
Summary
District staff presented the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) draft and the 2025–26 proposed budget. Staff described $126.2 million in projected general fund revenue, $97.8 million from LCFF, about $17.2 million in supplemental/concentration dollars, and a combined projected decrease in fund balance of about $7.2 million for 2025–26.
Washington Unified School District staff opened public hearings on the district‑level Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and the proposed 2025–26 general fund budget at the June 12 board meeting and solicited public input ahead of formal adoption planned for the June 26 meeting.
On LCAP: Director of Accountability and Compliance Stephanie Groat presented a draft aligned with the district strategic plan. The LCAP draft keeps the district’s five strategic goals and includes actions and metrics tied to expenditures, with an emphasis on unduplicated students (foster youth, English learners and low‑income). Groat said the LCAP would include learning recovery and emergency block grant reporting, and highlighted the equity multiplier funding targeted to sites with high student mobility; she named YOLO Alternative High School and WUVA and said staff were determining how to use allocations for a currently unoccupied site. The board heard no public comments during the LCAP hearing; staff said they will return with the required adoption at the June 26 board meeting.
On the budget: Chief Business Officer Monique Sova and Director of Fiscal Services Billy Duba summarized the 2025–26 general fund proposals. Key figures shown by staff:
- Total projected general fund revenue: $126,200,000. - Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) portion: about $97,800,000. - Supplemental and concentration (LCFF) dollars: approximately $17,200,000 allocated for unduplicated students.
Duba said the district did not include any anticipated employee compensation increases in the budget; projected expenses (salaries, benefits, operating costs) result in a combined net decrease in fund balance of approximately $7,200,000 for 2025–26. Staff projected an estimated actual combined ending fund balance for 2024–25 of roughly $31.7 million and an ending combined balance for 2025–26 near $24.5 million. The board was shown that the district’s reserve for economic uncertainties (6%) is roughly $8.0 million for 2025–26.
Board members asked for clarification about the equity multiplier use and whether funds were being fully utilized; staff said some actions were delayed by staffing difficulties and that unspent funds would carry forward to support the same actions. Trustees also discussed that the board would adopt the formal budget on June 26 and that state budget actions (governor/legislature) could require later revision.
Why it matters: the LCAP frames district priorities and how state and federal funds are used to support unduplicated students; the budget hearing shows a planned near‑term drawdown of reserves and sets the fiscal baseline for next year. The board will consider formal adoption of both the LCAP and the 2025–26 budget at its next meeting.
