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Cedar Springs board adopts 2024–25 final budget and 2025–26 initial budget; staff outlines key revenue and expense changes
Summary
The board approved the district’s 2024–25 final budgets and the 2025–26 initial budget. Staff highlighted state school-aid proposals, revenue increases from grants and IDEA flow-through funds, insurance premium changes tied to construction projects, and projected fund balances for bond and capital funds.
The Cedar Springs Public Schools Board of Education on June 23 adopted the district’s final budget for 2024–25 and its initial budget for 2025–26 after reviewing changes since the prior meeting.
Staff reported several budget drivers and adjustments. They summarized the recent state House proposal to set a $12,000 per‑pupil figure by splitting it into a $10,025 foundation allowance (a 4.3% increase) and a new $1,975 Section 22f payment; staff noted that the House proposal eliminated many categoricals (for example, some universal breakfast and enrollment‑stabilization proposals) and said the House plan’s funding would likely be unsustainable beyond one year. For district planning staff used more conservative executive/senate proposals…
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