St. Helens School Board appoints budget officer, adopts $71.66 million budget and approves related administrative resolutions

The St. Helens School District 502 Board of Directors appointed a budget officer, adopted the district's 2025'26 budget and made several administrative resolutions during its June 25 regular meeting held as the public budget hearing.

The board moved to appoint Christine Litter (chief financial officer) as the district budget officer and then adopted a fiscal 2025'26 budget and appropriations statement listing total appropriations of $71,663,276. The board also adopted a supplemental budget for fiscal year 2024'25 that reallocated $200,000 from contingency to support services and $100,000 from transfers to instruction to address unforeseen expenses in the current year.

Adopted budget and appropriations details were read into the record. The board-recorded totals included general fund appropriations for instruction ($21,038,145) and support services ($18,217,090); a special revenue fund total of $11,712,074; debt service of $8,890,800; and capital projects appropriations of $10,570,000. The resolution text placed the adopted, all-funds total at $71,663,276 and stated the budget is on file at the district administrative office at 474 N. 16th Street in St. Helens.

Board members and staff explained constraints on moving funds…