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Glendale Elementary School District board approves budget revision 3, flags enrollment-driven M&O pressure
Summary
The Glendale Elementary School District Governing Board on May 8 approved its 2025 expenditure budget revision No. 3 and heard staff warn that falling enrollment will shift millions from reserves into maintenance and operations next year.
The Glendale Elementary School District Governing Board on May 8 approved the district's 2025 expenditure budget revision No. 3, while staff warned that declining student enrollment will require shifting reserves into the district's maintenance and operations fund next year.
District finance presenter Mike Barragan told the board the revision shows only minor changes from the prior update but highlighted plans to move roughly $2,000,000 and another $4,400,000 into operating column A next year to cover M&O needs because of lower Average Daily Membership (ADM). "This is, if anything, out of tonight's meeting, this is the piece that we really wanted to highlight," Barragan said, pointing to the amounts and the need to identify efficiencies.
The presentation projected a budget-balance carryforward next year of about $5,000,000 and listed the capital budget at approximately $14,800,000. Barragan said the administration will bring a 10-year ADM and demographic presentation from Applied Economics at a future meeting to provide longer-term financial context.
Board members asked how potential federal funding changes could affect the district. Barragan said districts have recently received between 60% and 80% of entitlement grants and that state-level actions also affect allocations. He told the board that State Superintendent Horn has authority to withhold a portion of Title I funding and that the state may hold back 3% and a further 1.5% pending competitive grant processes. "Please remember that, regardless what's happening at the federal level, ... those are based off our student enrollment," Barragan said, noting declining enrollment reduces entitlement dollars.
After discussion, the board voted to approve the revision. Board Member Wilson voted "aye," Board Member Pimentel voted "aye," Board Member Jaramillo voted "aye," and the chair voted "aye." The motion carried as presented.
The board also received staff direction to continue identifying efficiencies and to expect a demographic and ADM projection at an upcoming meeting, which staff said will inform multi-year budgeting and sustainability planning.
The budget presentation and the board's direction come as the district prepares for a May 22 meeting that will use summer hours and will include follow-up items related to agenda item 6a, which the board tabled at this meeting.
