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Finance committee hears Head Start budget update; staff reports healthy balance as of March 31
Summary
Head Start staff presented expenditures and a current balance of $1,551,552.27 for the period ending March 31, 2025; committee had no follow-up questions.
Head Start program staff presented a budget update to the Las Cruces Public Schools Finance Committee on April 17 covering expenditures through March 31, 2025. Finance staff said the report reflects activity through that date and noted the presentation included some figures from February because of earlier meeting timing.
Presenter Melissa Barela (identified in the packet as Miss Barela) told the committee that the earliest functions shown are salaries for teachers and educational assistants (classroom staff), specialists and department staff, and she highlighted classroom supply expenditures ranging from $9,323.80 down to $719.15 for smaller line items. She said those classroom expenditures include supplies, student travel (field trips), maintenance and repair, other charges and supply assets.
Barela reported the program’s current balance as $1,551,552.27, and she cautioned that the number does not reflect encumbrances. She said the program is performing as expected and invited questions; none were raised by committee members.
No committee action was requested or taken on the Head Start update; staff requested the committee’s questions and recorded none. The presentation will be part of the committee record.
