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BVSD previews 2025–26 budget as enrollment declines and state finance law shifts
Summary
District staff presented a preliminary 2025–26 general operating fund budget that reflects declining enrollment, the new School Finance Act (HB1320) assumptions, $6.9 million in new ongoing revenue and projected compensation pressures that exceed that revenue increase.
Boulder Valley School District staff on April 8 presented preliminary figures for the 2025–26 general operating budget and highlighted key uncertainties: declining enrollment, a new state School Finance Act, and federal/state funding volatility.
Top-line numbers and assumptions: The district presented a base general-fund revenue figure of roughly $428.4 million for the current baseline, projected $13 million in available one-time resources and $6.9 million in new ongoing revenue under current assumptions. Staff said the $6.9 million projection assumes the legislative changes in House Bill 1320 (the School Finance Act) and included a 2.3% inflation factor and a four-year averaging mechanism for pupil funding.
Compensation and budget gap: Staff estimated salary-schedule movement and benefit cost increases would raise personnel costs by about $8.5 million (including…
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