Peoria Unified board approves FY25 budget revision, issues notice to dismiss employee and adopts multiple policy and contract actions

Peoria Unified School district officials on Thursday approved the first revision to the district's fiscal year 2024'25 expenditure budget, adopted a statement of charges and issued a notice of intention to dismiss an employee, and approved several contracts and policy updates, the governing board said at its regular meeting.

The revision to the FY25 expenditure budget reduces the maintenance and operations (M&O) budget by $6,492,838 (net), increases the District Additional Assistance budget by $1,600,000 and increases the Classroom Site Fund budget by $3,300,000, officials said. The board approved the revision by voice vote; the motion passed with three ayes.

Ms. Myers, the district budget presenter, told the board that the net $6.49 million change in M&O reflected an $8.3 million final FY24 budget balance carried forward, a $2 million reduction tied to a weighted student enrollment decrease and a $100,000 base support limit adjustment for gifted students. "The annual expenditure budget for maintenance and operations is the fund where most of the day to day expenditures take place for the District," Ms. Myers said during the presentation.

The Classroom Site Fund increase includes FY24 carryforward dollars and a $900,000 higher-than-projected final FY24 Classroom Site Fund payment from the State of Arizona, the presenter said. Administration also told the…