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Douglas County school leaders warn of 2024–25 shortfall as board approves final budget amendments
Summary
District finance staff told trustees the district will finish 2024–25 with a shortfall driven by enrollment losses, special-education expenses and limits on use of SB 2.31 replacement funds; the board approved two resolutions to amend and augment the 2024–25 budget.
Douglas County School District trustees on Thursday approved final amendments and augmentations to the 2024–25 budget after finance staff warned the district will finish the year “in the hole.”
District staff said three main forces drove the shortfall: a drop in student enrollment that reduced state funding, sharply higher special-education costs and a state requirement that replacement salary money be tracked separately. "I wish I just had this great news that said that the state was just going to allow us to just, you know, just cover all of our expenditures, and so that we would not be in the hole," said a district finance presenter. "But we are going to be in the hole for the first time in my 46 years here at…
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