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Chandler Unified board approves proposed 2025–26 expenditure budget for public posting
Summary
The governing board voted unanimously to publish the district’s proposed 2025–26 expenditure budget and schedule the required Truth-in-Taxation notice and public hearing, ahead of the July adoption vote.
The Chandler Unified School District governing board voted unanimously to publish its proposed expenditure budget for fiscal year 2025–26 and to proceed with the required Truth‑in‑Taxation notice and public hearing process.
Mrs. Barry, who presented the proposal, told the board the forms are the standard state budget documents and that the final state budget remains unsettled; the district must nevertheless publish a proposed budget and hold a public hearing before adopting an official budget. “We do need a budget by the June. That’s very important to continue the fiscal responsibilities of the state going into next fiscal year,” she said, noting that outstanding legislative negotiations could change some allocations.
Key points presented in the public budget materials included: a projected reduction in maintenance-and-operations carryover; an estimated loss of roughly 850 students (average daily membership) for budget calculations; a projected 2% state base funding increase included in planning; and a $12 million projected decrease in capital expenditures driven primarily by carryover spending on projects completed in 2024–25.
The district also highlighted an item known as “adjacent ways,” a Truth‑in‑Taxation component for roadway and related public‑access improvements. The proposed discussion materials included a $4 million adjacent‑ways request; presenters explained that the tax effect would be paid in a single year rather than spread, and provided examples of how different home values would translate to annual taxpayer impact. The board will publish the Truth‑in‑Taxation notice and hold the required hearing before the adoption vote in July.
Board members asked for and received commitments to return with a detailed, slide‑by‑slide public presentation at the July hearing and to provide supplemental breakdowns (for example, how funds are categorized between core instruction, capital, federal grants, and site-based classroom funds).
The motion to publish the proposed budget passed on a unanimous vote. The board scheduled the public hearing on the proposed budget and Truth‑in‑Taxation notice to meet legal timelines for adoption before the fiscal year begins July 1.
