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Superintendent: multi‑year budget gap widens to $35.3 million; board to use fund balance and make cuts
Summary
Superintendent reported a larger-than-anticipated budget gap for 2025–26, citing declining enrollment and reductions in federal funding. The plan presented uses $12.4 million of unassigned fund balance this year and proposes about $8 million in reductions for 2025–26, with further cuts estimated for 2026–27 unless revenues change.
The Kent School District superintendent told trustees the district faces a widening, multi‑year budget shortfall driven by falling enrollment and reduced federal support.
Superintendent Vela reported the district’s projected budget gap for the 2025–26 school year rose from $14.9 million to about $35.3 million. To preserve operations for 2025–26 the district plans to use roughly $12.4 million of the unassigned fund balance and implement approximately $8 million in reductions this school year; administrators said these steps will keep…
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