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Bend‑LaPine adopts FY25‑26 supplemental budget, enacts staff and program shifts
Summary
The board adopted Resolution 2001 to align the FY25‑26 budget with final state School Fund allocations; CFO Dan Emerson described a downward revenue adjustment and consequential reductions and reclassifications to balance the general fund.
The Bend‑LaPine School District Board on Oct. 14 adopted Resolution 2001, a supplemental budget adjustment to align FY25‑26 appropriations with final state School Fund (SSF) allocations and other updated revenue figures.
Dan Emerson, the district chief financial officer, told the board the adopted budget had anticipated higher SSF revenue than finalized and the supplemental resolution corrects that difference. "The district's adopted budget anticipated revenues that did not come to fruition when the state budget was passed," Emerson said, noting the presentation adjusted the general fund revenue downward and reflected corresponding operational changes.
Emerson described the package of adjustments: reductions in instruction totaling roughly $2.2 million, increases in support services of about $1.216 million to account for late contract adoptions and absorption of staffing costs from federal grant programs, and a reclassification of about six FTEs between funds. He also said the district increased its beginning fund balance in the presentation to reflect current‑year actuals. The presentation included a stated revenue adjustment figure that was spoken imprecisely in the transcript; staff materials in the board packet were cited as controlling.
Directors discussed long‑term reserves and the district’s multi‑year effort to manage funding pressures. Emerson warned that current forecasts project a decline in the fiscal year ending fund balance and that the district may need further adjustments if enrollment or state allocations change.
The board moved, seconded and adopted Resolution 2001 by voice vote. The CFO said he had emailed more details about the personnel reductions earlier the same day and staff will continue to provide updated analysis in subsequent quarterly financial reports.
Next steps: Finance will implement the appropriation changes and provide board members a detailed summary of personnel impacts and program adjustments as promised in the supplemental materials.
