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Brookings School District previews $61 million budget; special-education shortfall may require general-fund transfer
Summary
The district’s business director presented a preliminary 2025–26 budget with an all-funds total near $61 million, noting a likely $50,000 shortfall in extraordinary special-education funding that would need to be covered from the general fund.
Stacy Van Beek, the district’s business/financial director, told the board the 2025–26 preliminary budget remains "fluid" as the state continues to finalize some title-grant amounts and the district assumes steady enrollment. "As numbers stand today, our budget total for all funds would be almost $61,000,000," she said during the presentation.
Van Beek said the general fund is projected just under $29.7 million and that employer and employee benefit selections are a key driver of year-to-year…
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