Apache Junction USD board approves FY2025 budget revision after staff report

The Apache Junction Unified School District governing board voted unanimously to approve a revised fiscal year 2025 budget after district business staff reported a decline in average daily membership and adjustments to capital carryforward.

In a presentation to the board, Miss Salazar, the district business representative, said the district is “going from 23,000,000 to 22,000,000,” and described a reduction in revenues and corresponding adjustments to reserves and capital plans. She told the board the classroom site fund will decrease slightly but that the district currently holds contingency in that fund: “We have over 2,000,000 in case,” she said.

Board members asked how the capital increase on the revision was generated; Salazar said approximately $284,000 rose into capital because spending last year was lower than expected and that the additional amount represents carryforward. The staff also discussed budgeting assumptions for declining student counts, with staff noting recent actual declines in ADM of around 10 percent in the last comparison years and recommending a conservative planning range of 6–10 percent for next year.

The board moved to approve the revision at the action portion of the meeting and recorded a 5–0 vote in favor. The superintendent and business office said additional budget revisions will be available in May as refinements continue and state revenue figures update.

What’s next: district staff said another revision is expected in May 2025; the board’s approval allows administrators to proceed under the revised assumptions.