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Moreno Valley Unified budget update flags enrollment shortfall and state deferrals, COE monitoring advised
Summary
District business staff told the board the adopted 2025–26 budget incorporates a 2.3% COLA but current enrollment is roughly 100 students below the projection of 30,574; state deferrals and projected deficit spending mean the county office of education called out enrollment, deficit and one-time funding as monitoring priorities.
Chief business officer Susanna Lopez presented the district’s early 2025–26 budget and enrollment update and warned trustees of cash-flow risks tied to state deferrals and lower-than-expected student counts.
Lopez told the board the state signed the budget on June 27, 2025, and the district had already incorporated the statutory 2.3% cost-of-living adjustment in its adopted budget. She explained how state “deferrals” — scheduled delays in when the state sends owed funds — can compress cash…
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