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Brea Olinda board adopts 45‑day revision to 2025–26 budget after review of state and federal funding shifts
Summary
The Brea Olinda Unified School District board unanimously approved a 45‑day revision to the 2025–26 budget after a presentation showing a modest income adjustment, lower‑than‑expected ELOP funding per ADA and ongoing uncertainty in federal education funding.
The Brea Olinda Unified School District Board of Education unanimously approved a 45‑day revision to its 2025–26 adopted budget at its July 24 meeting following a detailed presentation on state and federal funding changes.
The budget presenter told the board that the state Cost‑of‑Living Adjustment (COLA) is ‘‘still very anemic, 2.3%,’’ and that the governor and legislature had proposed significant deferrals that nonetheless posed limited near‑term impact for the district due to its liquidity. The presenter highlighted an income adjustment of about $2,100,000 included in the revision and a one‑time discretionary block‑grant allocation the district expects to use to sustain learning‑recovery programs.
The presenter also reviewed program‑specific funding changes. Transitional kindergarten (TK) funding added an estimated $450,000 in ongoing LCFF resources for the district, the presenter said. By contrast, the state’s extended learning opportunities program (ELOP) rate arrived below earlier estimates: board materials and remarks noted a per‑ADA rate of $12.85, down from a previously quoted $15.75. The presenter said that difference reduced expected ELOP revenue by roughly $1.1 million compared with earlier projections but that the district’s planning and prior estimates had already accounted for a range of outcomes.
Federal funding uncertainty was raised as a separate risk. The presenter said recent federal executive actions could affect certain Title programs and estimated the possible impact to the district at about $300,000; legal challenges and state backfill were described as variables that could change that figure.
The board approved the 45‑day revision on a 4‑0 vote. The presenter said the changes will be reflected again at first interim reporting and emphasized that multiyear projections are based on current assumptions subject to revision.
What happens next: district officials said they expect Moody’s Investor Services to release a bond rating next week related to the district’s first bond sale under Measure H; a higher rating would reduce interest costs when the district markets bonds. The budget adjustments and rating outcome were described as connected steps in the district’s broader facilities and fiscal plan.
Votes and motions: The 45‑day revision was moved, seconded and adopted unanimously (4‑0).
