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Cedar Rapids schools outline $19.6 million in possible cuts as enrollment falls
Summary
District staff told the board it faces a multi-million-dollar structural deficit driven by declining enrollment and rising staffing costs and presented roughly $19.6 million in phased reduction options, from consulting cuts to travel limits and potential school consolidations.
Cedar Rapids Community School District leaders told the school board they expect to run a roughly $4 million general fund deficit in FY26 unless the district reduces costs or increases enrollment. The presentation Tuesday documented enrollment declines (a net drop the staff described as about 622 students in one measure) and said open-enrollment and charter tuition shifts will cost the district roughly $3.5 million next year.
The district presented about $10.3 million in proposed reductions tonight and another $9.3 million to be brought forward at the next meeting, for a…
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