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Mounds View outlines foundational assumptions for 2026'27 budget; WPU projected at 12,289
Summary
Director of finance Paula Steele presented the district's FY 2026'27 budget assumptions, including a 12,289 WPU projection, a planned 2% increase to the state basic formula, retention of 9 FTEs for targeted interventions, and a plan to approve assumptions Jan. 27 before site budgeting.
Paula Steele, the district's director of finance, told the school board Jan. 13 that foundational assumptions for the fiscal year 2026'27 budget project district-wide weighted pupil units (WPUs) at 12,289 based on the Oct. 1, 2025 count.
Steele said the district is planning a 2% increase in the state basic formula and…
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