Board hears governor’s 2026 budget briefing; district estimates $4.7 million LCFF increase but notes enrollment decline
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Assistant Superintendent Lynnea Bridal briefed the board on the governor's 2026 budget proposal, including a proposed 2.41% LCFF COLA; district staff estimated a $4.7 million increase in LCFF revenue but also projected about 100 fewer students, reducing the district's effective COLA to roughly 1.8%.
Assistant Superintendent Lynnea Bridal provided a summary of the Governor’s 2026 budget proposal and what staff currently project for the Fairfield‑Suisun Unified School District.
Bridal said the governor proposed a $348.9 billion state budget and estimated a $2.9 billion shortfall in the governor’s assumptions; she contrasted that with the Legislative Analyst’s Office estimate of an $18 billion deficit. The proposal, Bridal said, is being described as a "workload budget" with limited new programs and a May revision anticipated when revenue assumptions are updated.
For K–12, Bridal said the governor proposed fully funding the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) with a 2.41% cost‑of‑living adjustment (COLA). Using district interim ADA projections, staff estimated that applying the 2.41% COLA would yield about $4.7 million in increased LCFF revenue for the district. Bridal added that the district projects a decline in enrollment of roughly 100 students, which reduces the district’s effective COLA to about 1.8% because LCFF is applied against the district’s ADA and a rolling average funding calculation.
Bridal said staff and union leadership will meet at a county budget workshop on Jan. 20 and that staff will return to the board on Feb. 12 with more detailed local analysis ahead of the May revision and the district’s June budget adoption.
Board members did not take action on the budget presentation; the item was informational and staff signaled further analysis to come.