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Robbinsdale board reviews preliminary FY26 budget amid $15.8M in staffing reductions
Summary
School leaders presented a draft FY26 preliminary budget that assumes a 2.74% general education formula increase, counts estimated staffing reductions of about $15.82 million and leaves the district with a projected general fund deficit. Directors asked for more program-level and service-model detail before the June 16 adoption vote.
Robbinsdale Area Schools officials on June 3 presented a preliminary FY26 budget that reflects the district's earlier staffing reductions and current revenue assumptions, and which district finance staff said is not yet balanced.
The budget presentation, led by Kristen Hoheisel and CFO consultant Michael Hart, carried forward an assumption of a 2.74% increase in the general education formula and counted recently implemented staffing reductions totalling about $15,819,000. Hoheisel told the board the draft assumes settled contracts only where agreements already exist and does not reflect potential legislative changes still pending at the state Capitol.
Why it matters: the board must adopt a preliminary FY26 budget before the end of June…
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