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Bellevue Public Schools proposes $137.3 million budget for 2025–26 as special-education costs rise
Summary
District staff presented a $137,265,000 proposed budget for 2025–26, a 2.8% increase over the prior year, driven largely by rising special-education needs and contracted services. Staff said mechanics of state aid and property valuation mean the district must lower its levy under state calculations and will appear at a county hearing in September.
Bellevue Public Schools presented a proposed $137,265,000 budget for the 2025–26 school year during the July 7 board meeting, a figure staff described as a 2.8% increase over the previous year.
District staff said the largest drivers of the increase are special-education and pupil-support services, including higher contracted services, more high-need students and difficulty filling paraeducator positions. Staff described contracted special-education services as “almost $2,000,000” in cost and said those services have…
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