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Governing board approves $4.8 million budget-reduction plan after negative interim certification
Summary
The board approved a $4.8 million 2026-27 budget-reduction plan and will remain under negative interim certification until layoff resolutions are finalized; presenters cited enrollment decline, special-education costs and exhausted one-time grants as key drivers.
The governing board approved a revised budget-reduction plan totaling $4,800,000 for the 2026–27 fiscal year during a special meeting on Jan. 27, voting 5-0 to adopt the package.
The vote followed a presentation in which the district’s finance presenter said the district had filed a negative interim budget certification, “which means that the district will not meet its financial obligations in the current and subsequent fiscal year.” The presenter outlined the main drivers: a multi-year enrollment decline, rising special-education costs and the expiration of one-time federal block grants.
The presenter said enrollment fell from 4,731 in 2017–18 to about 4,148 for 2025–26 — a decline of…
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