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Finance committee reviews FY26-27 draft budget, says $232M ask would only maintain status quo amid an $18.9M shortfall
Summary
Budget chief presented a draft FY26-27 general fund request and described an $18.9 million starting deficit; board members debated asking the state for an ‘ideal’ amount versus a smaller, attainable increase and pressed for line-item detail on substitutes and contracted custodial services.
Mister Hernandez, the district’s budget lead, presented the draft FY26-27 general fund budget to the Finance & Operations Committee and emphasized the figures are preliminary and subject to change. “I wanna emphasize on the word draft,” he said, adding the district is still holding community forums and negotiating with bargaining units.
The presentation traced a 10-year pattern of requests and approvals and highlighted widening gaps between what the district requests and what it receives. Hernandez summarized recent years: the district requested about $207 million for FY24 and received roughly $203 million; for FY25 it requested roughly $220 million and received $208 million; this year the district requested $231 million and is asking for $232 million to maintain current services. Hernandez said that without using…
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