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PYLUSD board certifies first interim budget as staff warns of $12M structural deficit
Summary
Trustees accepted the district’s 2024-25 first interim report with a positive certification after administrators described a growing structural deficit driven by staffing shifted from one‑time funds, enrollment stabilization, and low statutory COLAs. Staff recommended program reviews, position controls and alternative revenue strategies.
The Placentia‑Yorba Linda Unified School District Board of Education accepted the district's 2024— 25 first interim financial report and certified the district's finances as "positive" on Dec. 17, approving staff recommendations while noting a projected structural deficit that staff said has risen to about $12.4 million.
Chief Business Officer Gary Stein told trustees the district's enrollment appears to have stabilized this year with a net gain of 22 students and attendance assumptions rising to 95 percent — both modestly positive signs for revenue. But Stein said the larger budget pressure stems from many positions originally funded with one‑time state and federal money (including COVID…
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