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Liberty ESD projects lower ADM, recommends using classroom-site carryforward to fund raises
Summary
Business services projected a roughly 350-ADM drop for FY26-27, reducing district revenue; staff proposed funding teacher raises from the Classroom Site Fund while restoring limited capital spending and examining per-campus budgeting to control costs.
Becky Williams, the district business services presenter, told the Liberty Elementary School District governing board that the district’s attendance-driven funding will decline next year after a large eighth-grade class graduates. Using December enrollment data adjusted for graduating eighth graders and current kindergartners, Williams projected a net loss of about 350 average daily membership (ADM) for FY26-27 and increased the state multiplier used for per‑ADM funding from $5,113 to $5,215 to reflect a 2% statutory adjustment.
Williams said the combination of lower ADM and the multiplier change — plus existing override and one-time state funds included provisionally in the draft — yields a projected decrease in the district’s general fund from about $38.0 million (December revision)…
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