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Anaheim Elementary board signs off on budget transparency update and LCAP revisions
Summary
The Anaheim Elementary School District board approved a 2024-25 reserve transparency statement and revisions to the 2024'127 LCAP, including a reclassification of reserves and a change that leaves the district with no carryover and a roughly 40% plan to increase or improve services; vote was 5-0.
The Anaheim Elementary School District Board of Education on Aug. 14 approved a budget reserve transparency statement for 2024-25 and revisions to the budget overview for parents and the district's 2024'127 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP). The motion passed by voice vote, 5-0.
Director of Fiscal and Administrative Services Matthew Slesser told trustees the district retains a 6% reserve for economic uncertainty, approximately $19.6 million, split into a 3% statutory portion and a 3% locally reserved portion. He said payroll runs at roughly $22 million and described the split as a transparency measure rather than a new set-aside.
Slesser said closing the 2023-24 books changed some LCAP figures: the district now flags about $68.6 million in LCAP actions, the carryover has dropped to 0% (it was 6.2% on an earlier presentation) and the district's plan-to-increase-or-improve-services percentage is shown near 40%. He told the board that items moved into the LCAP were already budgeted and include TOSA instructional coaches and professional development (about $5.6 million), TK'1st-grade literacy and math PD, and classroom management strategies.
Trustee Magalhaes moved the item and Trustee Lopez seconded. The board approved the recommendation without further amendment.
The board noted staff's ongoing work with the Orange County Department of Education as the district closes the books and finalizes figures for the state Dashboard and public materials. Slesser also walked trustees through how teacher-credentialing and staffing data flow through ARIES, CALPADS and the Commission on Teacher Credentialing processes before appearing on statewide reports.
What happens next: staff said the public notice for the instructional-materials hearing will return on Sept. 11 for a formal vote and that routine budget-close items will continue to be reflected in updated public-facing documents.
