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Woodburn budget committee holds training; district warned enrollment dips and COLAs are stressing next year’s budget
Summary
At a budget committee training, district finance staff explained how Oregon’s State School Fund and ADM weights shape Woodburn’s revenue, noted a 43‑student net decline projected for 2025–26, and urged committee members to review the 100+ page budget ahead of the May 5 review. Salaries and benefits (70–80% of the general fund) and negotiated COLAs were identified as key cost pressures.
Woodburn School District held a budget committee training that walked members through how the district builds its annual spending plan, how state funding is calculated and where budget pressures are likely to appear in the 2026–27 budget.
"The budget is really our best estimate of revenues and expenditures," Sarah Bishop, the district's director of business and human resources, told the committee, urging members to review the full budget prior to the first formal meeting on May 5. Bishop said the district’s fiscal year runs July 1–June 30 and that the budget document provides legal spending authority for a single year.
Bishop highlighted the district’s fund‑balance policy — the board requires an ending fund balance budgeted between 5% and 10% — and warned that "without an adopted budget, the district can't legally expend any funds." She said the district will submit a detailed budget resolution (more than 100 pages) to the Oregon Department of Education and the…
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