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Sultan School District reports $1.8M shortfall this year, institutes spending freeze and approves plan to identify staff reductions
Summary
District finance staff reported expenditures about $1.8 million over revenues, announced a spending freeze and plans to borrow from capital projects to manage cash flow; the board approved Resolution 25-06 authorizing development of a reduced-educational plan that could identify positions for reduction for 2026–27.
District finance staff told the Sultan School District board on March 23 that expenditures so far this year exceed revenues by about $1.8 million, prompting a districtwide spending freeze and a plan to borrow from capital projects to maintain operations.
“We have to borrow from capital projects to make it through the year,” the finance presenter said, and described a spending-freeze posture while preserving expenditures that the state requires (for example, CTE program spending that must be used or risk reversion). The presenter said the general fund is roughly $150,000 above last year’s point, cash with the county…
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