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Beaumont Unified board approves first interim report showing $36M projected general‑fund balance
Summary
Finance staff told trustees projected revenues rose to $229.6 million and the district now projects a $36 million general‑fund ending balance at first interim, driven by expanded learning and one‑time state grants; multiyear projections show an ongoing unrestricted deficit to monitor.
The Beaumont Unified School District board voted to accept the district’s first interim budget report, which projects a larger-than-expected general‑fund ending balance at the first checkpoint but flags a multiyear structural gap.
Nathan Camara, the director of fiscal services, told trustees the district began the year with $216 million in adopted revenues and now projects $229.6 million at first interim. Camara said the projected general‑fund ending balance rose to about $36 million (from a $27.2 million projection at adoption), with much of the increase held in restricted resources tied to state grants and carryovers.
Camara attributed the revenue increase to expanded learning opportunities (ELOP) changes stemming from Assembly Bill 121, a one‑time student support professional development block grant, restoration of learning‑recovery emergency block grant funding, and higher Medi‑Cal LEA option reimbursements. Expenditure increases include higher capital outlay related to expanded learning facility work and higher costs for insurance, utilities, computer services, and professional services. The director said the district closed the prior year with roughly $8 million more than anticipated, which contributed to the improved first‑interim position.
On the multiyear projection, Camara said the district still faces a projected deficit over several years with most of that pressure in the unrestricted fund — the district remains above the statutorily required 3% reserve but must monitor expenditures, enrollment assumptions, and COLA estimates.
Trustees asked clarifying questions about enrollment capture rates, the difference between the LCAP and first‑interim attendance assumptions, and the district’s plan for capital outlay and restricted carryovers. Camara said assumptions will be updated as P‑1 and P‑2 attendance reports are finalized.
The board voted to accept the first interim report; the motion was moved and seconded and the chair stated "the motion carries." (Specific roll‑call tallies were not recorded in the transcript.)
What happens next: staff will continue to update attendance assumptions, monitor restricted carryovers and capital projects, and return with second‑interim updates and any recommended adjustments to maintain long‑term fiscal stability.
