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Calexico Unified trustees approve revised budget as staff warns of tight FY25–26 finances and high workers’ comp costs
Summary
Trustees unanimously approved the revised 2025–26 budget after a district presentation that cited falling enrollment, reliance on reserves for energy projects and unusually high workers’ compensation costs that cost the general fund about $7 million annually.
District staff presented a constrained fiscal picture and a plan that relies on one-time reserves and outside grants to complete ongoing energy and facilities work, and the board approved the revised 2025–26 budget by a 4–0 vote.
The presenter said grant- and project-sized funding streams vary widely—“some of them are as low as $10,000” and “some of them are as high as $910,000,000”—and described recent energy infrastructure modernization projects, including solar shade structures and replacement of roughly 240 HVAC units. “Once we energize…
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