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Farmington schools set public hearing for 2026–27 budget after staff outlines assumptions and timeline
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Summary
Assistant Superintendent Jennifer Kaminski presented the district's 2026–27 budget timeline and parameters — including an assumed $200 per‑pupil increase and a projected 100‑pupil enrollment decline — and the board approved a resolution to hold the public budget hearing on June 2, 2026.
At the April 7 Farmington Public School District board meeting, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services Jennifer Kaminski reviewed the 2026–27 budget timeline, key assumptions and known uncertainties and asked the board to set a public hearing date.
Kaminski told trustees the district is including a $200 per‑pupil increase in its budget assumptions (while the governor proposed $250 per pupil), projects an enrollment decline of about 100 pupils for next year and highlighted major revenue components: foundation allowance, local property tax mills and categorical/state aid. She listed larger grants included in current assumptions, naming IDEA special education funding at about $2.6 million and Title I at about $1.0 million, and noted the district is winding down a Head Start program effective July 1.
Kaminski described proposed expenditure assumptions (salaries and benefits are ~82% of general fund expenditures), recommended transfers to capital funds ($600,000 to bus purchase/maintenance and $300,000 to technology projects), and summarized known unknowns: timing of the state budget and federal funding changes. Trustees asked follow‑up questions about where approximations appear in budget documents, whether gas/transportation costs required uplifts (the district participates in a cooperative purchase for fuel), and requested dollar figures tied to literacy and math investments for communications with the public.
The board approved a resolution during the meeting to hold the public hearing on the 2026–27 budget on June 2, 2026 (motion by Trustee Walker, supported by Trustee Smith). The board will review the proposed budget, hold the hearing and set tax levies at a subsequent June meeting, with the final budget approval planned for June 16 so the district has an operating budget by July 1 if state action allows.
What’s next: the district will post the budget document for board review on May 28 and will present the public hearing on June 2; trustees and staff signaled intent to provide more detailed figures on program investments in future budget communications.
