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San Luis Coastal Unified adopts LCAP and 2025–26 budget; board approves routine financial resolutions
Summary
The San Luis Coastal Unified board adopted the district’s Local Control Accountability Plan and the 2025–26 budget, along with annual fund‑balance and transfer resolutions; staff noted potential one‑time May Revise funds are not included pending state action and that negotiated labor costs will raise ongoing deficits.
The San Luis Coastal Unified School District board on June 10 adopted the district’s Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) for 2025–26 and approved the proposed 2025–26 budget after staff presentations and brief board discussion.
Missus Yamashita, who presented the LCAP, told the board the plan outlines goals and targeted actions to support socioeconomically disadvantaged students, English learners and foster/homeless youth and that “in San Luis Coastal Unified, it is approximately about $7,000,000 that we set aside and provide additional kinds of things for these children.” She said the LCAP materials, including a parent overview and a federal addendum, were provided in English and Spanish and that the district had met the public‑hearing requirements and consulted parent advisory groups.
During the budget presentation staff warned that the May Revise could include roughly $2.5 million in one‑time funds but that those dollars were not included in the budget before the board because the state budget must be finalized. Mister Pinkerton summarized the multi‑year budget framework and reserve policy, saying the district must demonstrate a 3% reserve over a three‑year horizon and will use a 45‑day revision if new revenues materialize. He described negotiations with employee groups and noted labor settlements will increase ongoing expenditures.
Board members asked technical questions about Medi‑Cal reimbursements and mental‑health billing; staff said some reimbursement work is underway but that anticipated payments have not yet been booked. On school meals staff said the district receives roughly $1.9 million in federal reimbursement and about $2.0–$2.1 million from the state for meal programs.
Mister Buckman moved approval of the LCAP and the motion carried 6–0 with one member absent. The board then approved the 2025–26 budget on a 6–0 vote with one absence.
The board also approved routine annual financial resolutions: committing fund balance for the adult‑education fund (Fund 11), authorizing year‑end transfers between funds and approving temporary borrowing authority for the fiscal year; each passed 6–0 with one absence. Staff said these are standard, annual bookkeeping actions and that temporary borrowing is exercised only rarely.
The board said it will return in September with unaudited actuals and a revised budget snapshot and will use the 45‑day revision process to incorporate any new state funding once the state budget is finalized.
