PVPUSD staff outline 2025–26 LCAP priorities and project a small operating deficit amid state budget uncertainty

District staff used the board’s June meeting to review the district’s Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) findings and to present assumptions for the 2025–26 adopted budget, emphasizing strong graduation metrics alongside specific areas for growth and downstream budget risk from state revenue uncertainty.

Assistant staff leader Dr. Wildy summarized the LCAP framework and results, noting that the LCAP is built around California’s eight state priorities and that the district’s LCAP committee meets multiple times per year. “The LCAP… is a comprehensive document outlining the specific actions that the district will implement to support pupil outcomes,” Dr. Wildy said, explaining that the plan ties goals to budget allocations and metrics.

Staff highlighted several positive outcomes: high graduation rates (noted generally as 98–100% for various subgroups), increases in A–G completion and college/career readiness indicators, and expanded access to VAPA instruction. They also called out areas needing improvement, including English learner progress (ELPI declines) and limited LCAP survey response rates that reduce confidence in some climate and connectedness measures.

On the budget side, finance staff detailed technical closing adjustments (GASB entries and STRS on‑behalf entries), newly recognized gift and reimbursement revenues, and timing shifts of several one‑time expenditures into the 2025–26 adopted budget. The chief presentation noted a projected operating deficit of about $400,000 in 2025–26 and an ending general‑fund balance of about $16.6 million, with continued small deficits in year two and a modest surplus projected by year three under current assumptions.

Staff repeatedly cautioned that the district’s multi‑year projections exclude uncertain state actions (a proposed TK add‑on and a student support/professional development block grant were not assumed). They also corrected a funded‑ADA figure cited earlier, noting that 2025–26 funded ADA should read 9,839.56 (not 9,389.56) and attributed risk to both enrollment and COLA forecasting.

Trustees asked for additional detail on facility lease revenue assumptions, the insurance claims trend (noting a statewide pool increase in claims that affected the district’s AB218 invoicing), and contingency planning should federal or state funds shift. Staff said any significant state budget changes after the legislature’s June actions would be reflected in a future first‑interim update.

What’s next: the board holds a formal adoption of the LCAP and 2025–26 budget on June 25; staff said they will update the budget if the final state budget contains material changes.