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Gilroy Unified budget update flags Prop 98 uncertainty; staff defends conservative, adjustable assumptions
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Alvaro Mesa told trustees the May revision lowers some estimates and a potential Prop 98 haircut could remove roughly $2 million from the district’s revenue outlook; staff emphasised conservative assumptions, multi‑year projections and that the budget may be revised after the state enacts its final budget.
Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Alvaro Mesa told the board during a public hearing that the district’s 2025–26 preliminary budget assumes a 2.3% cost‑of‑living adjustment, flat revenues into next year and an enrollment decline. Mesa warned that a proposed Prop 98 adjustment in the governor’s May revision could “shave” funding and, as framed in his presentation, might mean roughly $2 million less revenue for Gilroy Unified than earlier estimates.
"What does it mean to GUSD? It means $2 million of…
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