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Preliminary 2026–27 budget presented as state budget deal falls through
Summary
District administration presented the preliminary 2026–27 budget timeline and projections, warning that the failure of a pending state budget deal would leave special education aid lower than proposed and require continued expense reductions; administration will return with a proposed preliminary budget for board approval at the next meeting.
Assistant Superintendent Lenny Hansen briefed the board on the district’s preliminary 2026–27 budget, state revenue drivers and implications of the recently failed state budget deal.
Hansen outlined the district’s timeline: preliminary budget to the board for action at the next meeting, a proposed final budget in August, the district annual meeting in September, and final state DPI numbers in mid‑October. The presentation emphasized that student membership and state equalization aid drive district revenues and that the district uses conservative revenue assumptions.
Hansen said the recent state budget deal — which did not pass — would have increased special education reimbursement and added roughly $2.2 million in equalization aid for the district. “Had the budget deal passed it would have allocated $300 million in aid to school districts across the state,” he said; with the deal’s failure the district expects a lower special education reimbursement rate and must accommodate that shortfall in next year’s planning. Hansen noted the district already contends with rising health‑insurance and personnel costs.
Administration will bring a preliminary budget for board approval at the next meeting and return with final, detailed figures after DPI posts final numbers in October.
