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Woodhaven-Brownstown board adopts final 2025-26 amendment and approves 2026-27 projected budget
Summary
The Board approved a final 2025-26 budget amendment and adopted a projected 2026-27 budget that anticipates higher state per-pupil funding but still shows an operating deficit; members also approved tax levy paperwork and participation in the state school loan revolving fund.
The Woodhaven-Brownstown School District Board of Education on Monday approved the district’s final 2025-26 budget amendment and adopted a projected budget for 2026-27, actions officials said will stabilize reserves while the state budget remains unsettled.
The board voted unanimously to approve the third and final amendment to the current year budget, a package school staff said nets an increase in revenues (driven largely by grant adjustments) and leaves the district projecting a June 30 fund balance near 18 percent of expenditures. District finance director Mr. Smith told the board the district expects $75.6 million in revenue and roughly $76.5 million in expenditures for the amended year, producing an operating deficit of about $880,000 that administration reduced from an earlier $5.6 million projected gap.
Looking ahead, the board adopted a projected 2026-27 budget that assumes a $250-per-pupil increase in state funding (bringing the per-pupil figure the presentation cited to about $10,300) and a 150-pupil enrollment uptick. The projection lists roughly $77.6 million in revenues and $79.3 million in expenditures, reflecting an anticipated operating shortfall the district will continue to monitor. Mr. Smith told the board that key drivers include wage-and-benefit increases coded to grants where eligible, and an expected near-$500,000 increase in fuel and electric costs.
Board members asked for and received line-item explanations for swings in capital outlay and wages and benefits, including reclassification of some staff costs to grant funding and reallocation of bond-related expenditures between funds to protect the general fund balance.
In related business the board unanimously approved finance motions to add Raymond James to the district’s list of approved financial institutions, to adopt the L-4029 summer tax resolution necessary to levy summer taxes, and to participate in the Michigan School Loan Revolving Fund (SLRF). The SLRF action notes an estimated repayment amount of $1,451,060, which the district said may be adjusted depending on available funds.
The board’s votes were made by voice; no recorded roll-call tallies were provided for the motions presented.
The district’s finance presentation and subsequent approval keep the board on schedule to submit levy paperwork and manage debt-service plans while awaiting a final state education budget, which officials said could alter long-term projections if legislative action comes through.
