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Sahuarita board approves revised 2025–26 budget after public hearing
Summary
After a public hearing Wednesday evening, the Sahuarita Unified School District governing board approved a revised 2025–26 expenditure budget that incorporates a roughly $2 million RCL increase, one-time state aids, and about $2 million in carryforward for summer projects; administrators stressed the role of local overrides in funding services.
The Sahuarita Unified School District governing board on Wednesday approved a revised 2025–26 expenditure budget after a statutorily required public hearing.
Chief Financial Officer Lisette Huey told the board the district’s revenue control limit rose by about $2 million to $44,934,438 and that the district’s total budget limit under the revision is $70,437,668. The revision adds one-time state aid and free-and-reduced supplements, accounts for confirmed carryforward funds from the prior year (roughly $2 million) and incorporates maintenance-and-operations override dollars targeted to classroom and student services.
“We take a conservative approach to our budget like we do every year,” Huey said in the hearing, explaining that some summer projects (HVAC, buses, repairs) must be encumbered now and completed in the next fiscal year.
Superintendent Dr. Manuel Valenzuela and board members praised district staff and the community for sustaining overrides that fund programs and personnel. Valenzuela reiterated that without the local maintenance-and-operations override the district would lose about $6,398,000 in recurring M&O support and approximately $1,000,000 in district additional assistance (DAA) capital funding, figures he presented to illustrate the override’s impact.
The board voted to approve the revised expenditure budget and granted administration authority to exceed expenditures within subcategories so long as the total approved budget limit is maintained.
What’s next: the revision is in effect for the remainder of the 2025–26 fiscal year; administrators said final audited carryforward figures are confirmed in October and will inform next year’s budget planning.
