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MPUSD presents $25M LCAP and multi‑year budget with projected shortfalls; trustees ask about reserves and recruiting
Summary
District staff presented the Local Control and Accountability Plan (about $25 million, ~13% of the budget) and the FY26–27 adopted budget; multi‑year projections show small deficits and a plan to identify $3M in reductions beginning 2027–28. Trustees pressed staff on Proposition 98, the super‑COLA and enrollment declines.
The Monterey Peninsula Unified School District on June 9 held a public hearing on its Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and the proposed adopted budget for fiscal year 2026–27.
Staff described the LCAP as a multi-year plan focused on five goals: college and career readiness (about $10.7 million), third-grade reading (about $2 million), English learner redesignation and supports (about $1.8 million), math and science proficiency (about $600,000), and multi-tiered systems of support/school climate (just over $10 million). Staff said the LCAP package totals roughly $25 million and represents about 13% of the district’s budget.
District budget presentations showed total fund revenue across all funds projected at roughly $241 million and general‑fund revenue near $194.7 million with planned general‑fund expenditures of about $195.4 million, producing a modest current‑year deficit and multi‑year projected shortfalls. Staff built the adopted budget around the statutory COLA (2.87%) but did not assume the governor’s proposed 1.44% supplemental increase (the so‑called “super COLA”) pending final state action. Special education costs remain a major pressure; staff cited a projected special‑education contribution of about $25.3 million and noted the state funding does not fully cover these costs.
Trustees asked how surplus property sales might be used, and staff explained that proceeds from surplus property are restricted to capital uses (not general‑fund operations) unless spent to offset capital projects. Trustees and public commenters pressed for continued outreach to Spanish‑speaking families and for clear avenues to provide input; trustees urged staff to keep LCAP and LCAP-related engagement open during the two‑week comment window prior to final adoption.
The board approved local LCAP indicators and continued the adoption process; the LCAP and adopted budget were scheduled for final adoption on June 23 with a 45‑day revision period to incorporate state budget outcomes.
