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Sahuarita Unified board adopts conservative FY2027 budget, approves $600,000 adjacent-ways levy
Summary
The Sahuarita Unified School District board approved a conservative FY2027 budget with a maintenance-and-operations limit of $63,457,471 and a separate $600,000 adjacent-ways levy; administrators said the levy's $12.27-per-$100,000 estimate is already folded into tax-rate calculations and the vote passed by voice vote.
The Sahuarita Unified School District Governing Board voted to adopt its fiscal year 2027 budget and to approve a separate adjacent-ways levy at its public meeting.
Chief Financial Officer Lisette Huey presented the Truth-in-Taxation information, proposing a $600,000 adjacent-ways levy for FY27 and estimating an impact of $12.27 per $100,000 of home value. “The average taxpayer will not see an increase to their overall tax rate,” Huey said, explaining the levy amount had been included in the district's rate calculations. She said adjacent-ways funds are limited to uses such as utility lines, roadway and access improvements and require School Facilities Division (SFD) approval for projects.
Superintendent Manuel Valenzuela told the board the district's adopted budget remains “very lean, very conservative,” with a statutory inflation factor of 2% included in planning and a decline in average daily membership (ADM) assumed. He recommended adoption of the budget he described as fiscally cautious and resilient. The district proposed a maintenance-and-operations limit of $63,457,471 and a District Additional Assistance (DAA) total of $6,755,768.
Board members praised the conservative approach during discussion, saying the practice reduces the risk of overcommitment and allows the district to respond if enrollments improve. After motions to approve both the adjacent-ways levy and the FY2027 adopted budget, the board approved both items by voice vote; members present voted in favor.
Why it matters: The adopted budget sets the district's spending limits for the coming year and the adjacent-ways levy, if approved by SFD for specific projects, funds infrastructure adjacent to school property (lights, access, utilities) that administrators said support student safety and campus operations.
What's next: Administration will pursue any SFD approvals needed to execute adjacent-ways projects and implement the budget through normal procurement and project-management processes.
