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Geneva City Board adopts 2025–2026 school budget after CSFO presentation
Summary
After a presentation from CSFO Mrs. Gillespie highlighting staffing reductions, near-57% instructional spending, and a $593,914 annual debt requirement, the Geneva City Board of Education approved the fiscal 2025–2026 budget by voice vote.
The Geneva City Board of Education on a voice vote approved the 2025–2026 school-year budget after a budget summary from CSFO Mrs. Gillespie.
Mrs. Gillespie told the board the proposed budget shows an overall increase in expenditures and that "almost 57% goes to instructional. So we do our priorities where they need to be." She said nearly 60% of revenues in the proposed plan come from state sources and that the district is down about 1.95 teacher units and half a unit for an assistant principal compared with the prior year, noting "we're 2.45 units below where we were" and that the district is "down five employees from where we were last year." She also described a rise in fringe-benefit costs: the PIP match rose from $9,600 to $10,848 per employee, and retirement rates increased.
Mrs. Gillespie outlined how state program funds are budgeted: Title I spending is concentrated on salaries and benefits (she said about 96% goes to those categories), Title II supports professional development across all three schools, and Title IV funds are slated to be transferred to a local rule (to cover summer school costs at the middle and high schools). She also described transportation and maintenance funding formulas and listed the district's debt obligations, saying the total debt requirement for the year is "$593,914," and that the district carries an $8.7 million balance on a 2018 general obligation warrant tied to the stadium and an elementary school.
After the presentation the superintendent said, "I would ask that we recommend — I recommend the fiscal year 2026 budget for Geneva City Schools." A motion to adopt the budget was made and seconded on the floor; the board approved the budget by voice vote.
What the board approved and next steps: the budget as adopted includes the staffing and program allocations described by Mrs. Gillespie. The record does not list a formal roll-call tally or identify the member who moved the adoption; the minutes record the approval by voice vote. The superintendent and staff will proceed with implementation under the adopted budget, and the board did not state any immediate amendments when it approved the plan.
