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District recommends positive certification for 2025–26 but board warned of multi-year deficit
Summary
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified staff recommended a positive 2nd interim certification for 2025–26 while reporting revenue injections and multi-year projections that show continued deficit spending; a trustee warned the trend could push the district to negative certification by 2030 without changes.
District staff presented the 2nd interim financial report and recommended a positive certification for the 2025–26 fiscal year at the March 12 board meeting.
Presenter outlined revenue changes feeding the general fund: an approximate state/LCFF revenue injection of $400,000, a Student Support Block Grant of $223,000 and a Learning Recovery Block Grant of about $50,000. Staff also cited favorable enrollment trends that increased LCFF revenue and a projected average daily attendance (ADA) of about 95 percent. "What you'll see here, on the plus side, we had an increase with state revenue in our e lock funds of 400,000," the presenter said. Staff noted the majority of district revenue comes from the LCFF formula.
On expenditures, staff highlighted salary and benefits as the largest drivers and shared multi-year projections showing ongoing deficit spending through the 2025–30 horizon; reserves were described as meeting a 4 percent minimum threshold set for smaller districts. One trustee warned of the long-term risk: "If we continue on the trend that we're on...we are five years away from negative certification if we don't change something," a board member said during discussion.
The presentation explained the board will next consider the adopted budget in June and the 3rd interim in May, and that the certification designation (positive, qualified or negative) will be decided after the next budget inputs. Staff emphasized ongoing enrollment and ADA strategies and tasked the Facilities & Finance Subcommittee with continuing fiscal scrutiny.
