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Pojoaque Valley board directs CFO to finalize 2026–27 budget and approves 1.5% staff increase
Summary
The Pojoaque Valley Board of Education voted May 6 to direct the district CFO to finalize the 2026–27 operational budget with repurposed positions presented by the superintendent and to implement a 1.5% raise for all district staff; the motion passed by roll call.
The Pojoaque Valley Board of Education on May 6 directed Chief Financial Officer Michelle Ortiz to finalize the district’s 2026–27 operational budget and approved a 1.5% pay increase for all district staff. Board member (speaker 1) moved the action; the motion passed on a roll-call vote recorded in the meeting transcript.
Superintendent Chanel Segura and Ortiz had presented a balanced, PED 9-10B5–based budget framework during the finance meeting and described repurposed staffing and fiscal assumptions to keep the budget balanced while protecting classroom instruction. Segura framed the recommendation as a plan that “meets the expectations outlined for class size in statute” and that maintains reserves while aligning personnel to strategic goals.
Board members questioned funding assumptions, reserve levels and the mechanics of the state equalization guarantee (SEG) calculation. Ortiz said the district’s unit value was $7,117.10 and that the SEG-derived base was about $9.86 million; she also reported an operational budget total shown in the presentation as roughly $22,000,006.71 and a cash carryover of about $4,000,746.05.
The motion directed the CFO to finalize the budget using the repurposed positions presented and to implement the 1.5% raise for staff; the transcript records the vote (President Lunt and Judge Hernandez among members recorded as voting yes) and the chair declared the motion carried. The board also asked that staff be notified of the board’s action via email following the meeting.
Next steps: Ortiz will finalize the detailed operating budget and return any required package(s) for formal adoption or publication per PED timelines.
