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SBCEO proposes nearly $156.5 million 2025–26 budget; staff flag revenue drops and reserve projections
Summary
SBCEO staff presented a proposed 2025–26 combined general and child-development budget of roughly $156.5 million, noting a projected revenue decrease of about $14.2 million driven by expiring one-time grants and child-development revenue shifts; reserves were projected above minimums for near-term years.
Steve, the SBCEO budget presenter, walked the board through the proposed adopted budget for 2025–26 and explained revenue assumptions and near-term projections. He told the board, "We're looking at an overall budget, of almost a 156.5, million dollars," and flagged a projected revenue decline of about $14.2 million driven by expiration of one-time funds and reductions in child-development revenue; staff said some of those decreases reflect unearned income removal for preschool programs the county is not currently operating.
Steve described expenditure assumptions (including a 4% staff increase and rising employer pension costs), program-level breakdowns (about 76% student support, 14% district and school support, 4% internal support, 6% excess property tax), and projected reserve levels (~28.2% for 25–26, tapering over the following two years). The board opened and closed the public hearing on the budget during the meeting; no final adopted budget vote appears on the transcript.
