Strasburg School Board reviews revised 2025–26 budget with $19.30M General Fund appropriation

The Strasburg School District 31J board reviewed the district's Revised Budget for fiscal year 2025–26, which lists a General Fund appropriation of $19,299,809 and total appropriations of $24,651,270. The budget book shows total proposed General Fund revenues of $15,658,488 and expenditures of $15,696,709, yielding a projected deficit of $38,221.

The budget materials included pupil-count and per-pupil funding tables showing a funded pupil count estimate of 1,070.00 for FY25/26 and a per-pupil funding figure of $12,546, up from $11,747 in FY24/25. The funding summary breaks revenue down by source (State 67.28%, Local 31.45%, Federal 0.64%) and shows instruction making up 59% of General Fund expenditures, with salaries accounting for 53% of spending. The budget also lists fund-specific details, including Food Service, Bond Redemption and Capital Reserve fund balances and proposed appropriations.

The budget book text quotes Colorado statutory language on beginning fund balance use (C.R.S. 22-44-105) and includes interfund-borrowing language (C.R.S. 22-44-113) in the financial resolutions. The board packet shows the General Fund beginning balance listed as $3,641,321 and identifies non-recurring uses, with worksheets that document resource allocations across the budgeted funds.

Next steps recorded in the packet include adoption procedures for the appropriation resolution and further calendar items (June work session, July retreat) for any follow-up. The public record provided is document-heavy; the meeting transcript does not record a roll-call vote on the appropriation in the excerpt provided.