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Board reviews FY2026 budget, flags staffing needs and state FTE limits
Summary
At a Jan. 29 work session the West Bonner County School District #83 board reviewed the FY2026 budget’s Idaho State funding component, highlighting staffing cost pressures, state-defined FTE caps, a mismatch between the State career ladder and the district salary schedule, and plans to list unfunded mandates.
The West Bonner County School District #83 board met in a work session on Jan. 29, 2025 to review the FY2026 budget, with Vice Chair Margaret Hall and Trustee Kathy Nash presenting the district’s analysis of the Idaho State funding component. The presentation focused on staffing expenditures that the district expects to carry, and on limits set by the State for maximum full-time-equivalent (FTE) positions.
Hall and Nash told trustees the district faces a discrepancy between the State career ladder and the District’s Salary Schedule that creates budgetary pressure, and that federally funded employees provide only a small offset to total staffing costs. The presentation cited Idaho Code 33-1003(2)(d) while discussing statutory constraints and noted plans to compile a list of unfunded mandates the district must follow. The session record does not include a formal motion or vote on the FY2026 budget during this work session.
Board members recorded concerns about balancing required staffing levels with available state-provided FTE. No specific dollar amounts, staffing totals, or finalized budget decisions were included in the minutes for this meeting; trustees scheduled continued budget work at a follow-up session on Feb. 11, 2025.
