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District presents 2025–26 draft budget showing small unrestricted surplus, restricted fund drawdown
Summary
Staff presented the district's draft 2025–26 budget: overall revenues projected down 1.6%, federal one-time funds winding down, proposed modest salary increases and staffing shifts, and planned drawdown of restricted funds with a modest adopted surplus for 25–26.
District budget staff presented the draft 2025–26 budget and multi-year projections, noting several one-time federal and state grants will not recur and describing staffing and capital assumptions.
The presenter summarized revenue changes: "Our revenues overall revenues are projected to decrease by 1.6%." The presentation said local-control funding formula (property taxes) would rise roughly 3.4% while federal revenue drops 37.2% because some grants expire. Staffing adjustments include adding 1.0 FTE SDC teacher and converting some contracted OT work to 1.8 FTE; classified staffing showed a small net decrease. The staff presentation included a planning assumption of a potential 3% salary increase for employees, and noted the district expects to draw down restricted one‑time funds, leaving a modest unrestricted surplus in the adopted 2025–26 budget.
Staff framed the district as "deficit spending" on restricted funds while maintaining a targeted reserve level; trustees pressed for clarity on line‑item differences, and a trustee suggested including clearer rate‑of‑change numbers in LCAP narratives to better show performance gains. The board scheduled final adoption at the June 11 meeting if no substantive changes are requested.
