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Budget study session: district projects improved reserves after multi-year work
Summary
Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Josh Kyrano told trustees the district expects to add to its ending fund balance in 2026-27 and increase reserves over the next two years after eliminating a prior $6 million structural deficit, while noting state budget uncertainties including a $3.9 billion withholding in the May revision.
The board heard a June budget study session from Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Josh Kyrano who outlined how changes in the state budget and local assumptions affect Berryessa Union Elementary for 2026-27. Kyrano summarized key state items: a May revision that reduced an initial $5.6 billion proposed withholding to about $3.9 billion in the governor's plan, ongoing negotiations in the Legislature, one-time discretionary block grants and a substantial increase in the special-education base rate in the May revision.
At the district level Kyrano said projected enrollment is about 5,509 with funded ADA of 5,612; LCFF and property-tax revenue is estimated at roughly $72 million. He presented unrestricted revenues near $77.9 million and expenditures around $63.8 million, with a general-fund contribution to special education and routine maintenance of about $12.8 million. Kyrano said the district is moving out of a prior $6 million structural deficit and expects a combined ending fund balance of about $4.39 million for 2026-27, projecting reserve increases to about 5.05% in 2027-28 and 5.61% in 2028-29. "We're actually now growing to our ending balance," he said. Trustees thanked staff and asked for continued updates as state negotiations finalize.
