Budget study session: district projects improved reserves after multi-year work

Jun 18, 2026

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.

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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.

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