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Klamath County School District committee adopts 2025–26 budget, 8–0 vote
Summary
The Board of Directors' budget committee approved the district's 2025–26 budget at its May 14, 2025 meeting, voting 8–0 with one absence. The committee reviewed recent document changes and discussed contingencies and possible program impacts if state funding falls.
The Budget Committee of the Board of Directors of the Klamath County School District approved the 2025–26 budget during a May 14, 2025 meeting, passing a motion 8–0 with one absence. The committee met at 5:00 PM and members present voted to adopt the budget "with the described modifications."
District staff, led by Director of Business Services Janet Melsness, reviewed changes to the budget document and encouraged questions from committee members before the vote. Committee members pressed staff on the contingency and ending fund balance, and were told those funds roll into next year or may be used as one-time money for facilities if they exceed policy thresholds. The Superintendent, Glen Szymoniak, said most reductions from any future funding shortfalls would be managed through attrition or, in severe cases, furlough days before programs would be cut.
The motion to approve the budget was made by Steve Lowell and seconded by Jill O'Donnell; the motion record in the minutes states, "I move we approve the 2025-2026 budget with the described modifications." The vote tally recorded: Yea 8, Nay 0, Absent 1. No additional meetings were scheduled.
