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Budget committee approves 2025–26 budget and backs extra liability coverage
Summary
South Umpqua SD 19's budget committee approved the proposed 2025–26 budget on May 21, 2025, including an amendment to buy an additional $20 million in sexual-abuse-and-misconduct (SAM) liability coverage for $45,000; the change reduces the district's projected unreserved ending fund balance from 7.56% to 7.37%.
The South Umpqua SD 19 budget committee approved the district’s proposed 2025–26 budget on May 21, 2025, voting to add funding to purchase additional sexual-abuse-and-misconduct (SAM) liability coverage. Cynthia Rohn moved to approve the budget with the amendment; Don Brown seconded and the motion passed unanimously among those present.
Superintendent Bare read the budget message in full to the committee before staff detailed a recommended adjustment. Shy Chapman, the district’s Director of Fiscal Services, said the district’s PACE policy had previously provided $20 million in SAM coverage but “this year’s policy includes only $10 million in coverage,” and recommended the district “purchase an additional $20 million in SAM liability coverage at a cost of $45,000.” Chapman noted the adjustment would reduce the unreserved ending fund balance from 7.56% to 7.37% while remaining above the board’s minimum requirement of 5%.
