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Natomas Unified board certifies 2025-26 first interim budget as 'positive' amid projected deficit spending
Summary
District fiscal staff presented the 2025-26 first interim budget showing enrollment projected at 10,869 and ADA at 10,072 (92.67%); the board voted to approve the report and self-certified as 'positive,' while staff warned of ongoing deficit spending and a planned textbook purchase.
The Natomas Unified School District presented and approved its 2025-26 first interim budget report, with the board voting to self-certify the budget as "positive" for the current and two subsequent years.
Associate Superintendent for fiscal services presented the report and said enrollment is projected at 10,869 students with average daily attendance (ADA) projected at 10,072 (92.67%). The presenter explained that the district will meet the state-required 3% reserve and the board's additional 6% stabilization reserve. The report noted the district is projecting continued deficit spending and that the budget assumptions include removal of one-time revenues; a planned textbook adoption will require approximately $2,000,000 from the general fund with additional textbooks funded in subsequent years.
Trustees moved and seconded approval of the 1st interim budget and the positive certification; a roll-call vote recorded the motion as carried. Fiscal staff flagged statewide fiscal pressure and cited Legislative Analyst Office estimates of a growing state structural deficit that informed conservative multi-year projections and COLA estimates. The board scheduled a budget update in February and will present the 2nd interim in March.
