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Board hears FY2025–26 budget forecast as state school fund set at $11.359 billion
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Brad Earl briefed the board on budget factors for FY2025–26, including the Legislature's affirmation of a $11.359 billion state school fund for 2025–27, projected declines in enrollment, growing special education needs among incoming kindergarteners, and grant variances affecting the approved budget.
Assistant Superintendent of Operations Brad Earl provided the board with an updated FY2025–26 budget outlook, highlighting that the Legislature affirmed Governor Kotek's recommended $11.359 billion state school fund for 2025–27 and that the district faces enrollment declines. Earl listed several budget factors: PERS reform, a kindergarten cohort with higher special education needs, preliminary Federal Title I grants, Student Investment Account (SIA) funding projected lower than the approved budget, a state literacy grant that is $0.9 million higher than planned, and the passage of SB141 state accountability measures.
Directors asked staff for enrollment-projection data and expressed concern about the potential need for additional special education classrooms to serve incoming students. Earl advised the board to consider long-term budget planning in light of these trends and referenced the district's experience during the 2010 mortgage crisis when significant cuts were required despite a bond.
