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Superintendent outlines tentative $14 million tax increase to balance 2025–26 budget
Summary
Superintendent Horsley and Business Administrator Hauber presented a tentative 2025–26 budget that would require about $14 million in additional tax revenue (roughly a 9% increase, or $100 a year for an average home) to preserve K–2 class size reductions and add elementary administrative support and instructional coaches.
Superintendent Benjamin Horsley and Business Administrator Todd Hauber presented the district's tentative 2025–26 budget framework at the May 20 study session, telling the board the administration is projecting a roughly $14 million tax increase to balance the budget. The administration said the increase would be about 9% overall and equates to approximately $100 a year for an average home.
Administration tied budget requests to the district strategic plan and said priority spending would include K–2 class size reduction, additional administrative support in elementary schools, and more instructional coaches. Board members acknowledged the political difficulty of asking constituents for a tax increase, noted some budget items are contractually committed, and warned that reducing the proposed tax increase would likely require cutting planned staff supports. The board scheduled a budget hearing in June and a Truth in Taxation hearing in August as next steps.
