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Oregon Trail SD 46: Planned $4.2M deficit narrowed to about $0.7M, staff say
Summary
Staff told the budget committee that opportunistic staffing reductions and expenditure controls reduced a planned $4.2 million deficit to an estimated $0.7 million for the current year, though enrollment decline and contract costs remain headwinds.
Tim Belanger, the district presenter, told the budget committee the district originally planned a $4.2 million deficit for the current year but has reduced that gap through staffing cuts and other expenditure reductions.
"A $4.2m deficit was planned. As the year has evolved the projected deficit is down to near $0.7m," Belanger said. He attributed much of the original gap to lower-than-expected SSF per pupil increases and to employment contract costs that outpaced biennial funding gains.
Belanger said the state Student Success Funding (SSF) for 2025–27 was established at $11.36 billion and that local district increases were smaller than projected because enrollment fell. He cautioned the committee that the SSF is a moving number updated multiple times during the year and that final revenues can shift as statewide counts are revised.
The board did not take formal action at the workshop; staff identified further budget committee meetings in April and May to refine assumptions and present updated projections.
