Staff flags line-item posting errors in proposed budget; board will use amendment process before October final

Aug 25, 2026

District staff told the board that salaries and benefits were posted to the wrong line, inflating co-curricular and instructional staff lines; staff recommended keeping the posted proposed budget and correcting the errors via the formal amendment process ahead of the October final budget.

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District staff alerted the board to apparent posting errors in the proposed budget that inflated co-curricular and instructional staff lines. A staff member said the problem arose because salaries and benefits had been entered on the wrong line, which boosted line 65 and affected line 69; staff said correcting entries will reduce those lines and shift funds to line 76 without changing total expenditures or revenues.

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