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2025-26 Budget Information

2025-26 budget

Since October 2024, the District has identified $64 million of savings to decrease the projected $176 million deficit to $112 million for the 2025-26 budget year. The District strategy includes vacancy savings, more funding for its Unduplicated Pupil Percentage, and increased dollars from Impact Aid, Lottery, Interest, and Home to School Transport.

The District is also making progress on driving the remaining deficit down to zero. One of the cost saving measures to help the District achieve this is by enacting a Supplemental Early Retirement Plan (SERP). Other cost savings expected to help the District get to zero include a commitment to streamline the central office, and seeking efficiencies across the enterprise.

As we work to balance the budget, we are committed to addressing it with transparency, collaboration and care. Our priority is to identify solutions that have the least impact on our classrooms, ensuring that we can continue to provide a high-quality education to every student. We see this budget gap as an opportunity to take a closer look at all aspects of our budget and align our resources more closely with our goals  around student wellness, academic outcomes, and college and career readiness. 

We Want to Hear From You - Complete the Budget Survey to Share Your Ideas

Our students, families, staff, educational partners and community members are at the heart of what we do, and your insights and ideas are invaluable. We welcome your diverse perspectives and ideas for budget saving solutions as we navigate this budget gap together. Please use the feedback form to share your thoughts, ideas and questions. 

This survey will remain open until December 31, 2024.

Catch Up on Past Presentations 

Timeline & What's Next? 

Upcoming actions that will help to inform our decisions for how we get to zero.  

  • Governor’s Budget – In January we will have a better understanding of the funding allocation from the state

  • SERP -  In January the enrollment period for the Supplemental Early Retirement Plan will close, which will tell us how many team members choose to retire. 

  • Budget Workshop – In February we will have another budget workshop with the community, and that is where the Governor’s Budget, SERP, and all the work we are doing to get to zero, will be shared. 

  • Second Interim Report – In March we will present the second interim budget to the Board, and that’s where we intend to show how we get from $112 to zero.

  • Lead Up to June Budget Adoption – After the second interim report, we will continue to work on the budget, make adjustments, issue possible notices for certified or classified employees – if needed, review the Governor’s revised budget, and then in June the Board will adopt a final budget – which will be balanced.   

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