Budget
Board approves budget for 2023-2024
On June 22, the Board approved the budget for the 2023-2024 school year. The $85.4 million budget reflects the priorities of the 2022-2027 Strategic Plan, the 2020 Long Range Plan, and current enrollment projections.
The Budget Priorities are:
Recruitment and retention of high-quality staff
Continued learning interventions
Strategic Plan intervention
Operational necessity
Budget highlights
Voters approved the Prop RP-1 levy transfer issue in April 2023, and 100 percent of the revenue generated is budgeted toward salary and benefit increases. The budget includes a 7.9 percent average increase in salary for all staff classifications and the continuation of Board-paid health insurance.
Opening of the Ninth Grade Center in August. The budget includes new positions totaling 12.5 full-time equivalent positions, classroom equipment, and supplies.
The District is budgeting for continuation and expansion of real world learning programs, including: doubled capacity for the Ray-Pec Enterprise & Design program, implementation of the new Carpentry Studies program, and additional support for all existing LEAD Center programs.
Expansion of the Parents As Teachers program.
Continuation of the dedicated federal funding targeted at additional students needs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two additional School Resource Officers.
Allowances for enrollment growth and increases in transportation, insurance, and utilities.
Continued expenditure of Proposition S general obligation bond funds in accordance with the Long Range Facilities Plan.
