Embedded Files
Per RCW 28A.505.040, before the 10th of July annually each district must prepare their preliminary budget for the upcoming budget year, including a four-year budget plan, and post it electronically for public access.
No later than the 31st of August, the School Board must meet to consider and adopt the final budget.
A legal notice of the Budget Hearing and planned budget adoption in August will be published per the RCW. Procedures for accessing board meetings are located at the BoardDocs Website.
The preliminary 2025-26 budget presentation is posted below. Please review the notes in the presentation as they provide context on changes in the preliminary budget since the last board presentation. Also note that due to ongoing labor negotiations as well as normal budget development changes, the preliminary budget may change significantly prior to the August adoption hearing. At this time, all budgets are based on zero salary growth, pending the outcome of negotiations.
The Budget Cycle
Camas School District's budget process relies heavily on enrollment, State Legislature, and stakeholder engagement. Annually, the Superintendent's Budget Committee and District Staff engage in a budget development process which seeks to align out-year assumptions and financial modeling with district goals. The District School Board sets overall spending thresholds and seeks resource investment alignment with strategic priorities.
Strategic Plan
Fund Balance
2024-25 budget reliance on reserves leaves ending fund balance at a critically low level
Rebuilding the fund balance will be critical to sustainable operations
Legislative Advocacy
Successful efforts next session to increase our state revenues will mitigate future budget reductions:
Legislative funding enhancements did not address full budget shortfall over the upcoming biennium.
Budget Cuts
Continue to use attrition and other opportunities to control growth.
Staffing and budget cuts in 2025-26
to re-align expenditures to revenues
Ongoing Budget Objectives
In support of the Strategic Plan:
Focus on retaining programs and services which directly serve students
Retain mission-critical services to ensure safe instructional spaces
Focus cost controls in areas that historically have seen increases disproportionate to enrollment and/or are outliers compared to statewide peers.
Reduce salary & benefit costs, which account for 87% of total expenditures
RCW 28A.505.040
Budget—Four-year budget plan—Notice of completion—Copies—Review by educational service districts.
(1) On or before the tenth day of July in each year, all school districts shall prepare their budget (F-195) for the ensuing fiscal year. The annual budget development process shall include the development or update of a four-year budget plan that includes a four-year enrollment projection (F-195F). The four-year budget plan must include an estimate of funding necessary to maintain the continuing costs of program and service levels and any existing supplemental contract obligations.
(2) The completed budget must include a summary of the four-year budget plan and set forth the complete financial plan of the district for the ensuing fiscal year.
(3) (a) Upon completion of their budgets, every school district shall electronically publish a notice stating that the district has completed the budget, posted it electronically, placed it on file in the school district administration office, and that a copy of the budget and a summary of the four-year budget plan will be furnished to any person who calls upon the district for it.
(b) School districts shall submit one copy of their proposed budget and the four-year budget plan summary to their educational service districts for review and comment by July 10th. The superintendent of public instruction may delay the dates in this section if the state's operating budget is not finally approved by the legislature until after June 1st.
(c) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall consider the information provided under (b) of this subsection when ranking each school district by the financial health of the school district in order to provide information for districts to avoid potential financial difficulty, insolvency, or binding conditions.
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