Our 2025-26 budget

Each year, we enter into a budget planning process in order to deliver on our commitment to serving our students.

There is an ongoing Board Budget Committee, and we provide updates about the budget process each month at our School Board Meetings. The typical timeline for budget approval is:

• March Board Meeting: Overview
• Board Budget Committee: Ongoing
• April Board Meeting: Update on major variables
• Mid-April: Legislative Session Ends
• May: Staffing/Schedule development
• Mid-May Board Meeting: Recommendations made to the board
• June/July Board Meeting: Final recommendations made to the board; preview final budget outcomes
• August Board Meeting: Public hearing, final budget adoption

For the 2025-26 school year, there are several key considerations when it comes to our budget: 

At our April School Board meeting, we provided updates on our budget for the 2025-26 school year in an effort to provide transparency to our community and insights into the decisions we make. 

At our May School Board Meeting, we made budget recommendations to the Board based on the outcome of the 2025 Legislative Session and our projected costs for the 2025-26 school year. While we do not anticipate a formal Reduction in Force, minor changes are likely still necessary to balance the budget.

You can help us by learning more about the current school funding crisis and advocating to our legislators. Thank you for being committed to the success of our Vancouver Public Schools students.