Cd’A School District braces for 2025 budget shortfall
COEUR d’ALENE — The Coeur d’Alene School District is forecasting a budget shortfall in 2025.
“The budget for the fiscal year 2024 was initially projecting a surplus of $828,732. However, due to a decrease of $550,000 in state support and additional expenses of $1.9 million, the projected surplus has turned into a projected deficit of $788,000,” wrote Shannon Johnston, the district’s director or finance, in her monthly report which she presented to district trustees at the Jan. 8 board meeting.
Special education is a main factor in the district’s financial challenges. The district has experienced a $933,030 increase in special education expenses and has received a high volume of requests for full-time special education employees as agency costs continue to skyrocket.
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