At its regularly scheduled June 10 board meeting, the Salem-Keizer School Board of Directors voted unanimously to adopt the 2025-26 budget after the approval of the district budget committee, totaling $1,148,650,319.
The number reflects a $25 million increase from the 2024-25 school year, but still represents a $46 million gap between anticipated revenue and budgeted expenditures.
“Public schools are expected to identify and address a staggering array of youth and family needs, such as medical care, solutions for food and housing insecurity, social work, laundry, crisis intervention, mental and behavioral health services and more,” Superintendent Castañeda said…