The Battle Ground Public Schools Board of Directors approved a $227 million budget that relies on fund balance reserves to cover a $14 million gap between projected revenue and expenditures as the district enters its first full school year without local levy funding.
The board voted 5-0 on Monday, Aug. 24, to approve the 2026-27 budget following a public hearing. The general fund budget projects $212,992,846 in revenue and $227,003,616 in expenditures, leaving expenditures $14,010,770 higher than revenue.
Michelle Scott, the district’s financial administrator, said the budget was shaped by the loss of levy revenue and reductions already made by the district…