Bend‑LaPine board adopts $639.5 million 2025–26 budget, sets property tax levy
June 17, 2025 | Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1, School Districts, Oregon
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The Bend‑LaPine School Board unanimously adopted the district’s 2025–26 budget on June 17 and approved the tax levy that will fund it.
The board passed Resolution 19‑97 adopting a budget of $639,538,582 and then approved Resolution 19‑98, imposing the permanent tax rate of $4.7641 per $1,000 of assessed value and a bond levy of $46,332,994 for tax year 2025‑26. Director Shirley Olsen moved the first resolution and Director Ross Tomlin seconded; both votes passed unanimously. Director Olsen seconded the tax‑levy motion, which also passed unanimously.
Why it matters: the adopted budget sets overall spending priorities for schools, staff and district services for the coming year and the tax levy establishes the property tax revenue that supports the district’s bond obligations and operations.
District chief financial officer Dan Emerson told the board the adopted budget is the same document members have reviewed in prior hearings but cautioned that the district budgeted an expected state school fund distribution that was larger than the actual amount received. Emerson said the district budgeted for higher state funding and that the shortfall will require a supplemental budget later this year: “we're gonna come with a supplemental board, budget resolution in August or September, whereby we will reduce personnel costs and reduce revenue to balance the budget.”
Board members asked a few clarifying questions about Moody’s credit rating and enrollment rankings after the vote; Emerson said the district retained a AA2 rating from Moody’s and that slight changes in other districts’ numbers may have altered ranking comparisons.
What happened next: with both resolutions approved in open session, the district will proceed with the adopted 2025–26 budget and will return to the board with a supplemental budget resolution once the district finalizes updated state revenue figures and corresponding expenditure adjustments.
No legal challenge or referendum was raised during the meeting.
The board passed Resolution 19‑97 adopting a budget of $639,538,582 and then approved Resolution 19‑98, imposing the permanent tax rate of $4.7641 per $1,000 of assessed value and a bond levy of $46,332,994 for tax year 2025‑26. Director Shirley Olsen moved the first resolution and Director Ross Tomlin seconded; both votes passed unanimously. Director Olsen seconded the tax‑levy motion, which also passed unanimously.
Why it matters: the adopted budget sets overall spending priorities for schools, staff and district services for the coming year and the tax levy establishes the property tax revenue that supports the district’s bond obligations and operations.
District chief financial officer Dan Emerson told the board the adopted budget is the same document members have reviewed in prior hearings but cautioned that the district budgeted an expected state school fund distribution that was larger than the actual amount received. Emerson said the district budgeted for higher state funding and that the shortfall will require a supplemental budget later this year: “we're gonna come with a supplemental board, budget resolution in August or September, whereby we will reduce personnel costs and reduce revenue to balance the budget.”
Board members asked a few clarifying questions about Moody’s credit rating and enrollment rankings after the vote; Emerson said the district retained a AA2 rating from Moody’s and that slight changes in other districts’ numbers may have altered ranking comparisons.
What happened next: with both resolutions approved in open session, the district will proceed with the adopted 2025–26 budget and will return to the board with a supplemental budget resolution once the district finalizes updated state revenue figures and corresponding expenditure adjustments.
No legal challenge or referendum was raised during the meeting.
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