District financial information
2025-26 budget and beyond
BGPS may need to make budget cuts for upcoming school years if the district's replacement education and operations levy (Proposition 9) should fail in April 2025. If the replacement education and operations levy is approved, the district would not need to make these cuts.
Additional adjustments to the potential cuts could be made based on increased state funding, any enrollment changes and/or use of the district’s fund balance. The cuts would take effect for the 2025-26 school year, and reduced or eliminated positions and programs would not begin to be restored until the 2026-27 school year at the earliest, depending on funding.
2024-25 budget approval
At its meeting on Aug. 26, 2024, Battle Ground Public Schools’ board of directors held a public hearing and unanimously approved the budget for the 2024-25 school year.
View the full 2024-25 budget hearing presentation.
The approved budget expenditures includes:
General fund: $242.645 million
Capital projects fund: $25.024 million
Debt service fund: $373,885 (expires in December 2024)
Associated Student Body fund: $2.902 million
Four-year budget estimate
In accordance with state law, the district has developed a four-year budget estimate (F195F) including a four-year enrollment projection.
Clean financial audit
Auditors determined that BGPS complied with district policies, applicable state laws and regulations, and appropriately safeguarded public resources. Learn more.
BGPS improves financial health score
Battle Ground Public Schools’ financial health score saw a boost in updated rankings. Battle Ground’s score improved from 3.05 to 3.35 for the 2023-24 school year, the most recent for which scores are available. The average score for all other K-12 Clark County school districts last year was 3.02. Learn more.
Washington state’s school funding dilemma
The state of Washington is constitutionally responsible for fully funding the costs of basic education but even after reforms (the McCleary “solution”), the state’s efforts aren’t keeping up with actual expenses.