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Budget Reductions Summary
Budget Reductions Summary
The school board has approved the following recommendations by the Superintendent Miriam Mickelson, presented over three phases, to reduce the coming school year’s budget by $30 milion. These reductions will be integrated into the the proposed 2026-27 budget that Dr. Mickelson will present to the budget committee for its review in April.
Phase 1
Nonpersonnel reductions
| Proposed Reduction | Description | Estimated Total |
| Professional Service Contracts | Reductions to contracts for outside services such as investigations, job reviews, coaching, and similar supports | $30,000 |
| School Discretionary Budgets | Reductions to each school’s discretionary budget for the 2026–27 school year | $220,000 |
| Technology Subscriptions | Reductions to software and technology tools such as ThoughtExchange, Seesaw, Rosetta Stone, and similar products | $250,000 |
| Department Materials and Services | Cuts to department-level supplies, services, and contracted supports | $410,000 |
| Professional Development | Most department professional development and MAPS professional development funding will be paused for 2026–27 | $500,000 |
| Staffing and Stipends | Reductions to some staffing and stipends, including related payroll costs; estimated unemployment costs are included | $890,000 |
| TOTAL | $2,300,000 |
Phase 2
District programs and initiatives
| Proposed Reduction | Description | Estimated Total |
| Credit Retrieval and Online Programs | Ending the middle school Eugene Online Academy and scaling back high school extended day and Eugene Online Academy programs. | $830,000 |
| Administrative Consolidation | Using attrition to reduce secondary administrative positions at lower-enrollment schools | $830,000 |
| CALCI Program | CALCI will be discontinued in its current form. Some components will continue through Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses, including a centralized Future Build–aligned course at North Eugene High School that students from other schools can access. | $1,880,000 |
| Nutrition Services & Catering | Reduced General Fund support for Nutrition Services and a pause on production kitchen and catering services. | $2,750,000 |
| Academic support and extracurricular programs | Reductions to AVID, summer school, BEST programs, and changes related to OSAA athletics reclassification. | $3,550,000 |
| Staff Support Services | Pausing centrally managed mentorship and educator pathway programs, reducing instructional support capacity, and ending the district-level conflict resolution function. | $4,490,000 |
| Staffing Adjustments | Reductions primarily affecting non-bargaining unit positions, along with initial licensed and classified staffing reductions. | $6,880,000 |
| Unemployment Costs | Estimated unemployment costs related to layoffs. | ($3,000,000) |
| TOTAL | $18,210,000 |
Phase 3
School-based personnel
| Proposed Reduction | Description | Estimated Total |
| Family School | Co-location at the Camas Ridge Community School building | $160,000 (Accounts for one-time moving costs; does not include capital project savings of $1,100,000.) |
| Licensed Staffing | Up to 95 out of 1,098 full-time-equivalent positions; staff reduction due to enrollment decline and middle school bell schedule change | $12,670,000 |
| Classified Staffing | Up to 15 out of 891 FTE; staff reduction due to enrollment decline | $850,000 |
| Staffing Adjustment Pool | Fall staffing adjustments, as needed | ($1,500,000) |
| Unemployment Costs | Estimated unemployment | ($2,300,000) |
| TOTAL | $9,880,000 |