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Budget

We are committed to responsible financial management and aim to maximize your tax dollars to support student learning.

2025-26 Budget Update

Like many school Districts throughout the state and nation, the Bremerton School District is facing a budget deficit due to rising costs, declining enrollment, the expiration of COVID-19 funding, and insufficient state education funding. 

Budget reduction measures are never easy. The District’s priority is to keep cuts furthest from the classroom when possible. The goal is always to minimize the reduction of classroom teaching positions and maintaining educational program access for students.

 

Questions? Need help?

If you have questions about the budget, or would like to request a copy of the budget, please contact our finance department by email or call 360-473-1031.

2025-26 Budget FAQs

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2024-25 Budget

The Bremerton School District continues to innovate to meet the growing needs of our students while balancing the increasing costs associated with these needs. We are not alone in this dilemma, as many school districts around the state find themselves in a similar, difficult financial position - with costs and needs exceeding funding from the state.

Major factors impacting school budgets, including ours, are: the cost of providing special education services exceeds the funding we get from the state and federal governments; student needs have grown and changed, yet the money to support these needs is going away, even though support is still needed; and costs for the things school districts need to operate has skyrocketed, yet the funding the state provides for these necessities has not kept up. Learn more about school funding >

 

The 2024-25 budget was approved by the Bremerton School District board of directors on August 1, 2023.

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