STPPS School Board Agenda Explained — August 13, 2026

St. Tammany Parish School Board Packet Summary — August 13, 2026

Meeting Overview

The St. Tammany Parish School Board packet includes materials for a Public Hearing on the proposed budget for the 2026–2027 fiscal year. The agenda identifies the public hearing as including a staff presentation/comments on the proposed budgets and public input concerning the proposed budgets.

The public hearing notice states that the hearing is scheduled for August 20, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at the C. J. Schoen Administrative Complex in Covington, Louisiana.

Key Items on the Agenda

Proposed 2026–2027 Fiscal Year Budgets

The packet presents proposed budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027. The budget message states that the submitted budgets are balanced and were developed through a process focused on financial planning, review of revenue and expenditure items, and alignment with School Board goals and policies.

The agenda identifies the proposed budgets as a staff presentation/comment item and includes the Budget Message FY 2026–2027, the General Fund Original Budget FY 2026–2027, and other budget documents for review.

Major Financial Items

General Fund Revenue Changes

The proposed General Fund budget projects several significant revenue changes:

• Local revenue sources are projected to increase by $5.6 million compared with the prior original budget, including a projected $4.4 million increase in ad valorem property tax collections and a $2.6 million increase in sales tax revenue projections.
• State funding through the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) is projected to decrease by approximately $24.8 million. The budget message attributes the projected decrease to enrollment changes, a new K–8 charter school opening in the parish, state stipend funding requirements, projected student losses, and other MFP funding changes.
• Total General Fund revenues in the proposed FY 2026–2027 budget are listed at $488,931,784, compared with $509,207,930 in projected FY 2025–2026 revenues.

Budget Balancing Transfers

The proposed budget uses transfers from other funds to address the decrease in MFP funding. The packet describes proposed one-time transfers of $19.8 million from the Community Disaster Loan Fund and $5 million from the Parishwide Construction Fund, totaling $24.8 million reflected as transfers in.

Expenditures and Staffing-Related Costs

The proposed General Fund budget includes changes in projected expenditures: