The Aug. 9 story “SOCSD approves $8M budget” stated incorrectly that the Sedona-Oak Creek School District’s fiscal year 2025 budget, approved on July 9, would be $8.015 million.
Total budgeted expenditures for the year will be $10,788,711.
SOCSD Finance Director Stacy Saravo later clarified that the $8 million figure includes only the district’s Maintenance and Operations budget, capital fund limit and federal grants.
“When speaking of our budget we are typically referring to the Maintenance and Operations budget … [which] is where most of the day-to-day expenditures take place,” Saravo said. The M&O budget for FY25 is set at $6,111,088.
The district’s total FY25 budgeted expenses of $10,788,711 will also include:
- $1,280,821 for unspecified unrestricted capital outlay
- $1,180,555 for unspecified classroom site expenditures
- $1,015,505 in unspecified other expenditures
- $623,323 for federal projects
- $250,000 for school plant expenditures
- $206,461 for food services
- $76,463 for unspecified “auxiliary operations”
- $36,000 for debt service
- $8,495 for state projects
The published budget does not include breakdowns of district spending on teacher or administrator salaries, books, supplies or administrative costs.
