Huntington Beach City School District

Board money decisions voted on between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022, with each goal in the district's own words and where it stands. Printed October 18, 2026.

Decisions

3

Stamped

3

Not yet due

0

Goal met

3

Stamps: Goal met 3

1. 01 · VOTED SEP 14, 2021

   Raise the district's budget reserve goal to 7%

   Goal met

   Goal (the district's words)

   • “Increase the reserve for economic uncertainties to at least seven percent of the general fund expenditures and other financing uses.”

   Goal met · Review date September 15, 2023 · Not yet invited

   The district's 2022-23 year-end report (Unaudited Actuals, approved September 12, 2023) lists a "4% Board Policy Reserve" of $3,154,626 and a "Reserve for Economic Uncertainties (3%)" of $2,365,970, which together equal the 7% goal. The same 4% and 3% reserves appear in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 year-end reports, and the 2025-26 report lists a 5% board policy reserve plus the 3% reserve. Percentages are the district's own labels.

2. 02 · VOTED MAY 17, 2022

   Use Gisler property sale money to pay off most of a district loan early

   Goal met

   Goal (the district's words)

   • “the principal amount of the Certificates to remain outstanding will total $1,730,000.”

   Goal met · Review date September 15, 2023 · Not yet invited

   Before the prepayment, the loan's schedule ran to 2035 with $11,730,000 outstanding. The debt schedule in the district's 2025-26 year-end report (Unaudited Actuals) shows a Certificates of Participation balance of $1,230,000 on July 1, 2025 and $730,000 on June 30, 2026. That is consistent with the $1,730,000 the district expected to remain after the prepayment, followed by regular payments.

3. 03 · VOTED JUN 21, 2022

   Keep class sizes smaller in 2022-23 (Local Control and Accountability Plan)

   Goal met

   Goal (the district's words)

   • “HBCSD will reduce class sizes to an average of 25:1 for elementary grades and 28:1 for middle school grades, with the exception of PE”

   Goal met · Review date September 15, 2023 · Not yet invited

   In the 2022-23 annual update (part of the 2023-24 LCAP, presented June 20, 2023), the district reported that it "successfully implemented class size reduction." It spent an estimated $2,079,870, which is $328,039 more than budgeted, to hire additional staff to minimize combination classes at elementary schools. The update doesn't list the average class sizes reached, so this result is based on the district's own report.

Source: districtreceipts.netlify.app. Every quote and number links to the district's public documents on each decision page. An independent project, not affiliated with the Huntington Beach City School District.