Chandler Unified’s Governing Board only approved one action item July 8, but it was an important annual step.
The CUSD board gave final approval to its $393.9 million 2026-27 budget July 8, approving largely the same documents that had been presented for tentative adoption at its June 24 meeting.
Lana Berry, the district’s chief finance officer, presented and took questions about the budget for about an hour, or much of the July 8 meeting. She explained everything from proposed school finance legislative bills that didn’t pass, to ones that did and their impact to ballot referrals that voters will weigh in on in November, along with how many aspects of the budget are funded or what changes for 2026-27.
