Budget Committee

Local budget law requires that the budget committee hold at least one meeting for the following purpose:

1. Receiving the budget message and budget document from the superintendent
2. Providing community members with an opportunity to ask questions about and comment on the budget

The district provides public notice of meeting(s) in the Salem Statesman Journal and on this site.

Public meetings of the Budget Committee of Salem-Keizer Public Schools 24J/32, Marion and Polk Counties, State of Oregon, will be held on the following dates to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025:

• May 7, 2024 – Election of chair and vice chair; Superintendent’s Budget Message will be received; distribution of the 2024-25 Proposed Budget; no public comment received

• May 14, 2024 – Budget Committee deliberations; public comment received*

• May 20, 2024 – Public comment received*; deliberations on proposed budget until approved/recommended to the school board for adoption

• May 21 & 23, 2024 – Tentative - CANCELLED
  The budget committee passed a vote to recommend the 2024-25 budget to the school board, which will consider it at the June school board meeting. Public comment may or may not be received*; deliberations on proposed budget until approved/recommended to the school board for adoption; additional meetings may be necessary if proposed budget not approved/recommended to the school board for adoption by May 23

Meetings will begin at 6 p.m. and be held in person and streamed live. Meetings will be held at the Boardroom located at 2575 Commercial Street SE, Salem, Oregon.

The 2024-25 Proposed Budget will be available on the district’s Budget web page starting at the time of the meeting on May 7, 2024. Contact Financial Services at 503-399-3021 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. for more information or to inquire about alternate means of inspection.

* Instructions for submitting public comment will be on the district’s School Board web page and included in the budget committee meeting agendas. Any person may sign up and submit public comment.