Lake Stevens School District is carefully reviewing its budget projections for the 2023-24 school year, and making necessary adjustments based on federal funding reductions, and the anticipated state budget. However, because of our proactive and conservative budgeting process, and strong community support for passing school levies, the district will not need major budgetary adjustments. Overall, the district projects approximately $3.5 million in budget reductions for the coming school year. Some of these reductions will happen through attrition when staff resign or retire, and their positions are not replaced. Others will happen with strategic cuts and other planned cost saving measures.