Fiscal Year 2026 Final School District Annual Expenditure Budget Packet

The Final Budget Forms zip file contains forms and instructions for completing the school district annual expenditure budget. Extract the files to C:\SDFORMS\. The C:\SDFORMS\ folder should also include the most recently revised version of the district's fiscal year 2025 budget files. Read the Submission and Publication Instructions for additional information. The Desegregation Budget Forms zip file contains the forms and instructions for districts that budget for desegregation.

All districts should use the final budget forms for budget revisions during the fiscal year. The Arizona Department of Education will not accept budget revisions submitted on the preliminary budget form.

Click here to view a video created to show a general overview of the Budget file's format to help form users understand how budget limit amounts are calculated and how the information pulls between the various file tabs (total time 23 minutes).