District overview
Fremont Union High School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
A community-funded high-school district pairing property-tax operations with a long-running bond modernization program
Fremont Union is a community-funded, or Basic Aid, high-school district: local property taxes exceed its state LCFF entitlement, so property-tax growth rather than enrollment-driven state aid supplies most operating revenue. The Board adopts the budget and LCAP, sets policy for five comprehensive high schools and district programs, and separately oversees voter-authorized bonds and parcel-tax proceeds.
Local property value drives the operating base
About 90% of 2026-27 General Fund revenue comes from property taxes and other LCFF sources; the adopted budget assumes 2% secured-property-tax growth.
People dominate spending
Salaries and benefits account for about 86% of General Fund expenditures, making staffing, compensation, pensions, and health costs the main recurring budget levers.
Parcel tax and bonds have distinct jobs
The budget includes $5.1 million in parcel-tax operating revenue, while Measure G's $275 million authorization is restricted to approved renovation and modernization work.
The district plans above the state reserve floor
The adopted plan reports roughly $39 million in unrestricted reserves and projects compliance with both the state's 3% minimum and the Board's 7% policy.
Strong property-tax and reserve positions do not make all resources interchangeable: restricted grants, parcel-tax language, bond proceeds, and developer fees each have separate legal uses.
Where the district stands
2026-27 adopted-budget funding mix for this Basic Aid district.
Largest expenditure category in the adopted budget.
Local operating revenue subject to the voter-approved measure.
Adopted-budget projection, not an uncommitted cash balance for arbitrary use.
Major projects
Measure G campus modernization program
design and construction continuingThe district is continuing classroom and campus modernization at all five comprehensive high schools, including HVAC, lighting, fire/life-safety, technology, furniture, roofing, and flooring work, along with named replacement and student-services buildings.
- Voters approved the $275 million Measure G bond
- District published its Series 2026 bond-issuance update
- Citizens' oversight annual report presented to the Board
- Homestead Buildings C and L replacement design-build procurement active
Funding
Measure G general-obligation bonds repaid through property taxes within the district
Recent news
Prepared from the district's 2026-27 adopted budget summary, enrollment and LCAP pages, Bond Program and oversight materials, and the current Homestead High design-build solicitation.
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