Kaskaskia College finished its 2026 fiscal year with a surplus, and college officials are currently projecting that revenues will again outpace expenditures for the 2027 fiscal year.
KC Vice President of Administrative Services Sara Hanks reported to the college’s board of trustees Monday evening that the budget for the 2026 fiscal year, which ended on June 30, had originally carried a projected deficit of more than $400,000, but the end result was actually a surplus of more than $900,000, thanks to both revenues that were higher than projected and expenses that ended up being lower than initially forecast.
Currently, the 2027 fiscal year budget also projects a surplus, with revenues exceeding expenditures by around $450,000.
KC President George Evans says the numbers will come into sharper focus as the year progresses, but college officials feel positively about the budget situation. “We’re looking at a little bit of a projected revenue increase, but obviously we’ll know a little bit more after our drop period occurs this fall, as spring is usually our strongest semester. So all things are pointing in the right direction, and we obviously don’t want to be sitting on a ton of money, nor are we. We just want to make sure that we are getting as close to being balanced as possible.”
Formal approval of Kaskaskia College’s 2027 fiscal year budget will be taken up at the board’s September 28th meeting, which will be held at the Greenville Education Center. A public hearing on the tentative budget will take place at 6 p.m. that evening, prior to the board’s regular meeting.
The board also approved several personnel-related items on Monday. Trustees approved the promotion of Josie Spihlmann from assistant professor of mathematics to associate professor of mathematics. The board also voted to hire Adam Heimann as Trenton Education Center coordinator, Sara Koopmann as administrative assistant for Career and Technical Education and Industrial Trades deans, and Molly Green as CNA program manager.
