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CCSD 21 board adopts FY26 budget showing modest revenue growth and rising benefits costs
Summary
The CCSD 21 Board of Education held a public hearing and approved the district's fiscal year 2026 budget, citing a 3.1% revenue increase and larger increases in benefits and construction-related expenses.
The CCSD 21 Board of Education adopted its fiscal year 2026 budget after a public hearing on Sept. 18, approving a spending plan the district said increases revenues 3.1% while expenses rise faster, driven by benefits, construction and other non-salary costs.
In a public presentation, Mike Zager, the district's director of finance, said the formal budget must be adopted by Sept. 30 and that the district will post it to the State Board of Education site. "The formal budget is required to be adopted by September 30," Zager said during the hearing.
Zager told the board the budget assumes a 3.1% increase in total revenues and a 6.6%…
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