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School board approves fiscal 2026 budget after public hearing; construction spending drives planned deficits
Summary
After a public hearing, the Galena Unit School District board approved the 2025–26 fiscal year budget. District staff said planned capital work on the new high school and related projects will intentionally draw down several fund balances to pay for furniture, vocational equipment and asbestos abatement.
The Galena Unit School District board approved the district’s fiscal 2026 budget following a public hearing at its regular meeting. District staff presented the final budget and asked the board to adopt it before the state’s September deadline. Mister Vincent, district staff member, told the board the district’s largest fund, the education fund, shows a planned $430,000 deficit for the year. “We are purposely eating into our annual surplus…largely because of a very large furniture purchase that we’re going to make out of there to equip the…
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