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Marshall Public Schools board approves 2025-26 budgets amid state funding uncertainty
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The Marshall Public Schools Board approved the 2025-26 general fund, food service and student activity budgets after a public hearing and roll-call votes. District staff warned that state funding timing and unsettled legislation make revenue projections uncertain.
The Marshall Public Schools Board of Education on Monday approved the 2025-26 general fund, food service and student activity budgets following a public hearing and discussion of state funding changes and local grants.
The board opened a public hearing on the district’s 2025-26 budget and heard a presentation from Kendra, a district staff member who reviewed last year’s savings and this year’s projections. The board then approved the budgets in roll-call votes (motion to approve the 2025-26 budgets by Derek Allen, supported by Mark Mihalka; roll-call votes recorded as yes by Jerry Underhill, Mark Mihalka, Derek Allen, Matt Davis, Amanda Lankard and Lauren Brown).
Kendra said the district saved “over half a million dollars” this year by refunding 2015 debt and consolidating debt accounts into a common debt fund, which increased investment returns. For 2025-26 she said the state is proposing a maximum foundation allowance of…
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