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Ocean City School District presents $52.7 million 2025–26 budget; homeowner impact modest
Summary
Business administrator Tim Kelly presented the 2025–26 budget at a public hearing, describing $52.7 million in total appropriations, rising employee benefit costs, a proposed roofing project with partial SDA grant funding, and a tax levy at the cap that would raise an average homeowner’s bill modestly.
Tim Kelly, the district’s business administrator, presented the Ocean City School District’s 2025–26 proposed budget at a public hearing, saying total appropriations for the year are $52,700,000 and that the general fund appropriation (excluding some large capital items) is about $50,800,000.
Kelly told the board the budget presented was the same document introduced the previous month and has undergone county review. He said major cost drivers include employee benefits — “a rather substantial increase on the employee benefit side both medical and prescription, in the neighborhood of about 10%” — and student support services, with instruction and special…
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