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Voorhees board adopts 2025–26 budget with 2% tax levy increase
Summary
The Voorhees Township Board of Education adopted a $73 million fiscal 2025–26 budget that uses reserves and a 2% tax levy increase to cover a $635,001 decrease in net balance, funds capital projects including security camera and playground upgrades, and includes a preschool expansion funded by state aid.
The Voorhees Township Board of Education adopted its final 2025–26 budget after a public hearing, approving a total budget of about $73,000,006.79 and a 2% increase in the tax levy to help balance the district’s revenues and expenses.
Business administrator and board secretary Helen Haley presented the budget summary, saying the district’s total state aid for 2025–26 is $5,249,002.55 and that, despite an increase in formula funding, the district saw a real-dollar decline because a prior-year stabilization aid was not repeated. “From our standpoint in real dollars, we went down because we did not get the stabilization aid,” Haley said.
The nut graf: The board approved the advertised budget and the required reserve withdrawals to cover capital and maintenance needs while limiting near-term tax…
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