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Rutland Town School Board amends FY26 budget to add funds for asbestos remediation and approves $11.47 million budget
Summary
The Rutland Town School Board voted to amend its FY26 budget to add $100,000 toward asbestos remediation and approved a total expense budget of $11,468,468, board presenters said.
The Rutland Town School Board voted during a combined town/school meeting to amend its previously proposed FY26 budget to add $100,000 toward full asbestos remediation and then approved a total expense budget of $11,468,468 for fiscal 2026.
Lewis, identified in the transcript as the presenter for the school budget, opened the school board discussion with a multi‑point breakdown: “The budget expense is currently up by 7.5%,” Lewis said, and attributed the increase primarily to contractual salary and benefits (+$330,000), one‑time building repairs (+$350,000) and secondary tuition (+$114,000). Lewis described how education spending and tax rate estimates are calculated using…
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