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Worcester County Public Schools FY26 draft budget requests roughly $11 million in new funding; state aid and health insurance unknowns remain
Summary
In a Feb. 11 budget work session the district presented a FY26 draft showing about $11 million in additional requests including salary increases, restored cuts, health insurance and an iPad refresh; officials said state aid formula changes and health insurance rates remain variables that could change the final ask.
Vince Tolbert, presenting for Worcester County Public Schools on Feb. 11, walked the Board of Education through the district's second FY26 budget work session and highlighted new requests and remaining uncertainties.
Tolbert told the board the draft now includes recently negotiated salary agreements. He said the budget documents list roughly $11 million in additional funding requests for FY26, composed of several larger line items: the negotiated salary package and related fixed charges ($5,744,439), restore prior year cuts ($1,940,759), a projected health-insurance increase (about $1,205,012), an iPad refresh ($550,000), an increase in the local share of teacher pension ($672,000), full summer and after-school programming ($303,039), and estimated bus-contractor increases ($280,000). Tolbert said the district…
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