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School Committee moves FY26 budget forward to public hearing; proposal relies on fund balance and requests 3.5% tax-levy increase
Summary
On March 26 the Auburn School Committee voted a straw poll to present the proposed FY2026 Auburn School Department budget at a public hearing; the department's proposal includes a roughly 3.5% tax-levy increase and would use $1.75 million of the fund balance as part of revenue planning.
The Auburn School Committee on March 26 voted a straw poll to move the proposed FY2026 Auburn School Department budget forward to the public hearing scheduled for April 2 and to the joint discussion with the Auburn City Council on April 7.
Amanda Kuchar, Auburn Public Schools business manager, presented budget details and said the department is requesting a $729,000 increase in the local assessment and that the general fund shows approximately a $2.5 million increase driven by enrollment growth, higher free-and-reduced-lunch and MLL counts, health insurance and negotiated contracts. Kuchar said the department's local request averages about a 3.6% increase…
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