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Board advances 2025–26 budget assumptions; district forecasts 2.74% general education aid increase, plans 6.9 FTE reduction
Summary
The Monticello school board advanced the district’s 2025–26 budget assumptions, which include a 2.74% increase in general education aid, a planned reduction of 6.9 FTEs based on enrollment projections, and a projected health insurance cap of 13%. The motion to continue the budget process passed 4–0.
The Monticello Public School District on Monday advanced its budget assumptions for the 2025–26 school year as part of the district’s multi-step budget process.
Director of business services Tina Burkholder reviewed staffing, revenue and expenditure assumptions the district will use for budget planning. Burkholder said the district learned in late February that general education aid will increase by 2.74% for next year and that the governor has recommended a one-year hold-harmless for compensatory funding, though that remained uncertain. The…
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