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Timberlane board rescinds funding motion, votes to draft warrant article for tuition-free full-day kindergarten
Summary
After board members acknowledged a procedural error in a prior meeting, the Timberlane Regional School District board rescinded its earlier funding direction and voted to develop a warrant article to seek voter approval for tuition-free full‑day kindergarten for FY2026.
The Timberlane Regional School District school board rescinded an earlier funding direction related to full‑day kindergarten and voted to draft a warrant article seeking voter approval to fund tuition‑free full‑day kindergarten for fiscal year 2026.
Board members said the December motion to direct staff to find funds for full‑day kindergarten conflicted with the district’s articles of agreement. At the Jan. 2 meeting, board member Kim McCormick moved to rescind the earlier motion; another board member seconded the motion and the board voted to rescind. The board later approved a separate motion to develop a warrant article so the question could go before voters.
Why it matters: The board concluded the December action had procedural problems under the district’s articles of agreement and state rules, so it opted to put the funding question to voters rather than…
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