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Stratham officials warn health-insurance hikes and bond payments will pressure FY27 budget
Summary
District administrators told the board they have begun FY27 budget work and warned that a statutory change moving grant appropriations to the districts, health-insurance increases of roughly 15.5%–17%, and the inclusion of bond debt service in the operating budget will put upward pressure on next year’s tax rate.
District administration told the board it has started work on the FY27 operating budget and highlighted several items likely to increase next year’s cost: a move to have districts appropriate grant funds rather than the SAU; sizable health-insurance premium increases; and the inclusion of the bond payment in the district’s operating budget.
Administration explained auditors have been finding that the legal owners of grant funds are the districts, not the SAU, and as a…
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