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East Kingston board reviews FY27 first-read budget, flags health insurance and new reading curriculum as drivers of a 5.8% tax impact
Summary
In a first reading of the FY27 budget, East Kingston officials said health-insurance increases are the primary driver of a proposed 5.8% tax impact; staff also proposed moving grant appropriations from the SAU to the district budget and presented a one-time K–5 reading curriculum purchase staff estimated at $28,000 (line-item shows $38,000 total).
The East Kingston Elementary School Board reviewed a first-read of the FY27 budget on a packet staff said will be posted for public hearing in January. Central-office staff introduced a three-fund presentation (general fund, food service, and a new district grants fund) and said the board will vote in December on what to send to a public hearing in January.
Brandon (S5), presenting on behalf of the finance office, said the district is moving grant appropriations into the East Kingston budget instead of routing them through the SAU. “Now that is not a guaranteed amount of grant money,” Brandon said, explaining the appropriation is an authority to expend only when revenue arrives. Staff noted cooperative grants historically shown in…
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