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Colchester School District projects about 6% tax increase under FY26 baseline; board asks for scenarios
Summary
District administrators told the school board the FY26 baseline budget would raise taxes roughly 6.3% under current state assumptions, citing salaries, benefits and a food-service deficit as main drivers; the board requested 4–6% scenario options for January.
District administrators presented the Colchester School District’s FY26 budget framework and said, under current statewide variables, the local tax rate would rise about 6.3% if the board adopted the baseline figures.
The presentation, led by Speaker 2 with technical details from Speaker 3, explained how Vermont’s statewide education funding — including the dollar yield, common level of appraisal (CLA) and long-term weighted average ADM — factors into local tax calculations. "Colchester would be looking at an increase in taxes of about 6.3%," Speaker 3 said when applying the district’s CLA and the draft baseline budget.
Administrators attributed the bulk of…
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