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Timberlane board reviews default budget as special-education and benefits costs push default above voted budget
Summary
Finance staff presented a default budget totaling $90,497,479, up from the voted $82,334,912; the board heard that salary and benefit increases plus a $2.35 million rise in special-education contracted services largely drive the change and requested more analysis on transportation impacts.
Finance staff told the Timberlane Regional School District school board on Nov. 20 that the district—s default budget calculation produces a total of $90,497,479, compared with the current voted operating budget of $82,334,912. The presentation traced $8,162,567 in default-driven increases, including a $2,079,034 rise in salaries and a $2,349,767 jump in special-education contracted services.
"Default budget as used in this subdivision means the amount of the same appropriations as contained in the operating budget authorized for the previous year, reduced and increased as the case may be by debt service, contracts, and other obligations previously incurred or mandated by law," a staff member read aloud…
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