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Exeter board debates how grant appropriation changes what voters see as the 'default' FY27 budget
Summary
Board members pressed administration on using FY2025 grant spending to set the district's default FY2027 budget, saying it could make the proposed budget appear larger to voters; administrators cited attorney guidance and said they would research options and return next week. The packet includes a proposed grant appropriation of $3.5 million and cites FY25 actual grant expenditures of roughly $2.78 million.
The Exeter School District board spent much of its meeting Wednesday unpacking how grant money is being folded into the proposed FY2027 budget and what that means for the default budget voters will compare on the ballot.
Molly, an administrator who led the budget presentation, told trustees that the packet shows food service, the general fund and grant appropriations combined in Article 1. She said the administration moved from an SAU-level $4,000,000 appropriation to a district-level approach, and that the packet's proposed grant appropriation was scaled to $3,500,000 after seeing a reduced pipeline of grants. "What you see here in this difference is the FY25 actual spend versus the FY27 proposed," Molly said, referring to the figures staff used to establish a default baseline.
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