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Summit district previews FY27 draft budget with 5.17% tax-levy increase driven by health-benefit spike
Summary
District leaders presented a FY27 draft budget that would raise the tax levy about 5.17% (adjusted cap) amid a projected 19% increase in health-benefit premiums and a conservative placeholder of a 5% state-aid reduction; administration plans final review when state numbers are released.
Summit Public School District officials on Feb. 19 presented a draft FY27 budget that proposes an adjusted tax-levy increase of roughly 5.17%, driven primarily by rising health-benefit costs and other fixed expenses. Assistant Business Administrator Kathy Sargent told the board the draft includes a placeholder 5% decrease in state aid and a quoted 19% increase in employer health-benefit premiums as planning assumptions.
Superintendent Scott Huff framed the draft as…
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