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Salisbury board hears budget that builds in autistic‑support classroom and $2.4M of potential new staffing
Summary
District finance staff presented a draft 2025–26 budget that currently includes nearly $2.4 million in added costs — much of it for proposed classroom and special‑education staffing including an added autistic‑support teacher and three full‑time instructional assistants. The board will review a full budget and possible tax options in April.
The Salisbury Township School District board on Feb. 19 reviewed a draft 2025–26 budget that administrators said currently contains nearly $2.4 million in additional expenditures largely driven by proposed new positions and expanded special‑education staffing.
Dawn (secretary/finance staff, speaker 4) walked the board through updated IFO projections and the district’s planning assumptions, and said the Governor’s proposed increase to basic education aid would add about $47,000 to Salisbury’s revenue picture. She said the packet the board received builds in many vacancy and potential positions now so the district can later remove lines if needed rather than try to add them back in after the import process is complete.
“It’s easier for us to remove the positions later from the budget than it is to add things in,” the finance lead said, summarizing the district’s approach to constructing the draft budget.
The largest single set of proposed additions is for autistic‑support and related special‑education staffing. Administration listed the…
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