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Brandstetter lays out Mars Area SD budget calendar, flags 11.46% health-insurance estimate
Summary
At a Mars Area School District finance meeting on Feb. 3 (year not specified in the transcript), Miss Brandstetter reviewed the budget calendar through June, said the district aims for no tax increase, and projected a health-insurance cost increase of about 11.46%; she set a May 5 presentation of the proposed final budget with a likely vote in mid-May or June.
Miss Brandstetter, who led the finance meeting, reviewed the district's budget-development calendar and key deadlines at the Feb. 3 finance meeting (year not specified in the transcript). She told board members the district is working from a Jan. 13 resolution to limit increases "to the index" and said "the goal is to not have a tax increase this year."
Brandstetter listed a series of preparatory meetings running through March: a transportation review (she met with Tina on Jan. 21), a PASBO state-budget seminar she will attend, and several administrator meetings in March to cover staffing (March 4), curriculum (March 5 with Dr. McMahon), special education (March 12), maintenance and capital improvements (March 19 with Randy…
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