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Decatur board details FY26 budget timeline and explains opt-out from state digest-growth cap
Summary
Board members outlined FY26 budget priorities—balanced, revenue-neutral approach, ERP investment, and equity-focused allocations—and said the district will pursue an opt-out from the state’s digest-growth cap (House Bill 581) because CPI limits would not match school cost growth.
Board member James Hernan said the City Schools of Decatur’s FY26 budget development began in September and follows a timeline that the board plans to keep: tentative budget approval is scheduled for April 15 with final approval targeted for the May board meeting and potential millage hearings in June if required.
Hernan said the FY26 parameters are intended to produce a balanced, revenue-neutral budget aligned with the district’s strategic accelerators and to seek alternative revenue sources such…
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