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RSU 52 budget workshop: district leaders lower overall increase, flag state funding uncertainty
Summary
Administrators presented updated line‑item changes that lowered the district budget increase to 5.84%, highlighted cuts to device and software lines, and warned that a pending state EPS formula bill could shift subsidy amounts for the district but models so far are mixed.
The RSU 52/MSAD 52 school board held its annual budget workshop to review warrant articles 1 through 7 and line‑by‑line changes to the draft budget. Administrators reported line‑item reductions for devices and some software subscriptions, a trimmed health‑insurance assumption and a modest reduction in the projected district increase to 5.84% from an earlier 6.13%.
Why it matters: the board and administrators said the final local tax impact depends in part on a pending state bill to change the EPS (Essential Programs and Services) funding formula. "The bill has about 8 different…
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