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Franklin Township board advances preliminary 2026-27 budget, cites rising health-care and transportation costs
Summary
The Franklin Township Board of Education approved an omnibus motion to move the 2026-27 preliminary budget to the county for review after district leaders outlined a $246.6 million operating budget projection, an $11 million health-care adjustment, and program expansions including a Next Tech Academy and cosmetology partnership.
The Franklin Township Board of Education voted to advance the district's preliminary 2026-27 budget to the county superintendent after a presentation by district leaders who said soaring health-care and transportation costs drove the request for an adjustment to the tax levy.
Superintendent Dr. Rivalli opened the budget presentation and framed the process, telling the board that approval of the preliminary budget would send the proposal to the executive county superintendent for review and, if accepted, allow the district to advertise the budget and hold a public hearing next month. "This is not a budget hearing," he said. "The budget hearing is next month." (Dr. Rivalli)
Stephen Fried, the district's school business administrator, summarized the numbers that underpin the levy request. He said the district would request a health-care adjustment of about $11 million to account for a state health-plan increase and projected a 2% levy increase otherwise. Fried presented a projected operating budget of $246,584,005.75 and described the tax levy as making up about 88%…
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