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Washington Township board reviews tentative 2026'27 budget, approves finance items and relies on surplus and state aid boost
Summary
The Washington Township Board heard a presentation of the tentative 2026'27 budget, was told of an approximately $1.5 million net state-aid increase and about $15 million in overall revenue growth (including adjustments), and approved agenda finance items 1 and 2 while item 3 failed. Public commenters pressed the board about staff cuts and a Title I tutoring RFP.
The Washington Township Board of Education on March 18 reviewed and approved submission of the district's tentative 2026'27 budget to the county, while approving several associated finance items and fielding public concern about personnel cuts.
Budget presenter Mrs. Wechter told the board the district must submit a tentative budget to the county office of education for state Department of Education review and then advertise it; a public hearing is scheduled for April 28, with final adoption expected later in the spring. "This is just a quick timeline, tonight is the presentation and approval of the tentative budget," she said.
Wechter said the district's state aid notification produced a net increase of $1,500,000 and that, including health-care adjustments, the district is budgeting about $15,000,000 in additional revenue overall. She cautioned that some aid categories, such as extraordinary-aid reimbursement for special education, remain uncertain until after the fiscal year: those claims are submitted in…
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