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Plymouth‑Canton previews FY27 budget, flags $8M–$10M of needed alignments
Summary
Chief finance and operations officer Jill Minnick told the board the district is modeling a FY27 general‑fund budget using the governor’s proposed $10,300 foundation allowance and a conservative 75‑pupil enrollment loss; administration estimates a need to align roughly $8 million–$10 million in the general fund and will present updated assumptions as state revenue numbers firm up.
Chief finance and operations officer Jill Minnick presented the board with the district’s preliminary assumptions for the FY27 general fund and a timeline for public hearings and budget adoption.
Minnick said the governor’s executive proposal would increase the foundation allowance from $10,050 to $10,300 per pupil (a roughly 2.5% increase). Using that proposed foundation and an assumed district enrollment decline of 75 pupils, Minnick estimated a state‑aid revenue change of roughly $3.2 million, and she estimated a $753,000 loss tied to a 75‑pupil decline.
She outlined several moving parts that affect the district’s budget…
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