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Voorhees presents tentative 2026-27 budget; board to use banked cap to cover health-care rise
Summary
Board Secretary Haley presented a tentative budget showing a multimillion-dollar gap narrowed by revenue adjustments, appropriation cuts and use of banked cap tied to a 16.27% health-care increase; the proposal would raise the school portion of taxes roughly 5.34%, increasing the annual bill on an average home by about $189.42.
Board Secretary Haley presented the Voorhees Township School Districttentative budget on March 18, saying a worst-case revenue scenario first produced a $6.4 million gap that the administration has narrowed through revenue adjustments, expenditure reductions and use of banked cap for health-care costs.
Haley described the steps taken to balance the budget: increasing conservative interest revenue estimates, recognizing rental and bus-lease income, removing funded positions tied to confirmed retirements, adjusting healthcare estimates provided by insurers, reallocating allowable preschool…
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