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Beacon City School District proposes $91.85M 2026–27 budget; 4.47% levy increase at cap and $640,000 bus proposition on ballot
Summary
District leaders presented a proposed $91.85 million budget for 2026–27 that they said would push the levy to the legal cap (4.47%) and include a $640,000 bus proposition; the budget vote and three school-board seats are scheduled for May 19.
Superintendent Matt Landau and Deputy Superintendent and business official Anne Rick Korder Ernie presented the Beacon City School District27s proposed 202627 budget, saying it would total about $91,850,000 and that the proposed tax-levy increase of 4.47% is at the state tax cap.
"The tax levy increase is 4.47%, which is at the tax cap," said Anne Rick Korder Ernie, the district27s deputy superintendent and business official, while walking viewers through the tax-cap calculation and the capital exclusion that allows levy growth to cover debt service on voter-approved projects.
Why it matters: the proposed budget funds personnel and programs the district called central to instruction and student supports while matching debt payments for a previously approved capital project. Officials said salaries and…
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