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MSAD 60 board approves FY27 school, adult education and nutrition budgets
Summary
MSAD 60 trustees on April 2 approved three FY27 budget motions: the district school budget as read at the meeting, an adult education budget of $334,884 (local share $175,000) and a school nutrition budget of $2,467,623 (local share $0). Board members discussed board norms and conscience voting before passage.
The MSAD 60 school board approved three separate fiscal-year 2027 budget motions at its April 2 meeting, including the district school budget, the adult education budget and the school nutrition budget.
Board members moved and seconded three distinct motions as required: the school budget (total and local share as read aloud at the meeting), an adult education budget of $334,884 with a local share of $175,000, and a school nutrition program budget of $2,467,623 with a local share of $0. Each motion was seconded and approved by the board.
Before the votes, board members discussed internal norms and the scope for individual conscience. One member noted that while they would honor the board’s majority for the public hearing and referendum process, they had a right to vote their conscience at the meeting. The chair and other members reiterated expectations that once the board adopts a budget to forward it together to the public hearing process.
The numbers were read aloud by meeting staff during the motion. The transcript contains inconsistent formatting of several budget figures when spoken (for example, the school budget and local-share figures were read with digits that appear garbled in the record); the adult education and nutrition amounts above were read clearly in the meeting record. The board did not record a roll-call tally by name in the transcript excerpt, and specific yes/no vote counts were not captured in the posted record.
What’s next: the board is expected to present the adopted budget at the required public budget hearing and then proceed with the referendum timeline and required postings to town officials and the Department of Education.
