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Mantua Township Board approves $26.48 million tentative budget, amends long-range facilities plan ahead of potential bond referendum
Summary
The Mantua Township Board of Education approved a tentative $26,475,979 budget for 2025–26 (general fund tax levy $16,014,291) for submission to the county and amended its Long-Range Facilities Plan in anticipation of a possible bond referendum; the meeting also approved a shared-services business administrator agreement with Wenonah.
The Mantua Township Board of Education voted March 10 to approve a tentative 2025–26 district budget of $26,475,979 and to submit it to the Executive County Superintendent of Schools. The board recorded a general fund tax levy of $16,014,291 as part of the tentative budget.
The approval came during the Operations & Finance committee portion of the meeting. Board member Mr. Bruner moved to approve items 1–12 on the Operations/Finance agenda, which included the budget; Mr. Grant seconded and the motion was approved unanimously. The tentative budget will be reviewed by the county as part of the statutory approval process before adoption.
Board members also voted to amend the district's Long-Range Facilities Plan (LRFP), a planning document the district said it is revising in anticipation of a possible bond referendum. The LRFP amendment was included in the same motion that approved the tentative budget.
Other finance items approved in the package included authorization of line-item transfers for December 2024 and January 2025 (which the board said increase the Feb. 1 per-pupil administrative cost figure), establishment of a travel maximum of $50,000 for the 2025–26 school year, and participation in Gloucester County Special Services School District's Nonpublic Technology and Textbook Purchasing program for 2025–26.
The board also approved a shared-services agreement under which Mantua Township School District will provide Business Administrator services to Wenonah School District for the 2025–26 year at a cost of $62,500.
The board did not take a final (adoptive) vote on the budget; approval at this meeting was for the tentative budget to be submitted to the county for review. The district did not provide a timeline for final adoption at the meeting.
