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HIGHLANDS School Board votes to advertise tentative 2026–27 budget
Summary
The board voted to advertise the tentative 2026–27 budget after staff outlined a roughly $188 million spending plan and explained a tight DOE deadline for millage-rate publication; the motion to advertise carried. Board members asked questions about reserves, insurance claims and enrollment projections before approving advertisement.
The HIGHLANDS School Board voted to advertise the tentative 2026–27 budget after staff presented a high-level spending plan and explained a compressed timeline tied to state millage-rate deadlines.
Tanjara, business operations, told the board that "in total, our budget for this year is estimated to be about $188,000,000," and provided a line-item overview including the general fund (about $118,000,000), debt service (about $5,000,000) and capital improvement (about $29,000,000). She said federal grants are estimated at about $11,700,000 and insurance/internal service funds are estimated at about $25,000,000. Tanjara also explained that the Department of Education must provide millage rates by the 19th and the board is scheduled to approve the budget by the 24th; once approved, the tentative budget must be advertised and a public hearing held within 2–5 days.
Board members pressed staff on reserves and recent claims. Tanjara said the tentative budget projects a fund balance near 3.4% but cautioned that the figure is a projection and could change when year-end entries and claims are closed. After discussion, a board member (Committee member, S6) moved to advertise the tentative budget; another member (Committee member, S5) seconded. The motion carried; the transcript records members voting in favor and the chair declared the motion carried. The transcript does not record a full roll-call tally for all members in sequence, and a precise vote count is not specified in the record.
The board adjourned following the vote. The next steps are advertisement of the tentative budget and scheduling the mandated public hearing dates tied to the advertisement.
