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Holland Central School District presents draft 2026–27 budget; staff says levy will be 3.62%
Summary
A district staff member presented a first draft of the 2026–27 budget showing a proposed tax levy of 3.62% (total $9,348,309), about $326,000 above last year, and outlined new positions the draft would fund while noting final state aid and fund-balance decisions remain pending.
A staff member presenting the district—s preliminary 2026—27 budget told the Holland Central School District Board of Education the draft tax levy would be 3.62%.
"The levy will be 3.62% and that is a total of $9,348,309 which is an increase from last year of $326,000 and it is within the allowable cap 5 formula," the staff member said. The presenter described the document as a first draft of the expenditures for 2026—27 and said it shows roughly a $1.1 million increase in spending from the previous year.
The draft budget items highlighted by the presenter include hiring an SRO, a full-time speech teacher, a full-time elementary teacher, a full-time aide and a head bus driver. The staff member also explained the district plans to use a mix of reserve funds—including unemployment, TRS, ERS and ERWA reserves—and fund balance to cover portions of the budget pending the final state aid run.
State aid remains a major revenue component, the presenter said. "As usual our state aid and our levy are pretty much 94, 95% of our budget," the staff member said, noting those revenues are largely outside local control. The presenter told the board the district expected an updated state aid run in April and planned to present the budget for adoption in April after finalizing revenues and fund-balance usage.
Board members pressed for follow-up details on revenue estimates, specific reserve amounts the budget would draw on and the timeline for adoption. The staff member said those figures will be finalized once the state aid run is received and the board will see a final adoption resolution in April.
