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Eden voters approve district budget and bus capital reserve; board certifies results
Summary
The board certified the 2026 budget and election: Proposition 1 (annual budget) passed 454–174; Proposition 2 (use capital reserve for buses) passed 489–138; Proposition 3 recorded as passed though transcript vote counts were unclear. The superintendent noted state aid changes and UPK funding increases.
The Eden Central School District Board certified the results of the district budget and school-board election during its May meeting, confirming the annual budget passed and two related propositions were approved by voters.
Clerk read the results into the record: Proposition 1 (annual budget) — 454 yes, 174 no (budget passed); Proposition 2 (use of capital reserve funds for acquisition of school buses) — 489 yes, 138 no (passed). The transcript records Proposition 3 as passed but the numerical vote counts in the record are unclear and were not fully transcribed.
Superintendent, addressing the board, said the budget passed with the highest approval rate the district has seen in over a decade — "about 72% positive pass rate" — and noted state-level developments affecting district aid. He said the district’s foundation-aid increase moved from an expected 1% to 2% and discussed proposed UPK funding increases and delays to zero-emission bus purchase/use deadlines in state legislation.
