School Board may adopt FY26 budget Monday

posted on 1/3/2024

The School Board will hold a special session on Monday, Jan. 6, to review and adopt – if ready – the School Department’s fiscal year 2026 budget for the 2025-2026 school year. If it doesn’t adopt the budget on Monday, it will do so at its regular monthly meeting on Monday, Jan. 13. 

Business Administrator Michael Limanni emailed the complete proposed budget to the School Board on Dec. 31, which is available to review on the FY2026 Budget Revealed webpage, along with all other School Board budget documents and recordings of budget meetings and workshops.

Beginning with their initial budget presentation on Nov. 18, Limanni and Superintendent William Harbron have brought the School Board from a high-level overview to an in-depth review of the proposed FY2026 budget, including recommendations on new position requests.

The School Department’s proposed budget is $90,086,597, with $63,521,900 to be raised by local property taxes. It’s above the estimated city’s tax cap by $2,611,154, a decrease from the budget’s initial starting position of $5,447,103 above the tax cap.

The School Board’s adopted budget will be included in the City Manager’s overall city budget, which will be presented to the City Council at its Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025 meeting.

For more information, contact the School Department at 603-516-6800.