Avon School Board Approves Superintendent's Recommended Budget

The Avon Board of Education unanimously endorsed the budget Superintendent Gary Mala recommended at its special meeting on Tuesday evening.

The school board is requesting a $51,903,086 general fund budget for fiscal year 2014-15, a 2.77 percent net increase over last year.

About $2.7 million is projected in the general fund in non-tax revenue. The board also unanimously approved three other non-tax revenue streams calculating that the school district will receive $975,994 in state federal educational grants in the next school year, as well as $1,297,474 coming in for the school cafeteria fund and $54,000 in the school facilities fund.

The combined gross figure that the Town Council and Board of Finance will see is $54,230,554, which includes projected non-tax revenue from the proposed general fund, school cafeteria fund, federal educational grant and school facilities fund.

When the Town Council recommends a budget, the town and school board budget will be recommended for the Board of Finance's review as a cumulative gross amount.

The public hearing for the whole budget, including the town and school board requests, is scheduled for Monday, April 7, followed by the tri-board workshop on Wednesday, April 9, the town meeting on Monday, May 5 and the referendum on Wednesday, May 15.