Mt. Ascutney School District

MASD Budget Versions

At the October Mt. Ascutney SD board meeting, the board asked administration to present to the Mt. Ascutney SD Budget Advisory Committee and the Board two options for the FY28 budget.

Mt. Ascutney SD FY28 budget versions

Version A is the FY28 General Fund budget as proposed by administration and presented in detail throughout this budget book. Version B includes further reductions. There may be additional versions as we work through the budget process. Important Note: The tax figures are very preliminary at this point and have several caveats until the State publishes more information to estimate FY28 taxes. Accordingly, expect these numbers to change as we move towards Town Meeting.

Mt. Ascutney FY28 budget versions compared
Measure	Version AAdmin Proposed	Version BFurther Reductions
FY28 General Fund budget	$16,499,582	$16,208,368
Difference from Version A	–	-$291,214
Change from FY27	-$125,270	-$416,484
Change from FY27 (%)	-0.75%	-2.51%
General Fund FTE	90.24	87.64
Education spending per LTWADM	$17,457	$17,119
Excess-spending threshold	Over by $785	Over by $446
Equalized rate (before CLA), per $100	$1.8408	$1.7711
Homestead rate, Windsor, per $100	$1.3695	$1.3177
Windsor rate change from FY27	+1.21%	-2.62%
Homestead rate, West Windsor, per $100	$1.3048	$1.2554
West Windsor rate change from FY27	+1.22%	-2.61%

Version AAdmin Proposed

FY28 General Fund budget: $16,499,582
Difference from Version A: –
Change from FY27: -$125,270
Change from FY27 (%): -0.75%
General Fund FTE: 90.24
Education spending per LTWADM: $17,457
Excess-spending threshold: Over by $785
Equalized rate (before CLA), per $100: $1.8408
Homestead rate, Windsor, per $100: $1.3695
Windsor rate change from FY27: +1.21%
Homestead rate, West Windsor, per $100: $1.3048
West Windsor rate change from FY27: +1.22%

Version BFurther Reductions

FY28 General Fund budget: $16,208,368
Difference from Version A: -$291,214
Change from FY27: -$416,484
Change from FY27 (%): -2.51%
General Fund FTE: 87.64
Education spending per LTWADM: $17,119
Excess-spending threshold: Over by $446
Equalized rate (before CLA), per $100: $1.7711
Homestead rate, Windsor, per $100: $1.3177
Windsor rate change from FY27: -2.62%
Homestead rate, West Windsor, per $100: $1.2554
West Windsor rate change from FY27: -2.61%

What each version changes

Version A's total is what the FY28 budget already holds against FY27. Each version that starts from Version A carries it.

Version A lists what the FY28 budget already holds. A check means the version includes that change; each version that starts from Version A carries Version A's rows.

Version A lists what the FY28 budget already holds. Each version that starts from Version A carries those rows.

What each version changes
Change	Version A	Version B
0.4 FTE ABS Music Teacher (currently unfilled)	Included	Included
0.4 FTE WHS Science Teacher (currently unfilled)	Included	Included
$30K Windsor School Maintenance Reductions	Included	Included
1.0 FTE WHS English Teacher	Included	Included
0.6 FTE ABS Guidance Counselor	Included	Included
0.4 FTE ABS Art	Included	Included
1.0 FTE ABS Social Emotional Interventionist	Included	Included
1.0 FTE Windsor School Paraprofessional	Included	Included
1.0 FTE School Principal	Not included	Included
0.6 FTE ABS Permasub	Not included	Included
1.0 FTE Windsor School Guidance Counselor	Not included	Included
FTE change	-4.8	-7.4
Total of these changes	-$495,265	-$786,479

Tax figures are very early estimates, the yield letter is not released until December 1st.
LTWADM count is very preliminary.
Homestead yield: FY28 estimate (WSESU Business Office); the State has not published it at this time.
Excess-spending threshold: FY28 estimate (WSESU Business Office); the State has not published it at this time.
Windsor CLA factor: the FY27 figure until the State publishes FY28's.
West Windsor CLA factor: the FY27 figure until the State publishes FY28's.