FARMINGTON — With two towns reporting results early Thursday night, the Regional School Unit 9 proposed $33.9 million school budget was passing 254-164.
New Sharon residents approved the proposal by a vote of 204-95 while Temple voters rejected it by a vote of 50-69.
The budget represents a $1.18 million increase over last year and factors in an additional $729,954 in state education aid. Of that amount, $378,165 was used to reduce tax assessments to towns and $165,018 was used to lower the proposed amount that would have to be borrowed through a bond for capital improvement projects. Voters approved a $317,834 capital project June 13.
It is the second attempt to get a budget passed. The first proposal of $33.89, about $1.14 million more than last year, failed by a vote of 1,458 to 1,643 on June 13.
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