Budget hearing, adoption on MUSD to-do list

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A public hearing for the Maricopa Unified School District’s proposed 2018 fiscal year budget is scheduled to take place Wednesday night.

The MUSD governing board will hear from the public inside the district’s administrative building prior to voting to adopt its budget, according to the board’s agenda.

Previously, hot budget topics have included a salary raise for all MUSD employees, the addition of activity buses for afterschool programs at the middle schools and high school, a sick-leave bank and the cost of lowering class sizes.

The board is expected to approve a 3 percent cost-of-living increase for its employees across the board.

After receiving input from the public, the board is expected to take a vote on its budget.

If approved, the district will submit the budget to the Arizona Department of Education for maintenance and operation expenditures, according to the agenda.

The board is also scheduled to vote to meet in a private, executive meeting after the budget decision. Board members and district leaders will “discuss or consider” Superintendent Steve Chestnut’s employment renewal.

The agenda stipulates that the discussion could, however, take place in public if a request is made by the superintendent to do so.

The board meeting begins 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, inside the district office administration building board room at 44150 W. Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway.