{"id":3583,"date":"2026-05-24T20:28:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T20:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/?post_type=referendum&#038;p=3583"},"modified":"2026-05-26T11:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:41:02","slug":"auburn","status":"publish","type":"referendum","link":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/auburn\/","title":{"rendered":"Auburn School Department budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Auburn School Committee sent a $67 million school budget proposal to the City Council in May.&nbsp;The budget is a 4.4% increase over this year\u2019s $64.5 million spending plan. To fund it, the city will need to raise $21.1 million, an increase of 1% to taxpayers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e44e021b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-4-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-left is-style-short-red\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-lewiston-sun-journal wp-block-embed-lewiston-sun-journal\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NRu03r2gDO\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2026\/05\/01\/67-million-school-budget-goes-to-auburn-council-for-approval\/\">Auburn\u2019s $67M school budget goes to council for approval<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Auburn\u2019s $67M school budget goes to council for approval&#8221; &#8212; Lewiston Sun Journal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2026\/05\/01\/67-million-school-budget-goes-to-auburn-council-for-approval\/embed\/#?secret=jkzbb6MUry#?secret=NRu03r2gDO\" data-secret=\"NRu03r2gDO\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Auburn School Committee sent a $67 million school budget proposal to the City Council in May.&nbsp;The budget is a 4.4% increase over this year\u2019s $64.5 million spending plan. To fund it, the city will need to raise $21.1 million, an increase of 1% to taxpayers. Read more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"voter_guide_referendum_type":"","voter_guide_referendum_needs":"","voter_guide_referendum_fiscal_impact":"","voter_guide_referendum_effective_if_passed":"","voter_guide_referendum_sponsor":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_required":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_collected":"","voter_guide_referendum_legislative_action":"","voter_guide_referendum_on_ballot_since":"","voter_guide_referendum_vote_yes_means":"","voter_guide_referendum_vote_no_means":"","_speedyseo_primary_vg_referendum_type":"","footnotes":""},"vg_scope":[899],"vg_municipality":[1163],"vg_referendum_type":[],"class_list":["post-3583","referendum","type-referendum","status-publish","hentry","vg_scope-local","vg_municipality-auburn"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/3583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/referendum"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/3583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3727,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/3583\/revisions\/3727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_scope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_scope?post=3583"},{"taxonomy":"vg_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_municipality?post=3583"},{"taxonomy":"vg_referendum_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_referendum_type?post=3583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}