For the 2010-11 budget, the school board applied for several exceptions to increase taxes above the index limit, including school construction costs and pension costs.
It represents $49 million in added contract costs, $20 million in additional health care and pension costs and $10 million in anticipated increases for utilities, development and financial aid programs.
Long-term problems include inadequate investment in economic infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, sizable trade and budget deficits.
