(Credit: Reporter file photo) The Board of Education Monday night unanimously approved a 2021-22 budget totaling $12.38 million with $11.016 million to be raised from taxes if voters endorse the spending plan at the polls on May 18. To stay within the state-imposed cap, the district had to cut $24,579 in expenditures after learning that despite an increase in state aid over what it received in the current school year, it would not quite close the gap. Business office personnel worked through the numbers and were able to cut back on planned expenditures for legal fees, fuel oil, chaperones and other student supervision, classroom supplies, special education and athletic competition fees, said Superintendent Brian Doelger, Ed.D.