SHERBURNE – The Sherburne-Earlville School District has completed its budget process for the 2008-09 school year, and while gas and utility costs have significantly increased over the course of the year, the district has managed to keep the budget and tax levy increase to a minimum.

The district is proposing a budget of $26,563,214 for the 2008-09 school year, an increase of $1,054,940 from 2007-08. The proposed budget would bring a tax levy increase of 3.95 percent, an amount very close to what the district has seen in the last several years.