Jamestown Public Schools Superintendent Bret Apthorpe. P-J file photo by Jordan W. Patterson

The Jamestown Public Schools Board approved its 2020-21 budget during a special meeting Tuesday.

The $88,313,671 budget includes seven layoffs, a focus on distance learning training and modernizing curriculum. The spending plan will now go to district residents in the June 9 vote via absentee ballot.

The board noted that there is no tax levy increase in the proposed budget.

Registered voters will receive an absentee ballot in the mail with two propositions:

• the 2020-21 proposed budget not to exceed $88,313,671;

• the Prendergast Library Association asking the public to approve a tax levy of $350,000 for the purpose of funding the library.