The Shelton School Board on Tuesday evening passed a $78.3 million budget for the 2023-24 school year.

Instruction is the largest expense in the budget at 57.50%, followed by instructional support at 13.46%, central administration at 6.50%, maintenance and operations at 6.07%, the principal's offices at 5.64%, pupil transportation at 4.52%, food services at 2.80%, utilities and insurance at 2.25%, other services at 1.15% and public activities at 0.11%.

That translates to $45,058,755 for instruction, $10,548,702 for instructional support, $5,095,732 for central administration, $4,421,817 for...