Ballot voting on town and school officers runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Croydon Town Hall. The floor portion of Town Meeting will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 18, with the annual School District meeting to follow at 1 p.m. at Town Hall.

Croydon — Voters will settle two contested races at Town Meeting next week.

Selectboard member Carol Marsh is being challenged by Joseph Marko and Town Treasurer James Britton faces a contest from Croydon resident David Hooley.

On the school side, School Board member Jody Underwood is unopposed for re-election.

The town warrant includes a $419,600 general fund budget, about $1,600 more than approved last year.

Among the other articles on the warrant are a proposal to establish a bridges capital reserve fund and to seed it with $10,000, and to sell a property on Ryder Corner Road that was acquired by the town by tax deed.

On the school side, the proposed $1.26 million budget is down about $31,500, or 2.5 percent, from the current school year.

Tuition spending for 28 students in grades 5-8 would increase by 3.4 percent, to $366,660, while tuition costs for 16 students in grades 9-12 would drop 13.4 percent, to $223,600.

Croydon and the state of New Hampshire have been embroiled in a legal dispute over its efforts to send some students to a private school after they graduate from the K-4 Croydon Village School. The New Hampshire Senate last month passed a bill that would allow towns like Croydon to pay private-school tuition with public money, and the House earlier this week passed a similar bill on a 188-163 vote.

New Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, has said he would sign such legislation.

Asked if the tuition estimates for the next year were based on possible payments to private schools, Underwood said, “Our budgeting for tuition items will always be based on the tuition of our anchor schools, which is currently Newport schools.”

If the school budget is approved as on the warrant, the amount to be raised in taxes for school operations decrease would by about $66,000, or 7.6 percent, to $800,600.

John P. Gregg can be reached at jgregg@vnews.com.