Cape Elizabeth residents are set to vote on the school budget on June 10. If it fails, town officials want to know why.

Officials hope to pose a non-binding advisory question to residents on the same day. Voters will be asked whether the budget amount is "too high" or "too low," giving town councilors guidance on how to amend the budget, according to Town Clerk Ruth Noble.

Officials are awaiting legal advice from the Maine Muncipal Association on whether the advisory question would need its own ballot.

The proposed $19.7 million school budget is a 4.6 percent increase from the current one.

The proposed increase is nearly $263,000 less than what the school board had proposed to the council.

The council will vote to adopt the budget on May 27 at a 7:30 p.m. meeting.