The East Greenbush Central School District hosted its first Budget Workshop for the 2025-26 school budget at Wednesday evening’s Board of Education meeting in the Central Administration conference room.
All of the figures are tentative at this point due to the state budget not being final (the state’s budget deadline is April 1) and there are several reviews and adjustments the board will make between now and April 22. The preliminary budget estimate is $118,569,530 and proposes a tax levy increase of 3.19%. Over the past four years, the district has averaged a tax levy increase of 0.26 percent.
Despite a proposed increase in Foundation Aid (5.7%), the district is dealing with rising costs such as increases to health insurance (19.1%), in particular prescriptions (32.8%), salaries (4.5%), BOCES (4.2%), and utilities (6.1%). District administrators are continuing to review revenues and expenditures as part of the budget planning process.
“This is the beginning of the budget process,” said Superintendent Jeff Simons. “We will look to close the projected gap in the budget during the next several weeks with guidance from our board of education and community stakeholders. We encourage the public’s input into our deliberations.”
Residents can learn more about the preliminary budget at upcoming budget workshops.
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