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Lancaster CSD presents $76.6 million draft instructional budget; tax-levy limit calculated at $1.8 million increase
Summary
District administrators presented the second of three 2025-26 budget work sessions, outlining a $76.6 million draft instructional budget (up 6.79%) and the tax-levy limit calculation that produces a potential $1.8 million levy increase (about 2.97%) but remains subject to the 2% cap and carryover rules.
Lancaster Central School District administrators on the second budget work session presented a draft instructional budget of $76,600,000 for 2025-26, a $4,900,000 increase from the prior year (6.79%), and described the district's tax-levy limit calculation that produces a maximum allowable levy increase of roughly $1,800,000 (about 2.97%).
Jamie Phillips, district staff who led the presentation, said the tax-levy limit calculation uses the district's current levy, a district-specific tax base growth factor of 1.0063, the lower of the Consumer Price Index or 2%…
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