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Yorktown superintendent proposes 2025–26 budget with 1.74% levy, seeks to cut fund-balance reliance
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Ron Hatter presented a 2025–26 proposed budget that sets the tax levy at 1.74%, reduces one-time use of fund balance by about $1 million, and maintains current programs while flagging state-aid uncertainty and key cost drivers.
Dr. Ron Hatter, the district superintendent, presented the Yorktown Central School District’s proposed 2025–26 budget on April 7, asking the board to set a tax levy increase of 1.74% and saying the district will reduce its planned use of fund balance by roughly $1 million.
Hatter said the plan balances student needs with fiscal constraints and remains below the district’s maximum allowable levy of 2.69%, while preserving core programs and staffing levels. He added the district expects an increase in foundation aid and a net year-over-year state-aid increase of about $1.7 million but cautioned the state budget remained unsettled.
The budget matters because the levy and fund-balance choices affect taxes paid by residents and the district’s…
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