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Rockville Centre proposes 2.6% tax levy, 1.63% budget increase; preliminary hearing April 10
Summary
District officials presented the 2025-26 preliminary budget March 27: a 1.63% year-to-year increase, a proposed tax levy of 2.6% (under the 2.62% tax cap), and a $1.8 million transfer to capital. The board set a preliminary budget hearing for April 10 and the public vote for May 20.
Rockville Centre Union Free School District officials presented the district's preliminary 2025-26 budget at the March 27 public work session, proposing a tax levy increase of 2.6% (below the district's calculated tax cap of 2.62%) and a budget-to-budget increase of 1.63 percent.
The presentation outlined the budget schedule: the board's preliminary budget hearing is set for April 10 (last chance for district changes), the formal budget hearing on May 8 and the annual election and budget vote scheduled for May 20 at Southside High School. The district reported it filed its tax cap calculation with the Office of the State Comptroller on March 1; the filed cap was 2.62% and the district proposes a levy below that cap.
District staff reported the overall 2025-26 budget increase at 1.63% to $139,889,187 (presenter provided that figure). Key program-area notes in the presentation included:
- Special schools:…
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