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Connetquot budget holds programs while seeking extra state aid; UPK expansion proposed
Summary
Connetquot Central School District officials presented a draft 2025–26 budget March 25 showing a 2.79% spending increase, a tax levy at the 1.34% tax‑cap limit and a roughly $354,000 shortfall staff hope to close with additional state aid.
Connetquot Central School District officials presented a draft 2025–26 budget March 25 showing a proposed 2.79% increase in spending, a tax levy at the district’s tax-cap limit of 1.34% and a roughly $354,000 gap that officials said they hope to close with additional state aid.
The budget presentation, delivered by Mr. Hauser, outlined staffing assumptions and program priorities and said the draft maintains all academic, athletic and extracurricular programs. The board was told the district expects to adopt a final proposed budget about a month from the meeting and face a public budget vote on May 20, 2025.
District staff emphasized that the budget shortfall is sensitive to the state aid figure that the legislature is expected to release after the governor’s proposal is finalized. "We're sitting at a…
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