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Board discusses 2025–26 budget plan, signals 1.67% tax‑levy move; approves routine resolutions
Summary
The OSSINING UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT administration presented a proposed 2025–26 budget that uses the district’s 1.67% maximum allowable tax levy, identifies recurring additions (special‑education and ELL teachers, coaches) and proposes using one‑time fund balance as contingency against possible midyear grant reductions.
The OSSINING UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Education continued its budget work session on March 19, reviewing Superintendent Mary Dot Salter’s proposed 2025–26 budget and taking several routine votes.
Mary and finance staff summarized the proposed budget approach: a recommended levy increase at the district’s maximum allowable tax cap (1.67% for 2025–26), a general‑fund spending plan that tightens use of fund balance compared with recent years and a set of recurring and nonrecurring priorities. The administration described the proposed budget as smaller than the prior year by more than $1 million in total appropriation, while also identifying program and staffing additions that would be funded if the board adopts the proposal.
Key program augmentations the administration tied to the proposed budget included…
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