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Beekmantown board hears budget update: 3.85% tax levy increase, state aid adds $100,000 but budget locked
Summary
Superintendent reported a 3.85% tax levy increase for 2025–26 and a $100,000 increase in final state aid after the state budget passed; because the district already adopted its budget, the extra aid will reduce the use of fund balance rather than expand spending.
Superintendent Dustin told the Beekmantown Central School District Board of Education that the district’s 2025–26 tax levy will increase 3.85%, and officials expect taxes to remain under $16 per $1,000 of assessed value.
Dustin said the final New York state budget produced roughly $100,000 more in foundation aid than the district had anticipated. “Because we have a timeline that we are legally obligated to follow in terms of when we have to bring the budget forward for the board to adopt … the only thing we can do now with this information is say … the amount of appropriated fund balance that we had estimated will be decreased by that amount,” he said.
The nut graf: the board was told the extra state aid reduces the district’s planned draw on fund balance but cannot be used to increase the…
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