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State budget yields small revenue boost for Goshen; district outlines next steps on phones, buses and meals
Summary
Administrators told the board the district will receive a roughly 2% foundation-aid increase (about $480,000) and reviewed state actions that affect BOCES aid caps, a proposed device ban, electric-bus timelines, universal free school meals and private-school substantial-equivalency rules.
Superintendent Dr. Coates and district administrators reviewed changes in the recently enacted New York state budget and outlined how those changes will affect Goshen Central School District operations.
Administrators said the district will receive a 2% increase in Foundation Aid, which the superintendent estimated at roughly $480,000 for the current year. Officials had been monitoring additional possible increases during negotiations but said the enacted reconciliation did not include the extra 1% some advocates had sought.
The district highlighted several other provisions that will require planning or further information from state agencies:
• BOCES expense-driven aid: the salary cap used for aid calculations will rise…
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