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Bethlehem Central holds public hearing on 2025-26 proposed budget; board previously adopted the proposal
Summary
The Bethlehem Central School District held a required public hearing on the 2025-26 proposed budget, reviewed revenue drivers including pilot payments and state aid, and discussed the board’s prior decision to adopt a proposed budget and related ballot propositions.
The Bethlehem Central School District Board of Education held a public hearing on the proposed 2025-26 budget, reviewing revenues, planned expenditures and ballot items that voters will decide on May 20.
The hearing included a detailed overview of the district’s projected revenues and expenditures and an explanation of how the business office planned to use roughly $715,000 of undesignated fund balance to close a funding gap for 2025-26. The board previously adopted the proposed budget on April 2, which the presenter said will appear on the May 20 ballot with a not-to-exceed spending cap for the voters to approve.
The presentation said the district expects roughly $59.3 million in salaries and about $30.9 million in fringe benefits for 2025-26 and that debt service is down about $1.4 million from the prior year. The presenter described a projected districtwide increase of roughly 2.3% in spending (about $2.6 million year‑over‑year) and said the tax levy increase is…
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