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Ossining board adopts superintendent’s proposed 2025–26 budget with 1.67% tax-levy increase; earmarks contingency for possible grant cuts
Summary
The board approved the superintendent's proposed 2025–26 budget, including a 1.67% tax-levy increase (the levy cap), use of projected unappropriated fund balance and a $5.4 million contingency set aside to cover potential midyear cuts to federal grants, officials said.
The Board of Education adopted the superintendent’s proposed 2025–26 budget at its April 22 regular meeting and approved related consent items, district staff said during a work-session presentation and the consent-vote block.
District staff member Alita presented the proposed budget details and said the proposal includes a tax-levy increase of 1.67 percent, which she described as the district’s levy-limit cap. Alita said the district plans to use projected unappropriated fund balance and is earmarking $5,400,000 as a contingency to protect staffing in the event of midyear cuts to federal and state grants.
Alita told the board the district is not using reserves this year, citing prior large withdrawals for TRS and ERS, and described state budget uncertainty because the state Legislature had not finalized the…
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