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Hauppauge UFSD previews 2025–26 budget, projects flat staffing amid retirements
Summary
District staff presented a first look at the 2025–26 budget, projecting roughly 3,066 students, noting 15 upcoming retirements (13 planned replacements) and citing a 3.77% change in the tax levy and roughly $20 million in state aid. The board was given a calendar for workshops, hearings and the May 20 budget vote.
At a recent meeting of the Hauppauge Union Free School District Board of Education, district staff presented the first preview of the 2025–26 budget, including an enrollment projection of about 3,066 students, staffing changes tied to retirements and a preliminary revenue picture that includes a 3.77% change in the tax levy and approximately $20 million in state aid.
The presentation matters because the budget will determine staffing, programs and the district tax levy heading into the April and May public-review and adoption cycle. District staff told the board the 2025–26 budget process ties proposals to district goals, enrollment trends and staffing needs.
A district staff member who presented the budget said, "The first thing that we tie back everything to is district goals, making sure everything we're putting into the budget ties back onto that. The next layer is enrollment to determine staffing needs and understand enrollment." The presenter told the board enrollment for 2025–26 is projected at about 3,066 students.
On staffing, the presenter said that as…
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