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Lynbrook budget update: cautious optimism, concern over reserve use and breakfast program costs
Summary
District business staff presented an early 2025–26 budget outlook showing modest state aid increases but continued use of reserves, rising special‑education and transportation costs, and a notable district subsidy of the state‑mandated universal breakfast program.
At the Lynbrook Union Free School District work session on Sept. 25, district business staff gave an early budget forecast for fiscal year 2025–26, describing a modest increase in state Foundation Aid, continued pressure on reserves, and growing costs in special education, transportation and student wellness staffing.
Why it matters: School budgets determine staffing, programming and services. Administrators said the district is in a stronger position than it was last year but stressed prudence because state and federal funding forecasts are uncertain.
Mr. Press presented revenue and expenditure trends. He said Foundation Aid growth was small in 2024–25 (about 1%) but that the 2025–26 forecast showed a somewhat larger increase after the state updated its poverty measurement following a Rockefeller Institute…
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