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North Syracuse board hears initial 2025–26 budget showing $6.8 million gap; voters to consider pool grant use
Summary
District staff presented an initial 2025–26 budget showing about $6.8 million more in projected expenditures than revenues, a proposed tax levy increase of 3.04% and a separate voter proposition to authorize use of a $3 million grant for the high‑school pool.
The North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education heard an initial 2025–26 budget presentation Wednesday showing an estimated $6.8 million gap between projected expenditures and revenues and a proposed tax levy increase of about 3.04 percent. Mr. Keegan, a district staff member, led the presentation.
The projection assumes roughly $2.9 million in additional state aid — driven by a 2 percent increase in Foundation Aid in the governor’s proposal and other categorical increases — but estimates expenditures will exceed revenues by roughly $6.8 million, before further adjustments. “We have a lot of work to do here to balance the budget because our expenditures are $6,800,000 more than our revenues at this time,” Mr. Keegan said.
Board members were shown revenue and expense drivers: a 3.3 percent rise in general…
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