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Starpoint officials report 2025 budget baseline up 3.43%; district remains fiscally ‘lean’ with 4% unassigned fund balance
Summary
District business officials presented staffing and benefits assumptions for the 2025–26 budget, reporting a baseline budget-to-budget increase of 3.43% (5.12% including capital debt) and noting a 4% unassigned fund balance and a fiscal stress score of 0 from New York State.
Starpoint Central School District officials briefed the board on budget planning for fiscal year 2025–26, laying out staffing assumptions, benefit-cost movements and where the district stands against state fiscal metrics.
The district presented a baseline year-to-year staffing and program roll-forward that produced an initial budget-to-budget increase of 3.43%. When the new capital project debt is included, the presenter reported the budget-to-budget increase rises to 5.12%. Administrators said assumptions currently include no net new instructional staff beyond replacements for leaves and that the district expects about $950,000 in increased personnel costs (approximately 3.15% in…
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