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West Seneca board hears 2025–26 budget preview; special‑education placements and transportation costs drive risk
Summary
Business officials presented a budget preview showing a projected 2.75% tax‑levy increase draft and highlighted rising special‑education tuition, contract transportation and health‑insurance costs; board members asked for staffing and FTE trend data.
District business officials and the superintendent provided a budget-development update on Feb. 11 and outlined key cost pressures for the 2025–26 budget cycle, including rising special‑education placements, charter tuition and transportation costs.
Business official Will Thiel and district budget staff said the current draft tax‑levy increase is approximately $1.9 million (roughly 2.75 percent) in the preliminary tax‑cap calculation. Thiel said the draft levy moved down from earlier estimates as staff refined state-aid and…
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