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Oceanside board reviews program component of 2025–26 budget, flags BOCES and special-education costs
Summary
At a Feb. 12 Board of Education meeting, the district presented Budget Workshop No. 2 covering the program component — about 75% of the operating budget — and highlighted projected increases for BOCES services, digital licenses, copier leases and special-education tuition; a final tax levy and revenue review is scheduled for March.
At its Feb. 12 meeting, the Oceanside Union Free School District Board of Education received Budget Workshop No. 2, a line-by-line review of the program component that district staff said represents roughly 75% of the district’s operating budget for 2025–26.
"The figures represented tonight are our best estimates based on the current data we have at this time for the 25‑26 budget," Dr. Coakley said as he introduced the program-component pages and asked the board to direct questions as staff reviewed pages 6, 8, 10–18 and 22.
The workshop itemized several changes that staff said were largely outside the district’s immediate control or driven by principal and director requests. Highlights included: an increase in the network copier lease (the district said it will cover 26 larger, centralized copiers and move…
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