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Hampton Bays to ask voters May 20 to approve 2025-26 budget as district cites enrollment shifts and lower expense-based state aid
Summary
The Hampton Bays Union Free School District board reviewed a 2025-26 budget that increases spending about 2.16% and a tax levy up to the tax cap; officials said state expense-based aid fell after the state revised the district's assessed value and discussed prekindergarten options, facilities work and a possible electric-vehicle charger proposal.
The Hampton Bays Union Free School District Board of Education reviewed the proposed 2025-26 budget Wednesday and set a May 20 vote, with the administration describing a modest budget increase driven by enrollment changes and a downward revision in some state aid.
Superintendent Larry Clements said the proposed spending plan would increase overall spending by about 2.16% from the current year and that the district's property tax levy is a 3.3% increase that remains within the state's tax-cap rules. "This budget is a tax cap budget," Clements said, adding that it "maintains our capital infrastructure."
Clements told the board the district's April enrollment has been largely static in 2025, up roughly seven students K-12, and that longer-term projections show modest shifts as kindergarten cohorts and cohort attrition balance out. He said the district had about 225 new enrollees and roughly 174 withdrawals over the 2023-24 year, producing a net gain but not enough to offset losses at upper grades. The enrollment patterns, he said, argue against major program cuts or immediate classroom closures.
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