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Middletown board adopts 2025–26 budget proposal, sets May 20 vote with 1.99% tax‑levy increase
Summary
The Enlarged City School District of Middletown board adopted the proposed $276.4 million budget for 2025–26 and placed it on the May 20 ballot. The plan would raise the tax levy by 1.99% (about $1.4 million) and remains under the state—s 2% tax cap; board members highlighted possible effects if voters reject the budget.
Edwin Estrada, president of the Enlarged City School District of Middletown Board of Education, on Thursday presided as the board voted to adopt the district's proposed 2025–26 budget and place it on the ballot for the May 20 budget vote.
The board approved the proposed $276,417,004 budget, an increase of roughly $13,700,000 from the prior year (about 5.23%). The board also adopted a tax‑levy increase of 1.99%, described by district staff as an increase of about $1.4 million. The measure will appear as Proposition 1 on the district ballot on May 20.
Why it matters: The vote determines the district's spending plan and tax levy for the school year. State rules limit most tax‑levy increases; the district said the proposal…
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