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Schenectady voters to decide $295.5 million school budget May 20; two board seats on ballot
Summary
Schenectady City School District will ask voters May 20 to approve a $295,500,000 budget for 2025-26, a $17.8 million (6.4%) spending increase. The proposal holds the tax levy flat for a seventh consecutive year and includes new restorative-practice specialists, clinicians and engagement staff. Two Board of Education seats also will be decided.
On May 20, 2025, Schenectady City School District residents will vote on a proposed $295,500,000 budget for the 2025-26 school year, the district announced. The proposal represents a $17,800,000 increase, or 6.4%, in spending compared with the current year and would keep the tax levy unchanged for a seventh straight year.
A district staff member said the budget is designed…
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