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Byram Hills board adopts $107.3 million 2025–26 budget; tax impacts vary by town
Summary
The Byram Hills Central School District board adopted a $107,327,289 proposed budget for 2025–26 — a 3.73% increase — and approved the property tax report card. Officials said real property taxes fund 88% of revenues and that tax effects will differ across the district's four towns.
The Byram Hills Central School District Board of Education on April 22 adopted a $107,327,289 budget proposed for 2025–26 and approved the related property tax report card, the board voted during its regular meeting.
District staff said the adopted budget is a 3.73% increase from the 2024–25 budget and that the district would keep its tax levy increase to 2.43%. "We have our budget proposed for 2526 at $107,327,289. That's a 3.73% budget budget increase," said Kelly, a district staff member presenting the figures.
District finance staff told the board that 78–79% of spending is on salaries and benefits; 72.8% of the budget was described as going to program services, 15.1% to capital and 12.1% to administrative costs. Contractual services were listed at 13.5% of spending and debt service at 2.2%; supplies and equipment were 2.5%, maintenance projects 1.7% and vehicles 0.7%.
The presenters also described revenue sources. Real property taxes account…
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