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Niskayuna board previews $116 million budget draft, adds staff and proposes nine-bus purchase for May vote
Summary
Board received a budget update that would add roughly 10.2 full-time equivalents and $1.2 million in new investments (within available capacity), keep tax-levy impact near 2.29%, and proposed a May bus purchase of nine diesel buses while piloting two electric buses.
The NISKAYUNA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Education on March 11 received a budget-development update that includes proposed staff additions, program investments and a bus-purchase proposition the board is expected to consider for a May vote.
Superintendent and finance staff outlined proposed new investments totaling about $1.2 million above the district—s maintenance-of-effort baseline while keeping the working draft tax-levy impact near 2.29 percent. The working draft budget total cited at the meeting was $116,000,058, with a proposed tax levy of $66,280,000 and a submitted maximum tax-cap calculation of roughly 3.58 percent.
Recommended new investments highlighted in the presentation (figures as presented to the board) include an elementary…
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