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Niskayuna BOE previews $115.7M working draft budget with $1.1M in new investments
Summary
At its Feb. 25 meeting the Niskayuna Central School District presented a working draft 2025–26 budget that would hold current programs while adding roughly $1.1 million in new staff and services; the draft projects a $115.7 million spending plan and a tentative tax-levy increase below the state cap projection.
NISKAYUNA, N.Y. — The Niskayuna Central School District presented a working draft of its 2025–26 budget at the Board of Education’s Feb. 25 regular meeting, showing a $115.7 million spending plan that includes roughly $1.1 million in new investments and a preliminary tax-levy increase estimate of about 1.92 percent.
The working draft, presented by district business staff and the superintendent, projects a 4.46 percent increase in spending over the current year driven by contractual costs, benefits and the new investments. The presenters said state aid increases — including a projected $3.3 million rise in total state aid and roughly $2.0 million in additional foundation aid in the governor’s executive proposal — account for a substantial portion of non-tax revenue growth.
Superintendent Carl said the district is "trying to strike the right balance between excellence and program and affordability for our community and our taxpayers,"…
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