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Brentwood UFSD begins 2026–27 budget season; benefits lines drive notable cost pressures
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Stacy O’Connor opened the district’s 2026–27 budget workshops, outlining a calendar that culminates in a May budget vote and projections that show mixed retirement‑system impacts: TRS down ~ $300,000 while ERS rises ~9%, producing an overall benefits cost increase of roughly $1.3 million, staff said.
Assistant Superintendent Stacy O’Connor opened the Brentwood Union Free School District’s series of 2026–27 budget development meetings and outlined the calendar and major revenue and expenditure drivers the board and community will weigh before the May budget vote.
O’Connor said the district begins with school and department requests collected in late fall, then refines those requests with union contract rolls and salary projections. The district’s next milestone is adoption of a budget at least 28 days before the third‑Tuesday‑in‑May vote, with a legally required budget hearing 7–14 days before voters cast ballots.
“By that, I mean I’m putting together forms that we’re gonna send out to the schools,” O’Connor said as she described the internal timeline. She told the board the district will focus initial presentations on expenditures because state revenue…
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