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Averill Park board flags health insurance, enrollment and staffing as top budget pressures
Summary
District staff told the Averill Park Central School District board that health insurance now accounts for roughly 20% of the budget, roughly matching the governor’s proposed foundation aid increase, and outlined possible staffing changes, program impacts and a potential in‑house UPK opportunity if state funding is approved.
Unidentified Speaker 1, a district presenter, told the Averill Park Central School District board that health insurance has become the district’s largest uncontrollable cost and now makes up "approximately 20% of our budget." He and staff presented budget principles — use data, reduce by attrition when possible, and draw on fund balance as needed — and warned that recurring insurance cost increases could outpace modest state aid gains.
The presentation compared the governor’s proposed foundation aid increase (cited by staff at about $1.0 million, roughly a 2.66% increase) with the district’s projected health insurance increase (also about $1.0 million). "Our health insurance increase is nearly twice as much as our total increase in…
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