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Starpoint central-office budget shows BOCES and special-education costs rising; tax-cap increase noted

Starpoint Central School District Board of Education · February 24, 2026
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Summary

District finance staff presented a central-office budget draft that anticipates increases in BOCES costs (about $500,000), a $42,000 rise in special-education placements, a 5% busing contract increase, and a stated tax-cap number of 5.62%. Administrators emphasized careful fund-balance management.

District administrators presented a central-office budget update that highlighted several cost pressures the district expects next year. The presentation identified roughly a $67,000 (9.15%) increase in central-office costs driven by higher legal and insurance bills and the accounting of a large athletic complex; a 5% increase in total busing contract costs; and what the presenter described as about a half-million-dollar increase in BOCES costs. The presenter also said staff-development costs…

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