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Webster Central School District budget workshop: small Foundation Aid cut, BOCES and benefits drive pressure
Summary
At a Feb. 24 budget workshop, district staff said a February state database trimmed Webster’s Foundation Aid estimate by $48,003.77 from $49,939,007.36 and flagged rising BOCES, insurance and benefits costs as the main upward pressures on the roughly $110 million budget.
Staff member presented the district’s preliminary budget picture at the Feb. 24 Board of Education workshop, saying Webster’s Foundation Aid estimate from November — $49,939,007.36 — fell in the February state database by $48,003.77.
“That number is kind of like a living number now,” Staff member said, explaining that small formula changes — a pupil‑needs index drop from 1.265 to 1.264, a SAPE factor change from 0.0621 to 0.0601, and a CPI shift from 2.8 to 2.7 — combined to reduce the grant by the stated amount.
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