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Piscataway school board hears tentative $118.3M budget, proposes 7.7% tax-levy increase to cover rising health-care costs
Summary
At a March 25 meeting, the Piscataway Township Board of Education received a 2026–27 tentative budget showing a proposed 7.7% tax-levy increase driven largely by a jump in health-care costs; administrators also outlined preschool expansion plans and a net reduction of 23 positions to balance the plan.
The Piscataway Township Board of Education on March 25 heard a detailed presentation of the districttentative 202627 budget that proposes a $118,276,096 tax levy and a recommended 7.7% levy increase, a move administrators said is driven largely by escalating employee health-care costs.
Business administrator David Olivera laid out the revenue mix and pressures behind the proposal, saying, "75% of our budget is funded by the taxpayers of Piscataway," and warning that swings in the state aid formula make multi-year planning difficult. Olivera told the board the district expects about 16% of next year's revenue to come from state aid and the remainder from other sources.
The presentation stressed several cost drivers: a projected increase in special-education preschool placements (from roughly 776 to a…
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