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Board hears 2026–27 budget presentation as tax levy after exclusions totals $166.1 million (2.86% increase)
Summary
The East Meadow Union Free School District presented its 2026–27 budget proposal, showing a tax levy after exclusions of $166,103,024 (a 2.86% increase, $4,625,771). Administrators cited a $15 million (5.71%) rise in expenses driven by salaries, special education and transportation and noted a confirmed enrollment decline of 236 students affecting aid.
Ms. Frisenda, the district’s budget presenter, outlined the East Meadow Union Free School District’s proposed 2026–27 budget and walked the board through the tax-levy formula used to set the district's allowable levy.
The presentation showed a tax levy after exclusions of $166,103,024, which Ms. Frisenda said is 2.86% higher than the prior year and represents a $4,625,771 increase in levy dollars. She explained that the 2% allowable Levy Growth Factor is only one piece of a broader formula that also adds prior-year PILOTS and adjusts for prior-year exemptions.
Why it matters: the district faces mounting cost pressures at the same time state aid remains uncertain. Ms. Frisenda told trustees that while an earlier executive-budget estimate had…
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