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Amherst Central School District presents balanced $87.09M budget; UPK expansion and contingency reduction highlighted
Summary
District staff presented a draft $87,091,000 budget (6.6% increase) that assumes a 2% foundation-aid uptick and a projected $3.2M state-aid increase; presenters outlined staffing retirements, an expanded UPK program at Windermere and a contingency reduction to $1.8M ahead of an April 21 adoption vote.
District finance staff presented the Amherst Central School District board with a draft 2026–27 budget totaling $87,091,000 and described assumptions, program changes and next steps.
A presenter told the board the district is proposing a levy increase below the compliance cap and that the draft reflects conservative revenue assumptions. The presentation listed a 6.6% increase in revenue and expenditures (about $5.4 million), and staff said they included a 3.4% levy increase in the draft, which is roughly $412,000 less than the district's calculated compliance cap figure quoted in the presentation.
On state aid, presenters used a working assumption of about a 10% increase (roughly $3.2 million) and noted that figure depends on the legislature's April budget, which the district will monitor and, if necessary, adjust before final adoption. The presenter said…
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