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Cliffside Park board adopts $76 million 2026–27 budget, cites $4 million rise in health costs
Summary
The Cliffside Park Board of Education on March 20 approved an approximately $76 million 2026–27 budget, driven largely by a roughly $4 million increase in medical and prescription costs. The board recorded a unanimous roll‑call vote to adopt the budget and will submit it to county and state authorities.
The Cliffside Park Board of Education voted to adopt its 2026–27 school budget on March 20, approving an approximately $76,000,000 spending plan that the district said is up about $4,000,000 from the prior year.
Business Administrator Will O'Fallon told the board the budget challenge was driven chiefly by rising medical and prescription costs. “The total budget for 2026–27 is approximately $76,000,000 and change. It’s up about $4,000,000 year over year,” O'Fallon said, adding that medical and prescription costs alone rose about $4,000,000 (roughly a 32…
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