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Scotia-Glenville board adopts $67.16 million spending limit, sets 1.78% tax-levy increase
Summary
The Scotia-Glenville Central School District board voted to adopt a $67,155,932 spending limit that produces a 1.78% tax-levy increase; administrators said consolidation and staffing changes will close a roughly $2.7 million gap while protecting core services.
The Scotia-Glenville Central School District Board of Education voted to adopt a spending limit of $67,155,932 and set a tax-levy increase of 1.78% as the district’s 2026–27 budget framework, business official Drew Giacuento told the board.
Giacuento said the spending limit reflects changes since the board’s February draft, including roughly $2.7 million in budget adjustments made through revenue updates and expense reductions. “The spending limit that we presented, was $67,155,932,” he said, adding the figure generates a tax-levy increase of 1.78% and a projected tax-rate increase of about 2.54% driven in part by a local pilot reverting to the tax rolls.
Why it matters: district officials said the budget attempts to balance state aid limits,…
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