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West Islip board outlines $98.7M levy, taps reserves to shrink budget gap to $465,000
Summary
At Budget Workshop No. 3 the West Islip Union Free School District presented a proposed $98.7 million tax levy (2.5% increase), described a series of expenditure cuts and a planned $4.5 million draw from restricted reserves that reduced the gap to $465,000, and set calendar dates for the April–May adoption and vote process.
The West Islip Union Free School District presented a proposed tax levy of $98,700,000 for 2026–27 — a 2.5% increase — and reported a remaining budget shortfall of $465,000 after three draft budgets, expenditure reductions and reserve draws.
"The proposed tax levy for the 2627 school year is 98,700,000, a 2.5% increase for the current year," Miss White said in the district's budget presentation. She traced the gap from an initial draft of more than $8 million to the current figure after applying reserves and cuts.
Miss White told the board the district used $4.1 million of reserves in Draft 1, made more than $2 million in cuts in Draft 2 while increasing reserves used to $4.5 million, and in Draft 3 made another $1 million in cuts and slightly increased reserve…
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