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Harrison Central School District budget presentation flags $1.7M–$1.8M gap and $4.6M proposed tax-levy increase
Summary
At the March 11, 2026 board meeting, business official Tim Whipple presented a draft $152.9 million budget that would raise the tax levy by $4.6 million (about 3.68%), citing a $6.4 million rise in expenditures and a remaining budget gap of roughly $1.7–$1.8 million; revenues will be presented March 25.
Tim Whipple, the district’s business official, told the Harrison Central School District Board of Education on March 11 that the draft 2026–27 budget contemplates $152.9 million in expenditures, an increase of $6.4 million from the current year.
Whipple said major expense drivers include a projected $2.29 million increase in employee salary costs, a roughly $1.8 million rise in employer insurance, transportation contract increases (First Student up about 5%), higher electricity costs, and…
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