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Victor Central School District board hears plan to use $6.5 million in fund balance to close 2026–27 budget gap
Summary
District staff told the Victor Central School District Board of Education that a combination of a likely 2% state aid increase, staffing efficiencies and a $575,000 contingency reduction leaves a $6.5 million gap the administration proposes to bridge with appropriated fund balance; trustees were urged to continue state advocacy and seek structural savings.
Victor Central School District Board of Education members received a 2026–27 budget update on March 26 in which district staff outlined a plan to close a roughly $6.5 million shortfall by appropriating funds from the current-year balance while pursuing continued state advocacy and internal savings.
Christine, who presented the update, said the district started with a projected $7.6 million gap and has identified a combination of a likely 2% increase in foundation aid (an estimated $271,000), about $28,000 in staffing-related expense reductions and a $575,000 cut to the contingency line to reduce the gap to roughly $6.5 million. "Our plan is to have no reductions in student programmings during the 2627 school year, no redu no layoffs to staff, and we plan to maintain established class size parameters," Christine said.
The administration proposed bridging the remaining…
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