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Wallkill Valley board submits tentative $17.9M 2026–27 budget, sets April 28 public hearing
Summary
The Wallkill Valley Regional High School Board approved submission of its 2026–2027 tentative budget, citing increased health‑benefit costs of $110,607 and an appropriation of $148,545 from surplus; a public hearing is scheduled for April 28, 2026.
The Wallkill Valley Regional High School Board of Education voted to approve and submit its 2026–2027 tentative budget to the Sussex County Executive Superintendent of Schools, recording total proposed expenditures of $17,892,422 and scheduling a public hearing for April 28, 2026 in the district media center. The budget documents include state aid figures and list taxes to be raised across funds totaling $14,042,717.
The tentative budget includes an explicit $110,607 increase to cover higher health‑benefit premiums and appropriates $148,545 from surplus to help offset the tax impact. The board also set a maximum travel expenditure for the 2026–2027 school year at $29,725 and noted $29,125 as the prior year's limit (with $8,803.16 spent to date). A public hearing will allow taxpayers to comment before final adoption.
Board Secretary Joseph P. Hurley Jr. presented the resolution language and figures as part of the motion to submit the tentative budget. The motion authorizes the Board Secretary to advertise the budget in The New Jersey Herald and to forward the package for county review under N.J.S.A. 18A:7F‑5 and 18A:7F‑6. The agenda materials record anticipated revenues of $3,849,705 and specify debt‑service and special‑revenue fund allocations.
The tentative budget will be available to the public in advance of the April 28 hearing; adoption is contingent on the public process and subsequent county and state review. No final adoption date or vote on a final budget was recorded in these minutes.
