Schenectady budget proposal includes 39 new positions | The Daily Gazette
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The Schenectady school board Wednesday night approved a nearly $219 million budget proposal with no tax levy increase that will go up for voter approval May 18.
The proposal is bolstered by a $14 million spending increase over the current budget, about 7 percent, and includes 39 new staff positions. About $8 million of the budget would fund year-to-year increase in salaries, benefits and other rising costs.
The new positions include:
6 elementary classroom teachers, who will be deployed to classes with a large number of students;
12 staff to create an 8-period school day at the middle school, increasing scheduling flexibility for students and enabling a special homeroom-like class to support students;
Taxes stable in Schenectady school budget plan as officials expect return to normalcy
Spending plan for 2021-2022 school year built on major increase in state aid
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An increase in state aid will allow the Schenectady school district to keep property taxes stable in the upcoming school year, a time when educators hope a decline in coronavirus cases will lead to a return of traditional schooling. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
SCHENECTADY The city school district would spend $3.6 million on new programs and services under a tentative $236.5 million budget for the next school year.
The proposal would keep school taxes stable and stay within the state tax cap.