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2025-2026 Budget Information

WANTAGH UFSD 2025-2026 BUDGET INFORMATION

This page is designed to provide Wantagh School District residents with budget information in a transparent manner. The budget that is discussed initially is one that is prepared by district administrators with direction from the Board of Education. However, with Board and community input, the Board of Education formally adopts the final budget to be presented to the voters.

Please check back as the information contained on this webpage will change as the budget development progresses and links become active. 

BUDGET SUMMARY

EXPENDITURES

The proposed 2025-26 budget is $94,716,136. 

This represents a $2,976,579 or a 3.24% change from the prior year. 

TAX LEVY

The estimated tax levy for 2025-26 to support the expenditure budget currently totals $68,990,309.

This represents a $1,938,759 or 2.89% change from the prior year. 

This tax levy amount is within the tax cap.

 TAX CAP

The calculated maximum allowable tax levy for 2025-26 (the "tax cap") is $1,938,795.

This represents a 2.89% change from the prior year. 

IMPORTANT BUDGET DATES

Public Budget Forum #1 – Video / Presentation

New Date – Monday, March 12, 2025 (Changed from March 10th due to girls varsity basketball county finals)

7pm - WHS

Public Budget Forum #2 – VideoPresentation

Monday, March 24, 2025
7pm - HS South Cafeteria

Public Budget Forum #3 - Video / Presentation

Tuesday, April 1, 2025
7pm - HS South Cafeteria

 

Budget Forum – Presentation

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
10am - Wantagh Public Library

*Budget Adoption (Regular Board meeting)

Thursday, April 3, 2025
8pm - HS Auditorium – Video


*Budget Hearing (Regular Board meeting)

Wednesday, May 8, 2025
8pm - HS Auditorium – Video

 

Budget Vote and Trustee Election

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
7am – 9pm - All district elementary schools

 

PROPOSITIONS

The ballot will contain multiple propositions, as well as a section for the election of Trustees to the Board of Education. Details of each proposition are listed below.

  • Proposition One is the school district budget. Detail about the proposed expenditures, revenue, tax cap and other information can be found on this web page. 

  • Proposition Two requests community consideration to spend $2,100,000 from the district’s capital reserve funds for the purpose of

    • a roof replacement over the main section at Wantagh Elementary
    • ceiling replacements at the middle and high school
    • high school auditorium lighting replacements
    • security camera and related network upgrades and replacements

     

    The actual proposition language is as follows:

    “Shall the Board of Education be authorized pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law to expend an amount not to exceed One Million Nine Hundred Ninety-One Thousand Dollars ($1,991,000) (including accrued interest) from the Capital Reserve Fund established by voters of the School District at the annual meeting held on May 15, 2018, and to expend an amount not to exceed One Hundred Nine Thousand Dollars ($109,000) (including accrued interest) from the Capital Reserve Fund established by voters of the School District at the annual meeting held on May 21, 2024 (“Reserve Funds”) for the following projects: Roof replacement at Wantagh Elementary School main building, ceiling replacements at the Wantagh Middle School and Wantagh High School, Wantagh High School auditorium lighting replacements and upgrades, and security camera and related network upgrades and replacements districtwide; all of the foregoing to include site improvements, furnishings, equipment, apparatus, machinery, demolition and other incidental work or improvements required in connection therewith, and to expend from the Reserve Funds therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto an amount not to exceed the total estimated cost of Two Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,100,000) (including accrued interest); such costs of the components of the capital improvements/projects may be reallocated among such components/projects as the Board of Education shall determine to be in the best interest of the District.”

     

REVENUE & EXPENDITURE INFORMATION

All of the revenue, expenditure and tax cap details for the 2025-2026 budget can be found in the sections below. 

PUBLICATIONS

  • Wantagh 2025 -2026 Budget Newsletter

  • In accordance with NYS law, the following documents are required to be provided to district residents:

    • 6 Day Budget Notice
    • Property Tax Report Card
    • Property Tax Exemption Report (This is the latest available from Nassau County)
    • Compensation Disclosure
  • School District Report Card informtation can be obtained directly from the NYS Education Department website

    For convenience, all of the latest report card information can also be accessed at the link below.  

    Combined Report Card Information For:

    • Wantagh School District 
    • Mandalay Elementary School
    • Forest Lake Elementary School
    • Wantagh Elementary School
    • Wantagh Middle School
    • Wantagh High School

    Fiscal Accountability Supplement (This data is from 2022-23. 2023-24 data will be made available at data.nysed.gov)

QUESTIONS

Questions about the budget may be addressed to any of the following: