Public Hearing on Hauppauge's Proposed $98M Budget

Hauppauge residents will have one last chance to chime in and offer their opinion on the district's proposed $98 million budget for the 2012-13 school year. 

Hauppauge Board of Education will hold the formal budget hearing for the 2012-13 school year at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the James Baxter Board Room of the former Whiporwil Elementary School. The public hearing will be part of the board's regularly scheduled meeting. 

Board Trustees will kick off the night by recognizing students who earned honors in the National History Day competition with awards. 

School officials will then lead the official budget hearing on Hauppauge's proposed $98 million budget for the 2012-13 school year. The $98,646,111 budget represents a slightly more than 1.42 percent budget-to-budget increase over the current year, or a $1.4 million spending increase. If approved by voters May 15, it will raise the tax levy by approximately 2.9 percent for both Town of Islip and Town of Smithtown residents.

Under the $98 million budget,: 5 full-time special education teachers for its integrated co-teaching model in the elementary schools, a full-time teacher for its Languages Other Than English program and a full-time Literacy Collaborative support person to support reading instruction. In exchange, the district will be laying off 16 teaching assistants.

Click on the attached PDF file above for the Hauppauge Board of Education's full preliminary agenda.