Rush-Henrietta 26-27 Budget Newsletter - Flipbook - Page 1
MAY 2026
BUDGET
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2026-2027 DISTRICT BUDGET PROPOSAL
Highlights
Preserves and strengthens instructional programs
for more than 5,700 students attending our schools
Ensures ongoing mental wellness initiatives to support
Rush-Henrietta students
Proposed Budget: $187,000,000
This is the amount of money deemed
necessary to provide programs and services
to students.
Budget-to-Budget Change: 4.39%
Strengthens employees’ total compensation to make
Rush-Henrietta more competitive
This is the amount of money deemed
necessary above and beyond last
year’s budget.
Aligns spending with district priorities and Vision 2037
strategic plan
Tax Levy Change: 2.17%
Did You Know?
• One of Rush-Henrietta’s objectives • Rush-Henrietta has had one of the
is to maintain existing programs and
services while minimizing impact to
the taxpayers.
•
THE BASICS
If the proposed budget is approved,
Rush-Henrietta again will have one of
the lowest tax rates among the local
17 suburban school districts.
The school tax levy is the total dollar
amount the district will collect from
property owners to support the annual
operating budget. Once approved, this
amount is fixed and does not increase
if assessments increase.
lowest true value tax rates in Monroe
County for many years.
• Taking into account the School Tax
Relief (STAR) benefit - for which all
homeowners are eligible - a district
resident owning a house assessed at
$300,000 would see school tax rise
by $82 next year.
VOTE
TUESDAY
MAY
19
2026
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