2025 - 2026 BCSD Budget

Budget Vote & Board Elections

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 7 am - 9 pm
at the elementary school in your attendance area

The community will be asked to vote on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, on the annual budget, any propositions, and FOUR (4) open seats for the Board of Education.

In order to vote in the Bedford Central School District's Annual Budget Vote/Election on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, you must be a registered voter. 

Click here for voter registration, Where to Vote, and Board of Education Trustee information.

A letter from the SuperintendentDear BCSD Community,

After much thoughtful planning and deliberation, it is my pleasure to present for your consideration the Board of Education’s proposed 2025-26 school budget as approved on April 23, 2025. Following our district’s right-sizing plan over the last two years, we are now on a solid foundation of budget stability that, with careful forward management, puts us on a pathway to a bright future.

The proposed 2025-26 budget of $160,905,500 utilizes about $400,000 in Fund Balance and makes some modest but important investments in program and infrastructure, while at the same time providing a measure of relief to taxpayers by levying a 2.99% tax increase that is .45% below the allowable tax cap of 3.44%. Here are some key items included in this proposed budget:

• Continued growth of safety and security program: addition of a District-wide Safety Coordinator as well as a safety monitor at Mount Kisco Elementary
• Reinstatement of a middle school dean
• Participation in a School Mental Health Clinic Partnership with Northwell Health (NWH)
• Capital improvement funds to refurbish playgrounds, update identified building infrastructure needs and address safety systems
• Funds to begin action steps identified in the recently completed Special Education Study and Dual Language Bilingual Education Review to be conducted in the fall

As one BCSD community, my goal throughout the budget development process has been to provide the programs and resources necessary to help each student and each school do their very best work in pursuit of our district's mission. I wholeheartedly believe this budget serves the children and families of our community well, while supporting fiscal responsibility in both the short and longer term.

Special thanks to the members of our administrative team who helped craft our initial Superintendent’s Budget proposal, along with our dedicated Board of Education members who deliberated extensively in public with engaged community members throughout this thorough process to refine the budget you are now being asked to consider. I sincerely and respectfully ask for your participation in the democratic process by taking time to visit your polling place on May 20, 2025.

Sincerely,

Dr. Robert Glass, Superintendent