NEW BERLIN – Unadilla Valley Central School District will host it’s annual budget hearing on Tuesday to discuss it’s proposed $20.2 million dollar budget for the 2018 to 2019 school year.

The hearing will be held immediately following the Unadilla Valley Board of Education meeting at 6 p.m. on May 7 in the school’s library. The board will discuss the proposed budget spending increase of $848,549 or 4.39 percent, and a tax levy increase of $63,761 or 1.5 percent.

According to the school’s budget letter, “Aside from contractual costs, such as salaries and benefits, the bulk of the proposed spending increase is due to an expansion in special educaiton programming.

“This includes meeting increased special education needs, as well as keeping more students in the school building instead of sending them off site,” stated the letter.