Hillsdale, Pascack Valley School Boards Propose Budgets

The Hillsdale and Pascack Valley school boards both approved preliminary budgets during their respective meetings this week.

The Pascack Valley Regional Board of Education approved a tentative $48 million for next year, including a $44 million tax levy. 

The exact effects the budget would have on taxes in the district's four towns were not immediately available because of a computer problem, Business Administrator Yas Usami said.

The Hillsdale Board of Education also approved a preliminary budget during their meeting this week, including a tax levy of $18 million.

The levy would mean a $99 increase in taxes for the average borough homeowner with a property assessed at $549,000, according to Business Administrator Lirca Garcia.

As proposed, neither budget would require a public vote because they do not exceed a 2 percent tax levy increase, the state-mandated maximum.

The budgets will next go to the county for approval. Both boards have planned to hold their budget hearings for the public on March 21.

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