West Milford. A proposed West Milford Township Board of Education budget would increase the local tax levy while district officials weigh staffing and program cuts to offset rising benefit costs and reduced state aid.
The proposed 2026-27 budget for the West Milford Township Board of Education relies heavily on local taxpayers as district officials confront rising employee benefit costs and years of declining state aid.
At the board’s March 24 preliminary budget meeting, officials said the local tax levy would account...