School Budget

Budget Development

Budget Development Calendar
Reserve Fund Narrative Plan

Budget Development Calendar

DATES	BUDGET WORKSHOP	WORKSHOP INFORMATION PRESENTED
August	Reserve Funds	Review of Reserve Funds and Final Transfer Amounts
September	District Audit	Review of Audit Findings and preparation of responses to findings, Management Letter and State Filing
October	Budget Development Calendar External Audit	Review of Important Dates for upcoming BOE Budget Workshops Review & BOE Acceptance of External Audit
October	Audit Corrective Action Plan	Review & BOE Acceptance of Audit Corrective Action Plan
November	Reserve Fund Narrative	Nov. 6 – Capital Building & Bus Reserve, Nov. 20- ERS/TRS Reserve Review & BOE Acceptance of Reserve Plan Narrative
December	Budget Assumptions	2026-27 Initial Budget Assumptions (Enrollment, Salaries, Employee Benefits, Other Components) * Budget Documents to Building Admin & Supervisors*
January	Department/Building Budget Goals	Potential Bus Propositions/Department/Building Budget Review (10-Year Maintenance Plan Review) Budget Documents from Building Admin & Supervisors Due
January	BOCES Services Special Education	Review of Current and Expected Services Overall Special Education Budget Review / Bus Propositions
February	State Aid Review Tax Cap	Initial Review of the Governor’s State Aid Proposal Initial Tax Cap Review
February	State Aid Review Tax Cap	Final Review of the Governor’s State Aid Proposal BOE Approval of Tax Levy Limit (“Under the Cap”) Submit information to calculate Tax Levy Limit on OSC (3/1)
March	Budget Assumption Updates	Budget Assumptions Updates (Health Insurance Rates Updates, Largest Budget Deltas)
March	Open	Open *Legal Notice : 45 days prior to Budget Vote (May 21) is 4/5
April	Board of Education Budget Adoption	Final Budget Adoption and Property Tax Report Card Proposition Resolutions for District Vote Submit Property Tax Report Card to SED, day after BOE approval Property Tax Report Card Due 4/27*
April	Virtual Budget Presentation to Staff	Building Budget Presentations Review Budget Newsletter for Community *Budget Newsletter to Community by May 4^th
May	Public Hearing on Budget	Budget Presentation to Community Budget flyer provided to community (no less than 6 days after)
May	Community Vote on Budget	Budget and Proposition Community Vote

SFCSD Budget Communication

WHERE AND HOW DO I VOTE?

All Seneca Falls Central School District voters must be U.S. Citizens, at least 18 years of age, and a resident of the school district for the past 30 days. Voting on the School Budget, Bus Purchases and the election of members of the Board of Education will take place from 12:00 to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 in the Operations Center (2 Butler Ave.). The annual public hearing for the school budget will be on Thursday, May 8th at 6:00 PM. The public hearing will be in the District Office Conference Room. All Budget Information will be posted on the SFCSD website www.senecafallscsd.org.

Legal Notice

ABSENTEE BALLOTS

The school District Clerk must receive such application at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. The school District Clerk, or designee, must receive absentee ballots no later than five (5:00) p.m. on the day of the election in order for the votes to be canvassed. Absentee ballot applications may be obtained from the office of the school District Clerk, located in the Operations Center, 2 Butler Avenue, Seneca Falls no earlier than 30 days before the election, nor later than seven days before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the qualified voter.

Ballot Propositions

PROPOSITION #1

Be it resolved, that the Board of Education of the Seneca Falls Central School District, Seneca County is hereby authorized to expend the sum of thirty-eight million, one-hundred eighty-thousand, three hundred eighty nine dollars ($38,180,389) in the 2025-2026 school year with such amount to be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of such School District, after first deducting the monies available from State Aid and other sources as provided by law.

PROPOSITION #2

Be it resolved, that the Board of Education of the Seneca Falls Central School District, Seneca County is hereby authorized to purchase five (5) buses for the transportation of district students, for a sum of money not to exceed nine- hundred, ninety-five thousand dollars ($995,000); said amount to be expended in the 2025-2026 fiscal year; said sum or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be withdrawn from the district’s “Capital Reserve Fund Purchase of Buses” and/or the unassigned fund balance, in accordance with the Education Law and Local Finance Law.

PROPOSITION #3

Be it resolved, that the Board of Education of the Seneca Falls Central School District, Seneca County, NY is hereby authorized to withdraw from the “Technology Equipment & Infrastructure Capital Reserve Fund 2024” a sum of money up to One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) to be expended for technology equipment upgrades consistent with the authorizing resolution.

PROPOSITION #4

Please visit the following presentation link to view the 2025-2026 Seneca Falls CSD Budget Presentation.
Click here for presentation slides

The 2025-2026 Budget Newsletter will be mailed to the Seneca Falls, Tyre, and Fayette communities during the last week of April.
Click here for the Budget Newsletter

Other Budgetary Items:

NYSED Fiscal Transparency: Seneca Falls CSD Financial Transparency Report
NYSED School Report Card: Seneca Falls CSD School Report Card
2024-25 Property Tax Report Card
2024-25 Appropriation Status Report
S495 Exemption Impact Report
Administrative Compensation Information

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