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 12^th	Budget Development Calendar External Audit	Review of Important Dates for upcoming BOE Budget Workshops Review & BOE Acceptance of External Audit
October 26^th	Audit Corrective Action Plan	Review & BOE Acceptance of Audit Corrective Action Plan
November 9^th & Nov. 30^th	Reserve Fund Narrative	Nov. 9 – Capital Building & Bus Reserve, Nov. 30- ERS/TRS Reserve Review & BOE Acceptance of Reserve Plan Narrative
December 14^th	2024-25 Budget Assumptions	2024-25 Initial Budget Assumptions (Enrollment, Salaries, Employee Benefits, Other Components) * Budget Documents to Building Admin & Supervisors*
January 4^th	Department/Building Budget Goals	Potential Bus Propositions/Department/Building Budget Review (10 Year Maintenance Plan Review) Budget Documents from Building Admin & Supervisors Due
January 18^th	BOCES Services Special Education	Review of Current and Expected Services Overall Special Education Budget Review / Bus Propositions
February 1^st	State Aid Review Tax Cap	Initial Review of the Governor’s State Aid Proposal Initial Tax Cap Review
February 15^th	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 7^th	2024-25 Budget Assumption Updates	2024-25 Budget Assumptions Updates (Health Insurance Rates Updates, Largest Budget Deltas)
March 21^st	Open	Open *Legal Notice : 45 days prior to Budget Vote (May 21) is 4/5
April 11^th	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 4/22,* (4/12 to Press)
April 24^th	Virtual Budget Presentation to Staff	Building Budget Presentations Review Budget Newsletter for Community *Budget Newsletter to Community by May 6^th
May 9^th	Public Hearing on Budget	2024-25 Budget Presentation to Community Budget flyer provided to community (no less than 6 days after)
May 21^st	Community Vote on 2024-25 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 21, 2024 in the Operations Center (2 Butler Ave.). The annual public hearing for the school budget will be on Thursday, May 9th 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

Residents who will not be able to appear in person on May 21st may apply for an absentee ballot at the District Office (2 Butler Ave.). If the absentee ballot is to be mailed to the voter, the application must be submitted at least seven days prior to the vote. If the absentee ballot is to be picked up by the voter in person, applications will be accepted until May 15th. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk by 5:00 PM on May 21, 2024.

Ballot Propositions

PROPOSITION #1

PROPOSITION #2

Authorization to purchase four buses for the transportation of district students, for a sum of money not to exceed six hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($625,000.00); said amount to be expended in the 2024-2025 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

PROPOSITION #4

Please visit the following presentation link to view the 2024-2025 Seneca Falls CSD Budget Presentation.
Click here for presentation slides

The 2024-2025 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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