2021-2022 Budget Preparation

2021-2022 Budget Calendar reviewed and adopted by the Board of Education 

Review the 2021-2022 Draft Budget and Financial Strategies

Budget Status Update to the Board of Education

• Proposed BOCES Budget
• Debt Service Update
• Reserves and Fund Balance 

Budget Workshop/Budget Status Update to the Board of Education

• Revenue – State Aid and Other
• Personnel and Benefits

Budget Status Update to the Board of Education

• Other Budget Expenditures 
  • Equipment/Supplies/Contractual

Budget Workshop/Budget Status Update to the Board of Education

• Budget Development Update

Deadline for Submission of Tax Cap Calculation Information and District’s Calculation of Tax Levy Limit to OSC, NYSED, and NYS Taxation and Finance.

Budget Status Update to the Board of Education

• Budget Development Update

Budget Workshop/Budget Status Update to the Board of Education

• Proposed Final Budget

49 Days Prior to Budget Vote (7 weeks prior to vote)
 

Publish 1st Budget Legal Notice 
(FIRST NOTICE 4/2/21. Also 4/16/21, 4/30/21, and 5/13/21)
Legal notice of school budget hearing and budget vote. Must advertise 4 times within seven weeks of the vote with first publication 45 days before the date of the budget vote. Must be published in at least two newspapers of general circulation.

45 Days Prior to Budget Vote (1st publication of legal notice on or before this date [45 days], but not earlier than 49 days before the vote)

Publish 2nd Budget Legal Notice

Deadline to accept submission of petitions for Board of Education candidates - due to District Clerk by 4:00 P.M.  

This Marks 30 Days Prior to Budget Vote

Earliest day to mail absentee ballots
(absentee ballots can be mailed no earlier than 30 days and no later than 8 days prior to vote)

First sworn statement of campaign contributions to be filed with District Clerk and Commissioner of Education (30 days prior to vote date)
 

Legal Deadline for Property Tax Report Card Submission (24 days before budget vote. Because this is always a Saturday, SED allows submission deadline to be the following business day).
 

De Facto Legal Deadline for Submission of Property Tax Report Card (see above). Property Tax Report Card must be submitted to SED within 24 hours of budget adoption, but not later than April 26, 2021. Transmit Property Tax Report Card to local newspapers of general circulation. 
 

Publish 3rd Budget Legal Notice

Budget Hearing

Mail Budget Notice to eligible voters the day after the Budget Hearing but no later than 6 days prior to Budget Vote day. 

Second sworn statement of campaign contributions to be filed with District Clerk and Commissioner of Education

Publish 4th Budget Legal Notice

Budget Vote and Election of Board of Education.
(3rd Tuesday in May)
6:00 AM – 9:00 PM in the Primary School Gymnasium 
 

Last date for BOE candidates to file final sworn statement of campaign contributions with District Clerk and Commissioner of Education.