Budget & Finance

2025-26 Budget Book

2025-26 Budget Newsletter

2025-26 Budget One-Pager

2025 Board Candidates

2025-26 Board Approved Budget Proposal (4/8/25)

2025-26 Proposed Budget (3/25/25)

2025-26 Budget Assumptions and Expectations (1/14/25)

2025-26 Budget Development 101 (1/14/25)

2025-26 Budget Calendar

2024-25 Official Budget Newsletter

2024 Board of Education Candidates

2024-25 Budget Book

2024-25 Budget Development and School Board Election

2024-25 Budget Calendar

2024-25 Budget Flyer

2024-25 Budget Development- Superintendent’s Proposal (3/19/24)

2024-25 Bus Purchase Resolution (3/12/24)

2024-25 Budget Development-Revenue Analysis (3/12/24)

2024-25 Budget Development – Preliminary Proposal (3/5/24)

Budget Assumptions and Expectations (1st Presentation to the BOE on 11/21/23)

• All school districts in New York State vote on a single statewide voting day– the third Tuesday of May.
• A public hearing must be held 7-14 days before the vote to explain the proposed budget.
• The budget itself must be presented in three categories: program, administrative and capital, however the public votes on one total budget figure.
• School boards cannot submit a budget more than twice to voters. If the first vote is defeated, a school board can opt for a contingency budget or resubmit the defeated budget or a revised budget to the community. After a second defeat, a board must adopt a contingency budget.
• A contingency budget must carry a cap on new spending of 120% of the Consumer Price Index or 4%-whichever is less. In a contingency budget, school boards must still honor employee contracts and follow state mandates. All cuts would come from non-mandated items.
• School budgets in NYS are subject to a tax levy limit (often referred to as the 2% tax cap) that is calculated by each district according to a very complicated formula outlined in the law. Tax levies are the total amount of dollars collected by the district. Tax rates are used to compute an individual tax bill. The law does not cap an individual’s school tax bill. The law also exempts expenditures related to certain items, including some court orders, some pension costs and local capital expenditures. These exemptions could allow for a levy that is higher than 2% but still within the legal limits of the law. In reality, the law does not actually limit the tax levy at all. A district can propose a tax levy above the “limit” but it requires a supermajority (60 percent or more of voters) for approval.

You are eligible to vote in school district elections if you are a U.S. citizen, 18 years or older and have been a Shenendehowa district resident for at least 30 days prior to the vote. No pre-registration is required. Official personal identification with photo is required.

Applications for absentee ballots, early voter ballots, and military voter ballots for any vote are available online or can be picked up at the district clerk’s office at 5 Chelsea Place Clifton Park, NY 12065. All applications for an absentee or early voter ballot must be received no later than 1 week prior to a vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter.

If the ballot is to be picked up personally by the voter, the application can be filed one day prior to the vote. All ballots must be returned to the district clerk by 5 p.m. the day of the vote at 5 Chelsea Place Clifton Park, NY 12065.

Lockboxes to drop off absentee ballots for the School Budget Vote and Board of Education Election are provided at the following locations:

• Shenendehowa District Office at 5 Chelsea Place, Clifton Park, NY 12065
• Shenendehowa High School East at 970 Route 146, Clifton Park, NY 12065
• Koda Middle School at 970 Route 146, Clifton Park, NY 12065
• Okte Elementary School at 1581 Crescent Rd, Clifton Park, NY 12065
• Chango Elementary School at 100 Chango Drive, Ballston Lake, NY 12019

Be sure to comply with the instructions on the ballot envelope before depositing your ballot.