This page provides the Troy City School District’s budget presentations for the 2026–2027 school year. Each draft is posted here as it is presented to the Board of Education, allowing community members to follow the budget development process from start to finish. The page will be updated throughout the budget cycle as new drafts are presented and the budget moves toward adoption.
On this page: Draft 3 (Presented April 15, 2026) | Draft 2 (Presented March 25, 2026) | Draft 1 (Presented March 11, 2026) | Budget Development (Presented February 4, 2026)
Updated April 16, 2026
2026-2026 Budget Proposal: DRAFT 3
Presented April 15, 2026
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2026–2027 Budget Proposal
Presented April 15, 2026
Mission Statement
The Troy City School District will provide a strong educational and social foundation to graduate all students college and career ready.
District Achievement Highlights
We continue to be proud of all that is happening throughout the district.
- District proficiency rates have once again increased in both ELA and Math
- District proficiency rates are significantly above the pre-pandemic proficiency rates
- Three out of our six schools had a double-digit Math proficiency rate increase
- PS18 — highest percent increase at 18%
- School 16 and School 18 outperformed the State proficiency rate in both ELA and Math
- Both are nearly 10% higher than NYS in ELA
- PS 2 is no longer designated as a Receivership School
- We are a district in good standing, with no schools or subgroups on any designated state list
Budget Development Process
- How do we sustain this progress and build on our successes?
- How do we ensure that we are meeting the needs of all of our students?
- How do we maintain our environment of continuous improvement?
- How do we do this in the most fiscally responsible way possible?
Educationally Sound
What do our students need to be successful?
- Mission Statement
- Staffing/Programs
- Supports
- Academic Achievement — How do we fully support our students going forward
Fiscally Responsible
Good stewards of the taxpayers’ money
- Mindful of our overburdened taxpayers
- Continue to search for other funding sources
- Under the tax cap for the last twelve years
- State and Federal money
- Long-term financial (strategic) planning
Tax Cap History
- 2012-2013
- Tax Cap: 3.61%
- Tax Levy We Chose: 2.89%
- 2013-2014
- Tax Cap: 4.01%
- Tax Levy We Chose: 2.99%
- 2014-2015
- Tax Cap: 3.61%
- Tax Levy We Chose: 2.99%
- 2015-2016
- Tax Cap: 2.75%
- Tax Levy We Chose: 2.49%
- 2016-2017
- Tax Cap: .13%
- Tax Levy We Chose: 0%
- 2017-2018
- Tax Cap: .45%
- Tax Levy We Chose: .45%
- 2018-2019
- Tax Cap: 1.88%
- Tax Levy We Chose: 1.54%
- 2019-2020
- Tax Cap: 1.89%
- Tax Levy We Chose: 1.00%
- 2020-2021
- Tax Cap: 2.13%
- Tax Levy We Chose: 1.99%
- 2021-2022
- Tax Cap: 1.4%
- Tax Levy We Chose: 0%
- 2022-2023
- Tax Cap: 1.15%
- Tax Levy We Chose: 0%
- 2023-2024
- Tax Cap: 2.46%
- Tax Levy We Chose: 0%
- 2024-2025
- Tax Cap: 2.68%
- Tax Levy We Chose: 0%
- 2025-2026
- Tax Cap: 2.57%
- Tax Levy We Chose: 1.75%
Revenues (Draft 1)
- State Aid: $91.5 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $100,000)
- Tax Levy — Tax Cap 2.23% — Draft 1 assumes 0% levy increase: $38.6 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $0)
- PILOTS and other tax items: $4.375 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $100,000)
- Tuition, Refunds, Interest and Misc.: $2.8 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $200,000)
- Federal Aid (Medicaid, etc.): $170,000 (Difference over 2025-2026: -$60,000)
- Appropriated Fund Balance: $4.5 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $900,000)
- Reserve Usage: $1.5 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $0)
Significant Drivers of Expenses (Draft 1)
- Salaries: $2.5 M
- Benefits/Insurance: $700,000
- After school programming: $600,000
- Transportation: $1 M
- General Liability Insurance: $75,000
- Special Education Placements: $350,000
Proposed Budget Draft 1
- 2025-2026 Budget: $142,360,820
- 2026–2027 Proposed Budget
- Draft 1 Revenues: $143,583,127
- Draft 1 Expenditures: $144,998,434
- Maintains staffing and programming
- Current Deficit: $1,415,307 (Very manageable deficit)
Changes from Draft 1 to Draft 2
- Savings from Retirements
- Breakage is approximately a $220,000 savings
- Attrition Plan
- Any open positions will continue to be thoroughly reviewed
- Finalized Health and Prescription Costs
- $500,000 less
Proposed Budget Draft 2
- 2025-2026 Budget: $142,360,820
- 2026-2027 Budget
- Draft 2 Revenues: $143,583,127
- Draft 2 Expenditures: $144,277,461
- Current Deficit: $(694,334)
- Gap to be addressed by State budget revenues, Tax Levy and Reserves
- There will be no budgetary layoffs
Merger Vote Passed
- Wynantskill vote results and Troy resolution submitted to NYSED Commissioner with a letter of support from Questar III BOCES District Superintendent
- Awaiting a final order from the Commissioner
- We anticipate a July 1, 2027 for the official start date
- The expected incentive aid is approximately $241 M paid out over fifteen years
- Great news for the students, staff and community of both districts
- The future is bright!
Comparing the State Proposals
Foundation Aid
- Governor
- Fully funds the current formula
- 1% minimum increase ($628,000)
- Assembly
- Fully funds the current formula
- 2% minimum increase (additional $628,000)
- Eliminates cap on Pupil Need Index
- New weighting for homeless and foster students (0.65) and ELL students (.60)
- Senate
- Fully funds the current formula
- 2% minimum increase (additional $628,000)
- New weighting for homeless and foster students (0.12) and ELL students (.60)
Other Considerations Being Discussed in the State Budget Process
- UPK
- Zero Emission Buses
- Prior Year Claims
- Charter School Rates
- Tier 6
Considerations
- Draft 1 and Draft 2 assumed a 0% tax levy increase
- Our tax cap is 2.23% (about $860,000 in added revenue)
- With the passage of the merger vote, for Draft 3, we will recommend a 0% tax levy
- Draft 3 assumes 2% Foundation Aid increase
Reserve Usage Considerations
- In general, reserves should not be used for recurring expenses
- Because of the expected Incentive Aid over the next fourteen years, we are willing to use reserves this year for budget additions, as well as for first year transitional needs
Requested Budget Additions
Tier 1 Requests from Principals and Directors
- Expanded Special Ed supports, including:
- Additional Self-contained elementary section (1 teacher, 2 TAs)
- Speech Therapist
- Secondary Special Ed teachers (2 teachers)
- Secondary Special Ed TA
- Attendance Liaison (1 FT)
Additions for Transition
- There is much work to be done!
- We need to allocate approximately $1M in anticipation of a July 1, 2027 start
- We need to plan for a seamless integration of GD students and staff — this will cover centralization of student and staff records, back-end data systems, central office transition needs, and other operational components
- Begin expansion of classroom resources
- Adding an instructional coach at GD
- Begin re-implementing the co-teach model by adding seven teachers in our schools
- This is an evolving process that is new and unique. We may find there is a need for additional positions as we go along.
Proposed Budget Draft 3
- 2025-2026 Budget: $142,360,820
- 2026-2027 Proposed Budget
- Draft 3 Revenues: $146,348,609
- Draft 3 Expenditures: $146,348,609
Capital Reserve — Reminder
- Community will vote on a proposition to authorize the creation of a Capital Reserve Fund (savings account) for the purpose of helping to finance the local share of future capital projects — which are aidable at 98% for ten years following the merger.
- The Reserve allows Capital Projects to be completed with no additional cost to taxpayers
- The Reserve may be funded up to a maximum of $6 M over the course of ten years
- The Reserve would be funded by setting aside one time revenues and surplus funds
- There is no tax increase involved in the creation of the Reserve
- The Reserve allows us to plan for the future in a proactive way by putting aside money and leveraging state funding for those additional and necessary projects identified in the Building Condition Survey, as well as any opportunities that may arise
Next Steps
- April 21, 2026 — Adopt the budget
- May 4, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. — CHS PTO Presentation
- May 6, 2026 — Budget Hearing/Meet the Candidates (if necessary)
- May 7, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. — School 18 PTA Presentation
- May 12, 2026
- 6:00 p.m. — School 16 PTA Presentation
- 6:45 p.m. — TMS PTO & Troy Booster Club Presentation
- May 14, 2026
- 5:30 p.m. — School 14 PTO Presentation
- 6:15 p.m. — School 2 PTO Presentation
- May 19, 2026 — Budget Vote (Polls open 7:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m.)
- May 20, 2026 — Certify Budget Vote & Election
2026 – 2027 Budget Proposal: DRAFT 2
Presented March 25, 2026
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Mission Statement
The Troy City School District will provide a strong educational and social foundation to graduate all students college and career ready.
District Achievement Highlights
We continue to be proud of all that is happening throughout the district
- District proficiency rates have once again increased in both ELA and Math
- District proficiency rates are significantly above the pre-pandemic proficiency rates
- Three out of our six schools had a double-digit Math proficiency rate increase
- PS18 – highest percent increase at 18%
- School 16 and School 18 outperformed the State proficiency rate in both ELA and Math
- Both are nearly 10% higher than NYS in ELA
- PS 2 is no longer designated as a Receivership School
- We are a district in good standing, with no schools or subgroups on any designated state list
Budget Development Process
- How do we sustain this progress and build on our successes?
- How do we ensure that we are meeting the needs of all of our students?
- How do we maintain our environment of continuous improvement?
- How do we do this in the most fiscally responsible way possible?
Educationally Sound
What do our students need to be successful?
- Mission Statement
- Staffing/Programs
- Supports
- Academic Achievement – How do we fully support our students going forward
Fiscally Responsible
Good stewards of the taxpayers’ money
- Mindful of our overburdened taxpayers
- Continue to search for other funding sources
- Under the tax cap for the last twelve years
- State and Federal money
- Long-term financial (strategic) planning
Tax Cap
- 2012-2013
- Tax Cap 3.61%
- Tax Levy We Chose 2.89%
- 2013-2014
- Tax Cap 4.01%
- Tax Levy We Chose 2.99%
- 2014-2015
- Tax Cap 3.61%
- Tax Levy We Chose 2.99%
- 2015-2016
- Tax Cap 2.75%
- Tax Levy We Chose 2.49%
- 2016-2017
- Tax Cap .13%
- Tax Levy We Chose 0%
- 2017-2018:
- Tax Cap .45%
- Tax Levy We Chose .45%
- 2018-2019
- Tax Cap 1.88%
- Tax Levy We Chose 1.54%
- 2019-2020
- Tax Cap 1.89%
- Tax Levy We Chose 1.00%
- 2020-2021
- Tax Cap 2.13%
- Tax Levy We Chose 1.99%
- 2021-2022
- Tax Cap 1.4%
- Tax Levy We Chose 0%
- 2022-2023
- Tax Cap 1.15%
- Tax Levy We Chose 0%
- 2023-2024
- Tax Cap 2.46%
- Tax Levy We Chose 0%
- 2024-2025
- Tax Cap 2.68%
- Tax Levy We Chose 0%
- 2025-2026
- Tax Cap 2.57%
- Tax Levy We Chose 1.75%
Revenues
- State Aid: $91.5 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $100,000)
- Tax Levy Tax Cap 2.23% / Draft 1 assumes 0% levy increase: $38.6 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $0)
- PILOTS and other tax items: $4.375 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $100,000)
- Tuition, Refunds, Interest and Misc.: $2.8 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $200,000)
- Federal Aid (Medicaid, etc.): $170,000 (Difference over 2025-2026: -$60,000)
- Appropriated Fund Balance: $4.5 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $900,000)
- Reserve Usage: $1.5 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $0)
Significant Drivers of Expenses (Draft 1)
- Salaries: $2.5 M
- Benefits/Insurance: $700,000
- After school programming: $600,000
- Transportation: $1 M
- General Liability Insurance: $75,000
- Special Education Placements: $350,000
Proposed Budget Draft 1
- 2025-2026 Budget: $142,360,820
- 2026 – 2027 Proposed Budget
- Draft 1 Revenues: $143,583,127
- Draft 1 Expenditures: $144,998,434
- Maintains staffing and programming
- Current Deficit: $1,415,307 (Very manageable deficit)
Changes since Draft 1
- Savings from Retirements
- Breakage is approximately a $220,000 savings
- Attrition Plan
- Any open positions will continue to be thoroughly reviewed
- Finalized Health and Prescription Costs
- $500,000 less
Proposed Budget Draft 2
- 2025-2026 Budget: $142,360,820
- 2026-2027 Budget
- Draft 2 Revenues: $143,583,127
- Draft 2 Expenditures: $144,277,461
- Current Deficit: $(694,334)
- Gap to be addressed by State budget revenues, Tax Levy and Reserves
- There will be no budgetary layoffs
Comparing the State Proposals
Foundation Aid — Governor’s Proposal
- Fully funds the current formula
- 1% minimum increase ($628,000)
Foundation Aid — Assembly Proposal
- Fully funds the current formula
- 2% minimum increase (additional $628,000)
- Eliminates cap on Pupil Need Index
- New weighting for homeless and foster students (0.65) and ELL students (.60)
Foundation Aid — Senate Proposal
- Fully funds the current formula
- 2% minimum increase (additional $628,000)
- New weighting for homeless and foster students (0.12) and ELL students (.60)
Other considerations being discussed in the state budget process:
- UPK
- Zero Emission Buses
- Prior Year Claims
- Charter School Rates
- Tier 6
Tax Levy Considerations
Please recall:
- Draft 1 and Draft 2 assume a 0% tax levy increase
- Our tax cap is 2.23% (about $860,000 in added revenue)
- In Draft 3, if necessary, we will give multiple tax levy options between 0% and 2.23% with corresponding revenues
Reserve Usage Considerations
- Non-recurring revenue should not be consistently used for recurring expenditures
- In our case, we are continuing to combine Reserve utilization with our Attrition Plan to help avoid significant cuts to resources, programs and staff
Capital Reserve
- Community will vote on a proposition to authorize the creation of a Capital Reserve Fund (savings account) for the purpose of helping to finance the local share of future capital projects
- The Reserve allows Capital Projects to be completed with no additional cost to taxpayers
- The Reserve may be funded up to a maximum of $6 M over the course of ten years
- The Reserve would be funded by setting aside one time revenues and surplus funds
- There is no tax increase involved in the creation of the Reserve
- The Reserve allows us to plan for the future in a proactive way by putting aside money and leveraging state funding for those additional and necessary projects identified in the Building Condition Survey, as well as any opportunities that may arise
Next Steps
- WUFSD Annexation Vote
- Two paths forward
- Continue to monitor the State budget process
- Continue our advocacy at the State level
- Draft 3 is scheduled to be presented at the April 15th meeting
2026 – 2027 Budget Proposal: Draft 1
Presented March 11, 2026
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Mission Statement
The Troy City School District will provide a strong educational and social foundation to graduate all students college and career ready.
Highlights from 2-25-26 Presentation
- District proficiency rates have once again increased in both ELA and Math
- District proficiency rates are significantly above the pre-pandemic proficiency rates
- Three out of our six schools had a double-digit Math proficiency rate increase
- PS18 – highest percent increase at 18%
- School 16 and School 18 outperformed the State proficiency rate in both ELA and Math
- Both are nearly 10% higher than NYS in ELA
- PS 2 is no longer designated as a Receivership School
- We are a district in good standing, with no schools or subgroups on any designated state list
Budget Development Process
- How do we sustain this progress and build on our successes?
- How do we ensure that we are meeting the needs of all of our students?
- How do we maintain our environment of continuous improvement?
- How do we do this in the most fiscally responsible way possible?
Educationally Sound
What do our students need to be successful?
- Mission Statement
- Staffing/Programs
- Supports
- Academic Achievement – How do we fully support our students going forward
Fiscally Responsible
Good stewards of the taxpayers’ money
- Mindful of our overburdened taxpayers
- Continue to search for other funding sources
- Under the tax cap for the last twelve years
- State and Federal money
- Long-term financial (strategic) planning
Tax Cap
- 2012-2013
- Tax Cap 3.61%
- Tax Levy We Chose 2.89%
- 2013-2014
- Tax Cap 4.01%
- Tax Levy We Chose 2.99%
- 2014-2015
- Tax Cap 3.61%
- Tax Levy We Chose 2.99%
- 2015-2016
- Tax Cap 2.75%
- Tax Levy We Chose 2.49%
- 2016-2017
- Tax Cap .13%
- Tax Levy We Chose 0%
- 2017-2018:
- Tax Cap .45%
- Tax Levy We Chose .45%
- 2018-2019
- Tax Cap 1.88%
- Tax Levy We Chose 1.54%
- 2019-2020
- Tax Cap 1.89%
- Tax Levy We Chose 1.00%
- 2020-2021
- Tax Cap 2.13%
- Tax Levy We Chose 1.99%
- 2021-2022
- Tax Cap 1.4%
- Tax Levy We Chose 0%
- 2022-2023
- Tax Cap 1.15%
- Tax Levy We Chose 0%
- 2023-2024
- Tax Cap 2.46%
- Tax Levy We Chose 0%
- 2024-2025
- Tax Cap 2.68%
- Tax Levy We Chose 0%
- 2025-2026
- Tax Cap 2.57%
- Tax Levy We Chose 1.75%
The mandated 2% Tax Cap is not necessarily 2%
- This year, the CPI (Consumer Price Index) is 2.7%
- Equates to a CPI factor of 2%
- Our Tax Cap for 2026-2027 is 2.23%
- This would generate approximately $860 K in additional revenue
- Draft 1 assumes 0% tax levy increase
- Depending on what happens with the Wynantskill Annexation vote, we may not be able to keep it 0% this year
Revenues
- State Aid: $91.5 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $100,000)
- Tax Levy Tax Cap 2.23% / Draft 1 assumes 0% levy increase: $38.6 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $0)
- PILOTS and other tax items: $4.375 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $100,000)
- Tuition, Refunds, Interest and Misc.: $2.8 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $200,000)
- Federal Aid (Medicaid, etc.): $170,000 (Difference over 2025-2026: -$60,000)
- Appropriated Fund Balance: $4.5 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $900,000)
- Reserve Usage: $1.5 M (Difference over 2025-2026: $0)
Significant Drivers of Expenses
- Salaries: $2.5 M
- Benefits/Insurance: $700,000
- After school programming: $600,000
- Transportation: $1 M
- General Liability Insurance: $75,000
- Special Education Placements: $350,000
Proposed Budget Draft 1
- 2025-2026 Budget: $142,360,820
- 2026 – 2027 Proposed Budget
- Draft 1 Revenues: $143,583,127
- Draft 1 Expenditures: $144,998,434
- Maintains staffing and programming
- Current Deficit: $1,415,307 (Very manageable deficit)
Considerations and Next Steps
- For the last several years, we discussed the need to be conservative and strategic with our choices.
- Attrition Plan
- Tax Levy
- Reserve Usage
- WUFSD Annexation Vote
- Two paths forward
- Continue our advocacy – 1% long term is unsustainable
- Continue to monitor the State budget process
- One House Budget Bills released this week
- Draft 2 is scheduled to be presented at the March 25th meeting
- Capital Reserve
2026 – 2027 Budget Development Report
Presented February 4, 2026
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Mission Statement
The Troy City School District will provide a strong educational and social foundation to graduate all students college and career ready.
Budget Development Process
- Budget Calendar
- Approved at the December 17, 2025 meeting
- Citizens’ Advisory Committee
- Thank you!
- Program Review/Data Driven Decisions
- Budget meetings with Principals and Department Administrators
- Comprehensive and Thorough Budget Analysis
- Year round process
Educationally Sound
What do our students need to be successful?
- Mission Statement
- Staffing/Programs
- Supports
- Academic Achievement – How do we fully support our students going forward
Fiscally Responsible
Good stewards of the taxpayers’ money
- Mindful of our overburdened taxpayers
- Continue to search for other funding sources
- Under the tax cap for the last thirteen years
- State and Federal money
- Long-term financial (strategic) planning
Foundation Aid – A Look Back
- Significantly under-funded every year from 2006-07 until 2018-19
- At one point, we were over $11 Million dollars under-funded
- COVID crisis
- NYS Aid was flat for everyone
- Federal Aid supplemented NYS Aid, helping to close the funding gap
- Promise of full funding for Foundation Aid
- Three year phase-in
- Fully funded as of 2023-24
Foundation Aid History
- 2007-08
- Foundation Aid Due $42,650,908
- Received $35,916,342
- Difference $6,734,566
- 2008-09
- Foundation Aid Due $41,779,652
- Received $37,061,262
- Difference $4,718,390
- 2009-10
- Foundation Aid Due $39,733,266
- Received $37,197,502
- Difference $2,535,764
- 2010-11:
- Foundation Aid Due $39,693,472
- Received $37,253,781
- Difference $2,439,691
- 2011-12
- Foundation Aid Due $43,797,603
- Received $37,253,781
- Difference $6,543,822
- 2012-13
- Foundation Aid Due $43,799,466
- Received $37,477,303
- Difference $6,322,163
- 2013-14
- Foundation Aid Due $42,556,480
- Received $37,589,734
- Difference $4,966,746
- 2014-15
- Foundation Aid Due $45,836,642
- Received $37,945,175
- Difference $7,891,467
- 2015-16
- Foundation Aid Due $47,850,939
- Received $38,416,831
- Difference $9,434,108
- 2016-17
- Foundation Aid Due $46,899,528
- Received $39,966,114
- Difference $6,933,414
- 2017-18
- Foundation Aid Due $49,766,773
- Received $41,646,079
- Difference $8,120,694
- 2018-19
- Foundation Aid Due $54,373,431
- Received $42,873,085
- Difference $11,500,346
- 2019-20
- Foundation Aid Due $56,131,164
- Received $45,136,828
- Difference $10,994,336
- 2020-21
- Foundation Aid Due $56,981,526
- Received $45,092,841
- Difference $11,888,685
- 2021-22
- Foundation Aid Due $57,604,995
- Received $48,471,122
- Difference $9,133,873
- 2022-23
- Foundation Aid Due $56,725,373
- Received $52,491,543
- Difference $4,233,830
- 2023-24
- Foundation Aid Due $60,544,956
- Received $60,544,956
- Difference $0
- 2024-25
- Foundation Aid Due $61,150,575
- Received $61,150,575
- Difference $0
- 2025-26
- Foundation Aid Due $62,812,156
- Received $62,812,156
- Difference $0
Foundation Aid – A Look Ahead
We are fully funded, as of the 2023-2024 school year. Good news, but brings new uncertainties — what annual increase can we expect and plan for?
- 2024-25 Foundation Aid Study (Rockefeller Institute of Government)
- Two changes adopted in last year’s study
- Replaced 2000 Census poverty data with most recent Census Small Area Income and Poverty Estimate (SAIPE) data
- Replaced Free- and Reduced-Price Lunch (FRPL) data with Economically Disadvantaged data
- Governor Hochul does not appear interested in other changes this year, or a full overhaul of the formula at this time
Executive Proposal – School Aid
- Total school funding for the entire State increased by $1.3 billion (3.6%)
- Overall school aid is now $39.3 billion
- Highest in state history
- The total aid increase includes a $779 million (3%) increase in Foundation Aid
- Every district proposed to receive an aid-due minimum of at least 1 percent year-to-year increase.
- Nearly 70% of districts statewide would receive the aid-due minimum
- No new changes to the formula proposed
Executive Proposal – Continued
- Troy’s proposed Foundation Aid increase is $628,121 (1.0%)
- Not nearly enough to just maintain our staffing and programs
- To maintain staff and programs would cost between $3 and $4 million
- Not sustainable in the long term if this minimum increase is the new norm
- High Need Urban/Suburban districts are more dependent on State Aid
- Approximately 70% of our revenues come from State Aid
- Advocacy and analysis has already begun and will continue
Reactions to Executive Proposal
The following groups testified before the Joint Legislative Hearing made up of the NYS Senate Finance Committee and the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee:
- NYS Association of Small City School Districts
- New York State Council of School Superintendents (NYSCOSS)
- New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA)
- Association of School Business Officials (ASBO)
All groups had very similar messages – districts need more money
We will continue our own advocacy as well
Reorganization
- $241 million over 15 years
- Six month Feasibility Study
- Report submitted to SED
- Joint meeting 2/10
- WUFSD Community Vote date to be set at 2/10 meeting
The reorganization would have a significant positive impact our budget situation…this year and in future years
2026-2027 Budget
- Draft 1 will be presented at the February 25th Board Meeting
- Budget Vote is May 19, 2026