Galway Central School District

2021-22 Budget Development Calendar
District Financial Forecast • January 7, 2021
Tentative Budget • February 25, 2021
Tentative Budget • March 11, 2021
Proposed Budget Adopted by the BOE • April 22, 2021
Budget Booklet 2021-22
Budget Hearing • May 6, 2021
Budget Newsletter 2021

Process to Ensure Privacy When Counting Absentee Ballots

Education Law provides that an envelope containing a returned absentee ballot is not to be opened until a determination is made that there is no reason for rejecting the ballot, which could happen if, for example, the voter fails to provide the signature required by law to appear on the envelope containing the ballot. Once such a determination is made and the envelope opened, the ballot is withdrawn without unfolding and deposited into the proper ballot box. As a result, at the time of counting, the ballots will not be linked to the envelope in which they were returned.

Pursuant to the express language of the Education Law, absentee ballots must remain folded until they are actually counted.

Please make sure you:

Fill out the Oath envelope completely
Sign the Oath envelope
Place the Oath envelope into the postage-paid return envelope
Place the return envelope in the mail so it will be received by the district no later than 5 p.m. on June 9, 2020

Each absentee ballot in your household should be placed in its own Oath envelope and returned in its own postage-paid return envelope.

Adopted 2019-2020 Budget Summary
Galway Central School District
May 22, 2019

The voters of the Galway Central School District, during the annual budget vote on May 21, 2019, approved the 2019-20 Budget in the amount of $22,299,130.

The Board of Education adopted the Proposed Budget for 2019-20, that increases appropriations by $798,648 (3.71%) over 2018-19.

$553,800 of the total increase is attributed to the need to budget for additional debt service principal and interest payments for the on-going capital project.

The remainder of the Budget is increasing by a total of $244,848, which, in essence, represents the normal growth expected to keep the District going on the path toward educational excellence for the students. If the additional debt service appropriation were set-aside, then for comparison purposes the baseline 2019-20 budget is increasing by 1.2% over 2018-19.

The New York State Budget for 2019-20 is providing only a 1.0% increase in Foundation Aid for Galway Central School District. That percentage contrasts to the most recent data for the cost of living, which has been in the range of 1.5% to 2.0%.

In order to balance the budget, a tax levy change of 1.99% was proposed, which is considerably less than the 4.99% allowed by the Tax Levy Limitation formula.

BUDGET DEVELOPMENT CALENDAR 2018-19 SCHOOL BUDGET
DATE		DESCRIPTION
PHASE I October 12	2017	Board Meeting - Budget Development Calendar to the Board for adoption.
November 9 - 24	2017	Meet with Administrators/Supervisors and distribute Budget Guidelines.
December 7	2017	Board Meeting - Preliminary Budget Presentation
PHASE II January 4	2018	Board Work Session – Discuss and Develop Budget Parameters
January 15 (est.)	2018	Governor’s Budget Proposal for State Aid Distribution made available to School Districts.
January 18	2018	Board Meeting - Budget Discussion
February 1	2018	Board Work Session - Present 2018-19 Preliminary Budget Forecast and Budget Assumptions to the Board of Education.
PHASE III February 15 (Continued on March 8th)	2018	Board Meeting Present 2018-19 Operational and General Support Budgets; Debt Service and Employee Benefits Budget; Instructional and Special Education Budget to the Board of Education for discussion.
March 1	2018	Submit 2018-19 Calculation for Tax Levy Limit to the Office of the Comptroller, Tax & Finance and State Education Department (SED).
March 8	2018	Board Work Session Present 2018-19 Operational and General Support Budgets; Debt Service and Employee Benefits Budget; Instructional and Special Education Budget to the Board of Education for discussion.
March 22	2018	Board of Education Meeting – Budget Discussion
March 28	2018	Publication of 1st Legal Notice of School Budget Hearing and Budget Vote. (published again on April 18, 25 and May 2, 2018)
PHASE IV April 12	2018	Board of Education Meeting - ADOPT BUDGET & PROPOSITIONS Approve Property Tax Report Card.
April 13	2018	Submit Property Tax Report Card to SED and Local Newspapers (no later than April 20th)
April 16	2018	Deadline for Submission of Voter Petitions for Propositions to be Placed on Ballot (30 days preceding budget vote) School Board Candidate Nominating Petitions due in District Clerk’s Office by 5:00 PM (30 days preceding budget vote).
April 17	2018	Date of Drawing by District Clerk for Determination of Order for Listing Board Candidates on Election Ballot. 9:00 AM - HS Conference Room.
April 25	2018	District Newsletter Mailed (includes full disclosure information).
April 26	2018	Budget Statement and required attachments made available 7 days prior to budget hearing.
May 1	2018	Voter Registration Day
PHASE V May 3	2018	Board Work Session and BUDGET HEARING
May 4	2018	Budget notice must be mailed to eligible voters after the budget hearing, but no later than six days prior to the vote
May 15	2018	BUDGET VOTE / BOARD ELECTION Board of Education Meeting – Board accepts election results after polls close and results are announced.
June 15	2018	Last date to file final Campaign Expenditure Report with District Clerk and Commissioner of Education.
PHASE VI June 19	2018	Statewide Budget Revote Day
July 1	2018	Implement 2018-19 Budget

Adopted by Board of Education - October 12, 2017

Please see the bottom of this section for additional budget documents.

Budget Development Calendar

DATE		DESCRIPTION
November 9	2016	Board Meeting - Budget Development Calendar to the Board for adoption.
November 10 - 22	2016	Meet with Administrators/Supervisors and distribute Budget Guidelines.
December 8	2016	Board Meeting - Preliminary Budget Presentation
January 5	2017	Board Work Session – Discuss and Develop Budget Parameters
January	2017	Governor’s Budget Proposal for State Aid Distribution made available to School Districts.
February 2	2017	Board Work Session - Present 2017-18 Preliminary Budget Forecast and Budget Assumptions to the Board of Education.
February 16 (Continued on March 9th)	2017	Board Meeting Present 2017-18 Operational and General Support Budgets; Debt Service and Employee Benefits Budget; Instructional and Special Education Budget to the Board of Education for discussion
March 1	2017	Submit 2017-18 Calculation for Tax Levy Limit to the Office of Comptroller, Tax & Finance and State Education Department (SED)
March 9	2017	Board Work Session Present 2017-18 Operational and General Support Budgets; Debt Service and Employee Benefits Budget; Instructional and Special Education Budget to the Board of Education for discussion
March 23	2017	Board of Education Meeting – Budget Discussion
April 1	2017	Publication of 1st Legal Notice of School Budget Hearing and Budget Vote. (published again on April 19, 26 and May 3, 2017)

April 12	2017	Board of Education Meeting - ADOPT BUDGET & PROPOSITIONS Approve Property Tax Report Card.
April 13	2017	Submit Property Tax Report Card to SED and Local Newspapers
April 17	2017	Deadline for Submission of Voter Petitions for Propositions to be Placed on Ballot (30 days preceding budget vote)
April 17	2017	School Board Candidate Nominating Petitions due in District Clerk’s Office by 5:00 PM (30 days preceding budget vote).
April 18	2017	Date of Drawing by District Clerk for Determination of Order for Listing Board Candidates on Election Ballot.
April 27	2017	Budget Statement and required attachments made available 7 days prior to budget hearing.
May 2	2017	Voter Registration Day
May 4	2017	BOARD WORK SESSION / BUDGET HEARING
May 5	2017	Budget notice must be mailed to eligible voters after the budget hearing, but no later than six days prior to the vote.
May 16	2017	BUDGET VOTE / BOARD ELECTION Board of Education Meeting – Board accepts election results after polls close and results are announced.
June 20	2017	Statewide Budget Revote Day
July 1	2017	Implement 2017-18 Budget

Adopted by Board of Education - November 9, 2016

Residents approved a budget of $20,159,607, which is an overall increase of $608,227 from the previous year's budget. The budget results in an estimated tax levy of $10,066,021, which represents the lowest tax levy increase in seven years.

The proposed budget stays within the allowable tax levy for Galway, which is 1.37%.

Please see the PDFs below for more detailed information.

2016-17 Galway Budget Newsletter
2016-17 Budget Hearing 5-5-16
2016-17 Budget Workshop 4-7-16
2016-17 Budget Workshop Presentation - 3-10-16
- Program budgets were presented to the Board, a discussion took place about the Property Tax Report Card & the bus propositions, and a budget gap analysis was discussed.
2016-17 Budget Workshop Presentation - 2-25-16
- Revenue and expenditure updates were provided to the Board of Education, including final tax levy limit figures and select departmental budgets.
2016-17 Budget Forecast Presentation - 2-11-16
- This budget forecast presentation was delivered to the Board of Education at its regular meeting on February 11, 2016. Preliminary estimates of revenues and expenditures were discussed, as well as capital project and bus proposition information.
2016-17 Budget Development Process Update - 1-7-16
- This presentation was delivered to the Board of Education at their regular public meeting on January 7, 2016.
2016-17 Budget Development Calendar

The Budget Notice (with all required attachments) reflects the proposed budget for 2015-16 which was adopted by the Board of Education on April 23, 2015.

Budget Hearing - May 8, 2014
- This presentation was given to the board of education and community members on May 8, 2014.
Community Budget Presentation - March 27, 2014
- The Superintendent presented a draft of the proposed budget for 2014-15 to community members at the board meeting on March 27th. There seemed to be strong support from those in attendance and some valuable input was received. The next budget workshop will be on April 10th.
Budget Presentation - February 27, 2014
- This was a presentation of department level budgets for the board of education, along with an update on the budget process.
2014-15 Budget Development Calendar
Budget Presentation - January 23, 2014
- This presentation gives a preview of the budget, along with the most recent information available related to the Governor's Budget Proposal, the Comptroller's Fiscal Stress Monitoring Analysis, and the Gap Elimination Adjustment.
Governor's State Aid Proposal - January 21, 2014
- This shows the proposed increase in state aid of approximately $225,000 for Galway.
Statewide School Finance Consortium Response to Governor's Proposal
- This response from Dr. Timbs' group points out the short-comings of the Governor's proposal for state aid to public schools.
Advocacy Message for all Constituents
- The SSFC coordinated an advocacy event at Queensbury HS in October 2013. This message was sent to all Galway CSD users to get useful advocacy information out to all constituents. As the Legislature is working toward finalizing their budget by April 1, it is important for them to hear from us on the importance of restoring state aid to schools and eliminating the Gap Elimination Adjustment. Under the current proposal, Galway will have lost almost $7m in state aid due to the GEA over the last 5 years.

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