Budget & Finance

Contact: Chris Karwiel, Business Manager
(518) 273-1422 ext. 1109
ckarwiel@greenisland.org

2024-25 Proposed Budget Information

The 2024-25 Proposed Budget is as follows:

On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, Green Island voters approved the budget for the 2023-24 school year:

There were two seats open on the board for one 3-year term. The incumbents were Nancy McNulty and Joseph Nolet.
Candidates for this year’s Board of Education candidates were:
- Nancy McNulty: 72 votes
- Joseph Nolet: 70 votes

On the ballot this year was a 30-passenger bus proposition. In the last two school years, the district has had to triple our budget line (nearly $500,000 per year) for contractual transportation needs such as athletics, field trips and CTE. The $15,000 a year lease would significantly decrease transportation costs while preserving access to opportunities for our learners.
- Official proposition: “Shall the Board of Education of the Green Island Union Free School District be authorized to lease and finance the cost of one 30-passenger school bus, for a period of five years, including necessary furnishings, fixtures and equipment and all other costs incidental thereto, and expend a total sum not to exceed $79,000, which is estimated to be the total maximum cost for the lease thereof, and said amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of said School District and collected in annual installments as provided by Section 416 of the Education Law.”
The bus proposition passed by a vote of 64-18.

Review enrollment data, facilities and related needs, building allocations and needs, district staffing, long-range budgetary plans and the debt service schedule
Present budget development calendar to the Board of Education for adoption

Administrators and supervisors review staffing, facility, construction, budget allocations and special needs requests
Departments review their budgets, staffing and long-range needs
Present preliminary budget forecast and budget assumptions and review the governor’s executive budget proposal
Budget presentations and work sessions
Dec. 1, 2022: Board of Education Meeting, 6 p.m.
Presentation/Discussion: Board of Education Budget Goals for 2023-24
Jan. 5, 2023: Board of Education Meeting, 6 p.m.
Presentation/Discussion: Rollover Budget Presentation

Board candidate petitions available
Additional budget presentations and work sessions
Feb. 2, 2023: Board of Education Meeting, 6 p.m.
Presentation/Discussion: Review of the Governor’s 2022-23 Executive Budget for Green Island
Presentation/Discussion: Non-Instructional Budget Presentation

Final review of budget proposal by Board of Education
Notice of school budget hearing and budget vote
Budget discussion with academic departments, instructional technology and special education
Analysis of anticipated revenue and grants
March 2, 2023: Board of Education Meeting, 6 p.m.
Budget Discussion with Academic departments, Instructional Technology, and Special Education
Presentation/Discussion: Anticipated Revenue and Grants
March 16, 2023: Board of Education Meeting, 6 p.m.
Presentation/Discussion: Instructional Budget Presentation

Legal ads published for annual meeting (45 days prior to vote)
Budget adoption by statutory deadline
Board candidate petitions due by April 18
Property tax report card due to SED and newspaper
Publicize budget information and hold budget informational meetings
April 6, 2023: Board of Education Meeting, 6 p.m.
Presentation/Discussion: Revenue Presentation and Combined Budget Presentation (draft)
Presentation/Discussion: State Aid and Tax Cap Update
Adoption of Property Tax Report Card
April 18, 2023: Last day to file petitions to run for the Board of Education
April 19, 2023: Board of Education Meeting, 6 p.m.
Presentation/Discussion: Final Budget Presentation and Adoption of the 2022-23 Budget by the Board of Education
BOCES Vote and Election
Absentee ballots mailed

Conduct voter registration 5-14 days before vote
Budget Hearing held 7-14 days before vote
Mail budget notice after budget hearing, but no later than six days before vote
Budget vote and board election
May 4, 2023: Budget Hearing, 6 p.m.
Board of Education Meeting, 7 p.m. (following Budget Hearing)
May 5, 2023: Budget newsletter mailed to residents
May 8, 2023: Last day to request absentee ballot (mailed)
May 15, 2023: Last day to request absentee ballot (in-person)
May 16, 2023: Election Day and Budget Vote