2010-2011 School District Budget
Budget Development
Revised budget preserves teaching positions
POSTED: April 12, 2010
Budget revisions presented to the Board of Education April 8
would allow the district to preserve two teaching positions and
the summer school program. Both were
slated to be cut under the preliminary 2010-11 budget.
The proposed budget now stands at $59,914,574. With the
revisions, the spending plan is still $1 million - or 1.69
percent - lower than this year's budget. Cutbacks include
reductions to BOCES services, and athletic, student, and
technology supplies.
REVISED BUDGET PROPOSAL
(PDF - Presented 4/08)
The budget was revised to prevent unwanted staff and educational
program cuts. Recalculations for revenues from Montague School
District tuition fees, interest payments, and tax penalty
collections are being used to offset these costs.
The proposed budget is based on estimated state aid projections.
Since it is unlikely that the New York State budget - which
should have been approved April 1 - will be adopted before the
statewide school district budget vote, Assistant Superintendent
Lorelei Case and district budget officials across the state have
developed spending plans based on projected revenue estimates.
If state legislators are able to restore the governor's proposed
state-aid cuts to last year's funding levels, Port Jervis would
use the additional revenue to reduce the projected tax levy and
fund two additional teachers and a lead maintenance worker.
Currently, the proposed budget carries an estimated tax levy
increase of 2.95 percent. If Port's state aid is restored to
last year's level of $480,000, the additional revenue would be
applied directly to the tax levy. This would reduce the tax levy
to 2 percent.
The board is scheduled to adopt the 2010-2011 budget at its
April 22 meeting. The annual budget vote and board of education
election will be held on May 18.
Anyone with questions about the 2010-2011 budget should call the
district's business office at 858-3252.
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School Board members lobby legislators for aid
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Preliminary 2010-11 Budget
(PDF - Presented 3/4/10)
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Presentation on Fund Balance Planning
(PDF)
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