St. Regis Falls CSD Budget Brieft

After each budget committee meeting, the district will share a brief synopsis of what was shared and discussed to keep families, the community, and key stakeholders informed and convey transparency with the 2025-26 budget process.

• October 28, 2024

• November 25, 2024

• January 27, 2025

• February 10, 2025

• March 24, 2025

• April 8, 2025

• Curriculum: Adopt and implement a “guaranteed” and “viable” curriculum that reflects the NYS Next Generation Learning Standards.

• Opportunities for Students: Identify, meet, and support each student’s academic, mental health, SEL, and behavioral needs.

• Finances: Operate within its means.

• Culture: Every SRF CSD school community member is welcomed, affirmed, and appreciated.

• Communication: The SRF CSD community believes that the district is transparent, trustworthy, and competent.

Reviewed committee scope and relevant BOE policies.

Drafted proposed 2025-26 district budget priorities.

• Maintain 2024-25 sports programs and extracurricular programming.

• Maintain 2024-25 staffing levels.

• Replacement of items at risk of failure in less than three years and on planned replacement list.

• Cooperative bidding and clarity about “needs” vs. “wants.”

• Safe and secure multi-year planned maintenance schedule for all things physical plant.

• Transportation budget to include electric bus, charger/infrastructure.

New learning (what do we need to learn more about to do our jobs).

• Status of “save harmless.”

• Primer on tax cap and purpose of each reserve account and the rules/cap(s) for each.

• Resources on the “process” of building a district budget.

• Information from students: interests, needs, and wants.

• Projections: budget 1, budget 2, contingency, and amounts for “need to operate.”

• Data: enrollment, student interests, needs and wants.