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Budget News
for the 2010-2011 school year
Creating the budget
for the coming school year is a process that Board of
Education members and district administrators work on
for more than five months every year. It begins with the
involvement of community members who volunteer to serve
on the Budget Advisory Committee. Members for this year
are: Robert Curtis, Kathy Rohrs, Art Simonds, Amanda
Ossenfort, Thomas Komp, Jackie Aldous, Darrin Romeyn,
Lance Gunderson, Steve Kirk, Jean LaPorta, Richard
Carlson and Frank Pickus. They will be meeting monthly
starting in
January.
We will also post
information on each step of the 2010-2011 budget process
on this page as that information is available:
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PDF of the PowerPoint Presentation for the
Budget Advisory Committee's meeting on Feb. 16.
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Voter information
►►How
is the district going about the process of
developing next year's budget? (Read
article)
►►Click Here
for a summary of the Budget Advisory Committee's
meeting on Jan. 26.
►►PDF of the PowerPoint Presentation for
the Budget Advisory Committee's meeting on
Jan. 26.
►►Click Here
to see the 2010-2011 Budget Calendar
►►Governor's
proposed budget shows cut in aid
(Read
more...)
►►PDF of the PowerPoint Presentation for
the Budget Advisory Committee's meeting on
Jan. 5.
►►Read a
Letter to the Editor in the Jan. 6 edition
of the Leader-Herald regarding schools need for
relief from the Triborough Amendment to the
Taylor Law (This mandate prohibits a public
employer from altering any provision of an
expired labor agreement).
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here for a glossary of budget terms. |
If you'd like
to submit a question to the Budget Advisory Committee
regarding the 2010-2011 budget,
click
here.
If you'd like
to submit a question to a Budget Advisory Committee
member directly, click on the name below:
Darrin M.
Romeyn
The GESD's
2009-2010 budget is available for download
Anyone interested in seeing the entire document can
download a copy of the school budget by clicking
here.
(File size 8.5 MB)
How New York State
budget decisions impacted our local budget
The state budget freezes foundation aid at the 2008-09
level over the next two years – leaving school districts
and taxpayers to absorb inflationary increases. Due to
the state aid freeze and Deficit Reduction Act (DRA),
the Gloversville school board eliminated 38
instructional and 12 non-instruction positions within
the district. These cuts totaled to over $2.1 million
to balance the budget for 2009-10. Without the
temporary restoration of the DRA, the district would
have faced a $3.2 million budgetary short-fall or a
reduction of one-third more.
Even though the decision to make these cuts was very
difficult, the Board of Education always kept in mind
how our children will be educated and how tax dollars
will be spent. The freeze in state aid creates a big
problem; the Board of Education will plan conservatively
into our future.
Previous budget news:
The challenge ahead - difficult
choices affect students
Superintendent Robert DeLilli has
written the community a letter outlining the budget
realities facing the Gloversville Enlarged School
District. In this document, the superintendent
describes the impact of Governor Paterson's education
proposals on our school district. His letter also
outlines several steps the district has already taken to
reduce expenditures. To obtain your copy of this
letter, click
here.
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