2025-26 School Budget
The East Greenbush CSD has proposed a school budget for 2025-26 totaling $115,153,000 that maintains all current regular school year programs. The Budget Vote and Board Election is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20. Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
- Budget Newsletter
- Budget News
- Budget Documents
- 2025-26 Proposed Budget Packet
- Video: Proposed School Budget Presentation
- Podcast Episode
- FAQ: 2025-26 Budget Process
- Budget Timeline
- Board of Education Election
- Voter Information and Eligibility
Polling Sites
Polls will be open to eligible voters on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The school district is divided into election zones as follows:
- Bell Top Elementary School – Residents of the Town of North Greenbush
- Howard L. Goff Middle School – Residents of the Town of East Greenbush
- Donald P. Sutherland Elementary School – Residents of the Towns of Sand Lake or Chatham, or residents with a Nassau mailing address
- Green Meadow Elementary School – Residents of the Town of Schodack who do not have a Nassau mailing address
2024-25 School Budget
- Budget total: $111,660,557
- Tax levy increase: 0.55%
2024 School Tax Bills
Tax bills for 2024 will be available online and mailed out in September 2024.
If you have questions about your tax bill, please contact the Tax Office at 518-207-2542.
Overview of the Budget Process
Budget development starts in October when the Board of Education adopts a budget calendar. The Board also provides input to the administration on budget objectives and sets general parameters for the process.
The administration then prepares a budget with principals, department chairs and supervisors. Preliminary budgets are presented in March. The school board devotes time to budget development at its regular business meetings.
Administrators work to refine their numbers as more accurate cost estimates and enrollment figures are received during this period, and as Board members ask them to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of providing a service in a different way.
Throughout the winter and spring, school board members and administrators are also monitoring budget activity at the state level. School board members and administrators are in frequent contact with local legislators to inform them how various state funding proposals will affect East Greenbush schools.
The administration also looks at internal and external factors that are likely to have the greatest impact on the next year’s budget. Such factors may include rising prices for fuel or health insurance.
In late March/early April (depending on state budget developments), the Board of Education votes on a proposed budget. A newsletter describing the budget is then printed and mailed to all district homes. A copy of the proposed budget broken down by line items is also available in late April at the main office of each school building, district office, public library and district website.
The public vote on the proposed budget is held by law on the third Tuesday in May, which will be May 20, 2025.
Budget Issues
Click on the links below to learn more about budget issues affecting our schools.