The East Greenbush Central School District Board of Education adopted a $99,778,012 proposed school budget for 2020-21 at Wednesday evening’s meeting that was live streamed to the public. It will be voted on by district residents through absentee ballots which are due back to the district office by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9. There will be no in-person voting due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
All school budget votes and board elections in New York State have been rescheduled to Tuesday, June 9, according to an executive order from Governor Andrew Cuomo. All voting will be done through mail-in absentee ballots.
All members of the community are invited to learn more about the 2020-21 proposed school budget by attending one of the many budget meetings offered this spring. The first Budget Review Session is scheduled for Wednesday, March 11 at 7 p.m. in the Genet Auditorium as part of the regular Board of Education meeting.
East Greenbush Central School District residents passed a $95.9 million budget for the 2019-20 school year on Tuesday, as well as the bus purchase proposition that will replace eight school buses out of the Bus Purchase Reserve Fund.
District residents will vote on the proposed school budget for 2019-20 on Tuesday, May 21 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The proposed budget, which maintains all current programs and services, totals $95,925,684, an increase of 1.76% from last year.
Superintendent Jeff Simons presents information about the 2019-20 proposed budget at the Genet Elementary School PTO meeting on Monday, May 6. This is one of many public meetings hosted by the East Greenbush Central School District this spring to discuss the proposed budget.