Webutuck Central School District

2009-10 BOARD ADOPTED BUDGET DEVELOPMENT CALENDAR

October Present 2009-10 budget calendar to the Board of Education for adoption, Receive audit report/recommendations

November Administrative Council Meeting – discuss teacher budget input process / forum

December 8 Finance Committee –Discusses and formulate budget parameters

December Administrative Council Meeting - Business Office distributes budget request forms

January Public Budget Workshop

January 5 BOE Work Session -- Finance Committee reports on its December discussion of budget parameters to the Board of Education.

Business Office receives BOE feedback

January Administrative Council Meeting - Review budget parameters & implications for BI proposals

January 21 BOCES Initial Services Request due back in Business Office from Budget Initiators

(For submission to BOCES by February 1)

January 30 Budget request forms due back in Business Office

BIs submit Building Budgets, requests for staff positions, new programs, equipment

February Administrative Council Meeting – Admin. Team assists Superintendent in identifying priorities

March 2 (BOE Work Session) Superintendent submits Preliminary Budget Report to the BOE

March 9 Finance Committee Meeting – review Superintendent Budget components / assumptions

Note: also a BOE meeting date

March 16, 23 Possible additional dates for extra Board Work Sessions on the budget

April 2 First Legal Notice to Public – in newspapers (Between 45-49 days before Annual Meeting)

April 13 BOE Work Session

April 16 Second Legal Notice to Public – in newspapers

April 20 Last day to accept Nominating Petitions, Begin picking up and mailing Absentee ballots

April 20 Deadline for submission of petitions for propositions to be placed on ballot

April 21 Final Finance Committee Meeting before Budget Adoption

(BOE Business Meeting) Board adopts budget, Vote on BOCES budget and BOCES board

candidates

April 22 Real Property Tax Report Card submitted to SED (Must be day after adoption), but no later than April 25

April 27 Budget available to public upon request and in all school buildings

April 30 Third Legal Notice to Public – in newspapers

May 5 Board Business Meeting - Budget Hearing

May 7 Six-day Budget Notice mailed to all qualified voters of the district

Fourth Legal Notice

May 12 Last day to receive applications for absentee ballots to be mailed out

May 19 Public vote on 2008-09 Budget and Board of Education election