Budget Hearing - May 8, 2014

This presentation was given to the board of education and community members on May 8, 2014.

Community Budget Presentation - March 27, 2014
The Superintendent presented a draft of the proposed budget for 2014-15 to community members at the board meeting on March 27th. There seemed to be strong support from those in attendance and some valuable input was received. The next budget workshop will be on April 10th.

Budget Presentation - February 27, 2014
This was a presentation of department level budgets for the board of education, along with an update on the budget process.

2014-15 Budget Development Calendar

Budget Presentation - January 23, 2014
This presentation gives a preview of the budget, along with the most recent information available related to the Governor's Budget Proposal, the Comptroller's Fiscal Stress Monitoring Analysis, and the Gap Elimination Adjustment.

Governor's State Aid Proposal - January 21, 2014
This shows the proposed increase in state aid of approximately $225,000 for Galway.

Statewide School Finance Consortium Response to Governor's Proposal
This response from Dr. Timbs' group points out the short-comings of the Governor's proposal for state aid to public schools.

Advocacy Message for all Constituents
The SSFC coordinated an advocacy event at Queensbury HS in October 2013. This message was sent to all Galway CSD users to get useful advocacy information out to all constituents. As the Legislature is working toward finalizing their budget by April 1, it is important for them to hear from us on the importance of restoring state aid to schools and eliminating the Gap Elimination Adjustment. Under the current proposal, Galway will have lost almost $7m in state aid due to the GEA over the last 5 years.