2025-26 Budget Public Hearing
May 13, 2025
Webster Central School District
May 13 ,2025
Three Part Budget /Contingent Budget
Budget Timeline Recap
Revenues
Budget Accomplishments
Propositions
Webster Central School District
Budget Process
Budget Thought Process May 13, 2025
Forbes Magazine, February 2021
Webster Central School District
“You can’t predict the unpredictable, but you can prepare for it”
Budget Timeline Recap November/ December Budget Process Begins Initial guidelines, forecast, and formulas are developed
January
March
April
May
Thought Exchange
Board Workshops
Budget Adoption
Budget Hearing & Visited all 11Vote buildings for Q&A
First two workshops held Community and staff forum opened for the month for budget First Draft of the Tax Cap Formula submitted comments
Final Workshop held, and budget adopted by the BOE
Tonight- Budget Hearing May 20-Vote
State Budget Updates ✓ Items impacting schools
May 13, 2025
✓ State Budget Deadline was April 1, Budget details released May 8 ○ Cell phone ban- guidance and details? ○ Universally free school breakfast and lunch? ○ Changes to any state aid formulas? ■ Foundation formula data points have been updated ○ Waiver for pension system retirees extended for another 2 years ○ Zero Emission bus mandate was amended to include a waiver process
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■ Webster is receiving 2% minimum increase
Budget Guidelines May 13, 2025
✓ Work within the tax cap ✓ Adjust to unprecedented increases in healthcare costs ✓ State Aid Issues ○ District wealth is up ○ Enrollment is down ✓ Use data from instructional and operational programs to assist in budget ✓ Preserve the fiscal integrity of the school district for years to come ✓ Looking for ways to deliver services in a more cost effective manner
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Budget Accomplishments ✓ Maintains these programs and staff:
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✓ Tax Cap Compliant ○ Funding for centralized cultural arts/enrichment programs ○ Professional development funding ○ Positions for special education continuum K-12 ○ English as a New Language (ENL) staffing increase as mandated ○ Centralized funding for instructional departments
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○ Response to Intervention (RTI) funding
Budget Accomplishments ○ Centralized funding for instructional departments
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✓ Accomplishments continued: ○ Funding for co-curricular and athletics programs ○ Diverse secondary class offerings, including electives ○ Instructional specialists ○ Encore (computer literacy) program at elementary schools
✓ Continuing to invest in network upgrades and cybersecurity procedures
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○ Additional funding for students with disabilities placed in BOCES or other out of district programs
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Three-Part Budget Program
Capital
All “back office/central services” and support areas, as well as building administration
All costs associated with the direct instruction of students, including transportation
All costs related to facilities maintenance, debt services, and transfers to capital funds
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Administrative
2025-26 Three-Part Breakdown May 13, 2025
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78.7%
13.9%
Administrative
Program
Capital
$16,315,021
$173,392,904
$30,558,500
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7.4%
2025-26 Administrative Budget 2023-24
2024-25
2025-26
Variance
% Change
$26,435
$26,435
$22,000
-$4,435
-16.78%
Superintendent's Office
$349,300
$346,000
$357,500
$11,500
3.32%
Business Administration
$1,110,800
$1,150,800
$1,155,500
$4,700
0.41%
Legal Services
$175,000
$175,000
$175,000
$0
0.00%
Personnel Services
$789,475 $812,230 Headers $334,450 $339,650
$909,500 $97,270 Body Copy $348,500 $8,850
11.98%
Board of Education and Clerk
Public Information and Services
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Administrative Category
2.61%
$638,000
$689,040
$775,000
$85,960
12.48%
School Association Dues
$55,000
$55,000
$55,000
$0
0.00%
Assessments on School Property
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$0
0.00%
BOCES Administrative Costs
$1,575,000
$1,575,000
$1,575,000
$0
0.00%
Supervision
$4,976,450
$5,134,510
$5,347,740
$213,230
4.15%
Benefits
$4,329,196
$4,891,779
$5,584,281
$692,502
14.16%
Total Budget
$14,369,106 $15,205,444
$16,315,021
$1,109,577
7.30%
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Unallocated Insurance
2025-26 Program Budget 2023-24
2024-25
2025-26
Variance
% Change
Curriculum
$2,928,600
$3,269,830
$3,380,000
$110,170
3.37%
Instruction
$58,146,690
$60,287,345
$58,841,295
-$1,446,050
-2.40%
Special Education
$21,803,580
$23,958,460
$24,872,495
$914,035
3.82%
Occupational Education
$2,000,000
$2,100,000
$2,100,000
$0
0.00%
Summer School
$265,000
$265,000
$275,000
$10,000
3.77%
Library
$1,698,105 $6,860,575
$1,520,285 -$169,090 Body Copy $7,589,000 $451,325
-10.01%
Computer Assisted Instruction
$1,689,375 Headers $7,137,675
Pupil Services
$8,324,245
$8,719,880
$8,640,910
-$78,970
-0.91%
Athletics and Co-Curricular
$3,413,000
$3,543,500
$3,552,800
$9,300
0.26%
Transportation
$8,517,550
$8,645,450
$8,591,600
-$53,850
-0.62%
Recreation
$1,117,200
$1,158,500
$1,232,600
$74,100
6.40%
Benefits
$44,546,604
$46,249,798
$52,556,919
$6,307,121
13.64%
Transfers
$240,000
$240,000
$240,000
$0
0.00%
$159,861,149
$167,264,813
$173,392,904
$6,128,091
3.66%
Alegreya Sans Medium
6.32%
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Total Budget
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Program Category
2025-26 Capital Budget
2023-24
2024-25
2025-26
Variance
% Change
$8,116,075
$8,322,500
$8,545,500
$223,000
2.68%
Maintenance of Plant
$4,381,500
$4,532,400
$4,316,500
-$215,900
-4.76%
Benefits
$4,048,000
Merriweather
$3,914,148
$4,760,230
$846,082
21.62%
Debt Service
$13,562,900
$11,666,765
$12,336,270
$669,505
5.74%
Transfers
$100,000
$100,000
$600,000
$500,000
500.00%
$28,535,813 $30,558,500 $2,022,687
7.09%
Total Budget
$30,208,475
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Operation of Plant
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Capital Category
Budget By State Reporting Area-The Where District Expenses Are May 13, 2025
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1. $220,266,425 - Total 2025-26 Budget 3. $9,260,355 Dollar Increase
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2. 4.39% Increase
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State Fiscal Data
01 $20,377
Based on 2022-23 financial reporting data**
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Webster Per Pupil
02 $22,546 County Average
State Average **These are the most recent per pupil expenditures as provided by New York State School Report Card for Fiscal Responsibility based on 2022-23 expenditure ratios. (NYS has not provided the 2023-24 data as of publication date)
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03 $26,857
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Revenues
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2025-26 Total Revenues 2024-25
2025-26
Sales Tax
$8,000,000
$8,000,000
$8,000,000
$0
0.0%
State Aid
$67,812,930
$70,431,390
$72,402,371
$1,970,981
2.8%
Rental of Property
$265,000
$265,000
$265,000
$0
0.0%
Interest
$150,000
$150,000
$500,000
$350,000
233.3%
Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILOTS)
$1,250,000
$1,250,000
$1,250,000
$0
0.0%
Misc Revenues
$1,800,000
$1,800,000
$1,800,000
$0
0.0%
$0
$0
$3,000,000
$3,000,000
$5,500,000
$5,500,000
$5,500,000
$0
0.0%
Property Tax Levy
$119,660,800 $123,609,680
$127,549,054
$3,939,374
3.2%
Total Revenues
$204,438,730 $211,006,070 $220,266,425
$9,260,355
$0
Reserves Appropriated Fund Balance
Variance
% Change
-
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2023-24
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Revenue Category
1. Utilizing $3,000,000 in reserves for 2025-26 3. Rank 14/17 Monroe County School Districts
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2. 30.32% of operating expenses in total fund balances
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A look back to 2015-16 to compare 2025-26
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Tax Levy as a % of Revenue has decreased State aid as a % of Revenue has increased
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2015-16
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Contingent Budget
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Contingent Budget 2025-26 ○ Seek another vote in June with the same or different budget plan ○ Implement the contingent budget after the first vote, should it be defeated on May 20 ○ If the vote fails a second time, the BOE must adopt a contingent budget with no increase in the Tax Levy from the prior year
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✓ If voters do not approve the budget, the Board of Education may:
✓ Contingent Budget Cap
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○ Based on the Tax Levy Limit ○ Tax Levy cannot be greater than the previous fiscal year ■ Levy must remain at $123,609,680 (2024-25 Fiscal Year) ○ Certain expenditure items must be removed ■ Equipment lines, free use of facilities, contractual increases for confidential employees ○ Must stay within administrative % from prior year ○ Must ensure health & safety of students, staff, & preserve the property of the district
Contingent Budget 2025-26 May 13, 2025 Webster Central School District
✓ Contingent Budget Cap Calculation ■ $218,907,943 ■ $2,098,127 less than proposed budget based on necessary reductions ■ This number is an exercise in maintaining the administrative to program ratio the same as outlined in SED guidance ■ In reality, the BOE can determine what reductions need to be made ● Just need the ratio of admin to program budget to be the same ✓ However, the contingent budget would require additional reductions or use of new revenue sources because: ■ Tax levy reverts back to previous year’s (2024-25) amount ■ Loss of $3,939,374 from proposed 2025-26 levy ■ $1,841,247 would be needed in additional revenue/reductions to make up the difference
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Propositions
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$100,000 Capital Outlay Project 2025-26
○ Elevator lift replacement in the cafetorium ○ LED lighting conversion in cafetorium ○ If bidding is favorable, will continue lighting conversion in other areas
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✓ Funded by a transfer to the capital fund of $100,000 ✓ Tenth year of doing these projects ○ Receive $70,000 in aid the following year ✓ Projects that are normally done by B&G staff, but now generate state aid ✓ Required by SED to present as part of budget hearing
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✓ Next year’s allocation will go toward Plank North Elementary:
$500,000 Transfer to Capital Project 2025-26 May 13, 2025 Webster Central School District
✓ Purpose - Energy savings with improvement in the viewing environment at Webster Schroeder High School ■ Replace lighting in the gymnasium and auxiliary spaces ■ Replace electrical panels in the gymnasium, east wing, boiler room ■ Upgrade two HVAC units on the roof ✓ Budget-neutral, reducing the facilities budget by the same amount ✓ This process will allow the district to earn additional building aid in the coming years ✓ Building aid is about 70% per project, generating an additional $350,000 in state aid with no budget increase
Proposition #1 - Diesel Transportation
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✓ 10 International 66 Capacity Conventional Buses ✓ Increase of $625,000 compared to last year ✓ Preparation in case NYS EV bus mandate changes ✓ The additional buses gives greater flexibility ✓ Mandate is very fluid and don’t want to be left short ✓ First payments made in 2026-27 fiscal year ✓ Eligible for state transportation aid at 68% ✓ When new buses arrive during the year, we surplus the correspondingly aged buses
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$1,825,000:
Proposition #2 Zero Emission Transportation
✓ 1 International 66 Capacity Conventional Bus Electric Model ✓ Mandate for conversion begins in 2027-28 ✓ This proposition will allow:
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$525,000:
○ Gauge community support ○ Driver’s and Mechanics to gain experience with the new vehicle Webster Central School District
✓ First payments made in 2026-27 fiscal year ✓ These buses are financed over 8 years instead of the traditional 5 years for other bus purchases ✓ Also eligible for transportation aid over that time period at a 68% reimbursement rate
Board of Education Candidates
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1. Linda Dioguardi 2. Carole Barnabas 3. David Metzger
May 13, 2025
Community residents will be asked to elect three (3) individuals for 3-year terms. The names will appear on the ballot in the order below based on random drawing:
May 13, 2025
Vote Reminder May 20, 2025 Webster Schroeder Gymnasium
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6am - 9pm
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All Budget Information Can Be Found Here: Webpage
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