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April 2009
Spring 2009 Budget Issue of BOCES Early Edition available
In this issue:
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April 1 Annual
Meeting focuses on "Kids First!"
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Component
boards to vote April 20 on BOCES administrative budget
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Budget At a
Glance...
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Four
candidates to run for three seats on the BOCES Board of
Education
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BOCES contains
costs on many fronts to provide quality services at the
most cost-effective level
Click here
to download a PDF of the newsletter.
Updated
April 2009
BOCES
administrative budget reflects multi-year effort to
reduce costs
Next year's
budget includes additional "back-office" functions
focused on supporting districts in areas such as labor
relations and energy management
Capital Region BOCES' 2009-10 administrative
budget proposal reflects a multi-year effort to reduce
costs in current operations, health care,
equipment and supplies. The budget also accounts for the
development of additional "back-office" supports,
including negotiations, labor
relations and energy management.
The proposed
administrative budget of $7,042,814 is a 2.1 percent
spending increase over the current year. The increase represents an
average increase in assessment to component schools of
2.2 percent – less than 2.95 percent in the current
year.
MORE
March 2009
 BOCES 2009-10 Preliminary Budget Publication available
Capital Region BOCES' 2009-10 preliminary budget
publication detailing the administrative, capital and
division budgets is now available. The publication can be
downloaded by clicking on the publication under "Links" to
the right.
BOCES Annual Meeting, April 1
Districts requested to register by March 20
Capital Region BOCES will hold its Annual Meeting
on Wednesday, April 1, 2009, at the Capital Region Career
and Technical School-Albany Campus. All school board
members, trustees, administrators and board clerks are
invited to attend. There will be no charge to attend the
evening.
Registration and reception begin at 5:30 p.m. followed at 6:30 p.m. by a
presentation of the administrative budget and an opportunity
to meet the board candidates. A division showcase will once
again give attendees an opportunity for questions and
conversations with divisional program staff and students.
View the
2nd Annual Meeting
Notice and registration form (pdf) or the
Annual Meeting E-Postcard
(pdf).
February 2009
Capital Region BOCES implements hiring freeze
Capital Region BOCES District
Superintendent Charles S. Dedrick has announced to BOCES
staff and component school district superintendents that
BOCES will be instituting an organization-wide hiring
freeze, effective immediately, for the remainder of the
2008-09 school year.
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December 2008
Governor's Executive Budget calls for $698 million
reduction in school aid
On Dec. 16, Governor David Paterson presented a 2009-10
Executive Budget that calls for a $698 million (3.3 percent)
cut in education aid in 2009-10 from 2008-09 levels. The net
cut in aid for Capital Region BOCES' 23 component school
districts and the Albany City Schools would be nearly $30
million under the governor's proposal.
Responding to the governor's budget, Capital Region BOCES District
Superintendent Charles Dedrick said, "It is a difficult
budget for the difficult time we are in, and at Capital
Region BOCES we will do everything we can to assist
districts as they face challenges in the coming days and
months."
The governor has also proposed mandate relief measures to help
school districts manage proposed reductions including
exempting school districts from the Wicks Law requirements
for the next five years, delaying effective date of new
mandates to allow districts to build those costs into their
budgets and allowing districts to access certain reserve
funds. The Executive Budget is available online
here.
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