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NYSED to Provide Additional Tax Cap Webinars

The NYS Education Department has posted announcements for additional webinars related to the tax cap at their website: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/mgtserv/. The additional presentations are planned for Thursday 2/16 (1:00 – 2:30) and Friday 2/17 (2:00 – 3:30), further details have not been posted at the time of this writing. If you were unable to participate in yesterday’s webinar you may want to visit the site to listen in one of the next two days. Please keep in mind this presentation is being provided by SED and not Questar III. We are providing this e-mail to assist in the notification process only.

Winter 2012 Workshop Elluminate Session

If you are unable to attend one of our winter workshops that are being held around the state in February and March, we will be conducting an Elluminate session on: February 22, 10 a.m. READ MORE>>

Workshop Materials Now Available

The workshop materials are now available for download. To find your district's report in the PDF document, you will need to use find feature. READ MORE>>

Property Tax Levy Cap Publications

Now available are two informational pieces on the Property Tax Levy Cap produced by Questar III State Aid Planning and Communications Services and Capital Region BOCES Communications Service to help explain New York’s complex new property tax levy cap. They are very detailed publications that try to assist you in explaining the tax levy cap during your school budget development process. READ MORE>>

School District Performance Improvement Grant Competitive Program

2011-12 Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) Grant amounts now based on Fall 2011 BEDS Enrollment Counts: IMMEDIATE DISTRICT ACTION REQUESTED. READ MORE>>

2011-2012 UPK Grant Amounts Now Based on Fall 2011 BEDS Enrollment

The 2011 BEDS UPK enrollment counts have been applied to the calculation of your district’s 2011-12 UPK Grant: the 2011-12 UPK output report calculations now use the actual 2011 BEDS enrollment (#38 on the UPK report) rather than the grant application estimated enrollment (#36) to determine the 2011-12 UPK Grant payable. READ MORE>>

Change in the CPI-U for 2011 was 3.2%

The Average Annual Change in the CPI-U for 2011 was 3.2%, making the Allowable Levy Growth Factor for the 2012-13 Tax Levy Limit 2%.  READ MORE>>

2012-13 Executive Budget Summary

On January 17th, Governor Cuomo presented his proposal for the 2012-13 state budget. The Governor is proposing a total of $20.312 billion in state support for public schools. This represents a year-to-year increase of $805 million (4.1%), as compared to the approved 2011-12 budget. READ MORE>>

2012-13 Executive Budget School Aid Runs

Governor Cuomo released his 2012-13 Executive Budget on January 17, 2012. The school aid runs based off the budget proposal have been posted by the Division of Budget. READ MORE>>

Check Your BCS Aid

It has come to our attention that some school districts have no aid payable to them for Building Condition Survey (BCS) expenditures that may have been incurred in the 2010-11 school year. READ MORE>>

Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee Assessment Relief Program Deadline

The relief program allows for taxing jurisdictions to provide relief to owners of properties that were "catastrophically impacted" by the storms. READ MORE>>

State Aid Planning Spring Workshop Series

The workshop schedule and registration section is now live. Please register each individual separately. READ MORE>>

Online Reporting for Attorney Information is Due Friday, February 3rd

The online reporting system for reporting attorney information under Ed. Law Sec. 2053 for the 2010-11 school year is now available. READ MORE>>

Changes in projection data should be submitted to SED by Sunday, January 15th

To guarantee inclusion in the February 15th database file, all changes to 2011-12 SAMS should be submitted by January 15, 2012.  This database will likely be used for the 2012-13 state aid projections when the legislature and Governor agree on the State budget. READ MORE>>

2010-11 Actual and 2011-12 Estimated Nonresident Tuition Rates Now Available

The 2010-11 Actual Nonresident Tuition Report (NRT) and the 2011-12 Estimated Nonresident Tuition Report (NRTEST) Output Reports have been published by SED. The reports can be accessed through your district’s State Aid webpage, located with your district’s other Output Reports. READ MORE>>

Schools Exempt from Paying the MTA Payroll Tax Starting APRIL 1, 2012

Recent legislation adjusting personal income tax rates also includes a provision to exempt public school districts, BOCES and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools providing instruction in grade one and above from payment of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) payroll tax. READ MORE>>

Cuomo, Skelos and Silver Announce Deal on a Series of State Initiatives

Governor Cuomo announced a deal between his office, Senate Majority Leader Skelos and Speaker Silver regarding a number of prominent issues that have recently been in the news. READ MORE>>

Property Tax Cap and Libraries

Our office has received questions about library tax levies and if they are subject to the property tax cap. READ MORE>>

State Aid Worksheets now available

Now available are two spreadsheets: State Aid Calculation Worksheet and 2011-12 State Aid Reconciliation Worksheet.

2012 School Budget Deadlines and Actions

This includes the deadlines for necessary actions leading up to the May 2012 Budget Vote. School Budget Deadlines and Actions publication 

 

Notice the addition of the Tax Levy Limit submission due to the Office of the State Comptroller by March 1st, 2012.  This submission will at minimum consist of the prior year tax levy, tax base growth factor, prior year PILOTs, prior year exemptions, allowable growth factor, PILOTs for the coming year and the available carryover.  For more information on this submission, visit the Office of the State Comptroller’s website http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/realprop/pdf/instructions.pdf. 

School year 2010-2011 STAC forms should be submitted to SED

This is a reminder to submit your STAC forms to SED as soon as possible through SED’s online system. Placements in 2010-2011 generate aid in 2011- 2012 and are also be used in developing the 2012-13 projections for Excess Cost aid estimates. Directions for using the online system can be found here.

Final Building Aid Statewide Average Interest Rate

SED recently posted the final statewide average interest rate for building aid. The rate, which is based on debt incurred by districts between 7/1/10 and 6/30/11, is 2.625%. READ MORE>>

New School Reporting Requirement Database

SED recently launched a new School Reporting Requirement system which provides school districts, charter schools and BOCES with a single access point for all Prekindergarten through Grade 12 educational and financial plans, applications, reports and data that are required submissions to the New York State Education Department.  READ MORE>>

Education Jobs Fund 2011-12 Online Application/Budget is Available

Districts may now submit their 2011-12 Education Jobs Fund application. The application has been posted on SED Business Portal under the “ARRA Reporting System”. READ MORE>>

Updated Property Tax Cap Information

Our office wanted to pass along updated information on the property tax cap (Chapter 97). While most of the current contingency budget rules and regulations remain in place under the legislation, we were able to clarify that the overall contingency budget spending restriction (lesser of 120% of CPI or 4%) has indeed been stricken from law, beginning with your 2012-13 budget. So, to summarize, under a contingency budget:

  • Administrative cap is still in effect
  • Non-contingent expenses are still removed
  • Expenditures are no longer subject to overall contingent budget spending cap (lesser of 120% of CPI of 4%)

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