Budget & Finance

Financial reports

Enacted 2024-25 Budget
QUEENSBURY UFSD – NYS REPORT CARD
Assessor’s Report 2024
2021-22 Financial Transparency Report
Bids/RFPs

Contact Information

Scott Whittemore
Assistant Superintendent for Business
Contact Scott Whittemore
P: (518) 824-5699

Budget development

Fall

  • Review enrollment data, facilities and related needs, building allocations and needs, district staffing, long-range budgetary plans and the debt service schedule

  • Present budget development calendar to the Board of Education for adoption

Winter

  • Administrators and supervisors review staffing, facility, construction, budget allocations and special needs requests

  • Departments review their budgets, staffing and long-range needs

  • Present preliminary budget forecast and budget assumptions and review the governor’s executive budget proposal

  • Budget presentations and work sessions

February

  • Board candidate petitions available

  • February BOE Budget Presentation

March

  • March Budget Presentation

  • Final review of budget proposal by Board of Education

April

  • April Budget Presentation

  • Legal ads published for annual meeting (45 days prior to vote)

  • Budget adoption by statutory deadline 

  • Board candidate petitions due by statutory deadline 

  • Property tax report card due to SED and newspaper

  • Publicize budget information and hold budget informational meetings

May

  • Conduct voter registration 5-14 days before vote 

  • Budget Hearing May 12

  • Mail budget notice after budget hearing, but no later than six days before vote

  • Budget vote May 20 and board election

Tax information

School tax rates

Listed below are the school tax rates for the past several years. Tax rates are per $1,000 of assessed property value. The district sets final tax rates each August, after the towns finalize assessment figures and the state sets the equalization rates. 

  • 2024-25: $14.24

  • 2023-24: $16.29

  • 2022-23:  $16.09

STAR program

Homeowners who meet certain eligibility requirements through the New York State School Tax Relief Program (STAR) can have a portion of their home’s assessed value exempt from school property taxes. Learn more about the STAR program by clicking here.

Financial reports

Annual External Audit Report
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2024-25 Enacted Budget

On Tuesday, May 21, 2024 district residents voted on the 2024-25 proposed budget.

  • Enacted budget: $78,547,546

  • Budget change: $3,251,647; 4.32%

  • Tax levy change: $769,646; 2.00%