Budget Department
2025-26 Funding Priorities
Get Involved: Balancing Act>> Click here to get startedThe District's Strategic Plan, On The Rise, renews our commitment to current and future students in Syracuse. With your feedback and ideas for our 2025-26 school year budget, we can better align our resources to priorities for our students and staff.
This Balancing Act tool provides major categories of District revenues and expenses, including explanations and dollar amounts. You have the ability to increase and decrease most categories with one click and provide comments on areas where you think we should spend more or less.
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What Are Your Priorities? |
Be an advocate! Join us in contacting local delegates to ask for additional funding: syracusecityschools.com/advocate
Learn more about SCSD's legislative support requests: syracusecityschools.com/funding
2025-26 Budget Timeline |
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| 1/15/25 1/23/25 |
Proposed Budget Community Forums | |
| 2/12/25 | Proposed Budget Presentation | |
| 2/26/25 | Proposed Budget Public Hearing | |
| 3/12/25 | Board Approval of Proposed Budget | |
| 3/31/25 | State Legislative Aid (tentative) | |
| 4/21/25 | State Aid Overview & Adopted Budget presented to the Board of Education |
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| 4/28/25 | Board Adoption of Final Budget | |
| 4/29/25 | Presentation to the Common Council | |
| 4/29/25 | Public Hearing on City and School District Budget | |
2025-26 Budget Documents
2025-26 Proposed Budget Book
2025-26 Proposed Budget Presentation
2025-26 Adopted Budget Book
2025-26 Adopted Budget Presentation
2024-25 Budget Documents
2025-26 Proposed Budget Book
2025-26 Proposed Budget Presentation
2025-26 Adopted Budget Book
2025-26 Adopted Budget Presentation
2024-25 Budget Documents
2024-25 Contract for Excellence Contract Form and Narratives - Draft
2024-25 Contract for Excellence Contract Form - Final
2024-25 Contract for Excellence Narratives - Final
2024-25 Proposed Budget Book
2024-25 Proposed Budget Presentation
2024-25 Adopted Budget Book
2024-25 Adopted Budget Book Presentation
2024-25 Special Aid Fund Book
2023-24 Budget Documents
2023-24 Contract for Excellence Plan - Final
2023-24 Proposed Budget Book
2023-24 Proposed Budget Presentation
2023-24 Adopted Budget Book
2023-24 Adopted Budget Presentation
2023-24 Amended Budget Book
2023-24 Special Aid Fund Book
2023-24 Foundation Aid Increase Survey
Questions or comments regarding the Adopted Budget may be submitted through Let's Talk
