2025-26 Budget Development Calendar
September 16, 2024* — BOCES Board of Education adopts the Budget Development Calendar
October 1-11, 2024 — Budget Calendar is reviewed with Administration and Program Managers
November 1, 2024 — Salary and benefit data activated in WinCap for 2025-26 budget
December 2, 2024 — Proposed 2025-26 Administrative and Capital Budgets completed
December 9-13, 2024 — Administration review tentative budgets with District Superintendent/COO
December 9, 2024 — Administrative and Capital Budgets presented to Board of Education
December 20, 2024 — Final submission of proposed 2025-26 budgets to Business Office
January 13, 2025* — BOCES Board reviews Divisional Budget (ESS, SPED, CTE)
February 10, 2025* — BOCES Board reviews Divisional Budgets (EDS, NERIC)
February 26, 2025 — Commitment Form/Final Service Request (FSR) sent to districts
March 24, 2025 — Nominations of Candidates for election to the BOCES Board due to Clerk of BOCES Board (at least 30 days prior to vote by component boards)
March 25, 2025 — Budget communication/newsletter finalized and sent to districts
March 26, 2025 — Publication of first legal notice of Annual Meeting (14 days prior to Annual Meeting)
April 2, 2025 — Publication of second legal notice of Annual Meeting
April 9, 2025 — Board Election and Budget ballots sent to component districts (at least 14 days prior to vote by component boards)
April 9, 2025 — BOCES Annual Meeting and Budget Presentation
April 21, 2025* — Capital Region BOCES Board adopts 2025-26 Budgets
April 23, 2025 — Component Boards vote on 2025-26 Administrative Budget and BOCES BOE
April 24, 2025 — Election results delivered to BOCES Board Clerk from component districts
May 5, 2025 — Final service commitments returned to BOCES by component districts
June 15, 2024 — Adopted 2025-26 Budget filed with State Education Department
* Regularly scheduled BOCES Board Meeting. View the Capital Region BOCES Board of Education meeting schedule.
Board Presentation Schedule 2025‐26 Budget
December 9, 2024, 6 p.m. — Administrative/Capital
January 13, 2025, 6 p.m. — Divisional Budget Presentations (ESS, SPED, CTE)
February 10, 2025, 6 p.m. — Divisional Budget Presentations (EDS, NERIC)
April 9, 2025, 6 p.m. — Annual Meeting Presentation (held at Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus)