2025-2026 Budget
Budget Vote
The 2025-2026 Budget Vote will be held on May 20 from 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. at the Jr./Sr. High School Cafeteria and Rockwell Elementary Gymnasium.2025-2026 Budget Newsletter
2025-2026 Budget Snapshot
Proposed Budget
$27,363,348
Year Over Year Increase
$662,750 (2.48%)
Proposed School Tax Levy
$11,413,032
Estimated Tax Levy Increase
2.75% Increase
Board of Education Member Openings
If you are interested in running for a board of education opening, please visit the District Office to pick up an informational packet.
Information for Filing Nominating Petitions
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that petitions for nominating candidates for office must be filed in the District Clerk’s office by 5 p.m. on April 21, 2025. Candidates must:
- Be able to read and write.
- Be a qualified voter of the District. A qualified voter of the District is a citizen of the United States, at least 18 years of age or older and not adjudged to be incompetent.
- Be and have been a resident of the District for a continuous and uninterrupted period of at least one year immediately before the election.
- Have not been removed from any school district office within the preceding year.
- Not reside with another member of the same school board as a member of the same family.
- Not be a current employee of the school board.
- Not simultaneously hold another incompatible public office.
Voting Information – Q&A
Who is Eligible to Vote – You are eligible to vote if you are a U.S. citizen, 18 years or older and have been a District resident for at least 30 days prior to the vote. Questions? Call the District Clerk at 315-552-5001.
When and where is the Budget Vote? – The Annual School District Board of Education Election and Budget Vote will take place from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at the Jr./Sr. High School Cafeteria and Rockwell Elementary Gymnasium.
Options for Early Mail Voting (NEW) and Absentee Voting: Early Mail voting provides the ability to vote by mail in lieu of voting in person, by absentee ballot, or by military ballot. Residents who will not be in the area on voting day may apply for an absentee ballot at the District Office. If the early/absentee ballot is to be mailed to the voter, the application must be submitted at least seven days prior to the vote. If the absentee ballot is to be picked up by the voter in person, applications will be accepted until May 19, 2025. Early/Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 20, 2025.
Military Ballot Applications
Members of the United States Armed Forces may request an application for a military ballot to vote in the upcoming Onondaga Central School District budget and board of education election.
Military application ballots are available (see file below).
Voter Objections/Challenges
Any qualified voter may challenge the qualifications of an individual casting an absentee ballot.
The qualifications of any individual submitting an absentee ballot may be challenged
The basis for challenges includes:
- Voter is not 18 years old as of the day of the vote;
- Voter is not a United States citizen;
- Voter has not been a District resident for 30 days prior to the vote;
- Voter is not disqualified from voting (felony conviction, for example); and
- In Districts using a system of personal registration only: the voter is not registered with either the County Board of Elections or the District.
A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots were issued must be available to both the public and the Election Inspectors.
Before opening any envelopes, the Election Inspectors must review any written objections received by the District Clerk. (These are received prior to the election, based on inspection of the list to whom ballots were issued.)
Election Inspectors should also review any objections made on voting day.
Challenges must be able to be received on voting day – These can be made by contacting the District Clerk, at 315-552-5001. The challenge must include the following:
Your Name
Your Address
The Name of The Voter Who’s Eligibility You Are Challenging
The Reason for the Challenge
The challenge period will commence at 9:00 p.m. on voting day.
Important Dates from 2024-2025
February 4 - Board Of Education Meeting - Budget Update
February 25 - Board Of Education Meeting - Budget Update
March 11 - Board Of Education Meeting - Budget Update
March 25 - Board Of Education Meeting - Budget Update
April 8 - Board of Education Meeting - Possible Budget adoption - Budget Presentation
April 21 - Board of Education Meeting/BOCES Special Meeting
May 6 - Budget Public Hearing/ Board of Education Meeting - Public Hearing Presentation
May 20 - Budget Vote
Educational Resources - School Budgets
Budget TutorialNew York State's Tax Cap Explained
STAR (NYS Department of Taxation & Finance)
Previous Budget Information
Budget Information for Budget 2024-25Budget Information for Budget 2023-24
Budget Information for Budget 2022-23
Budget Information for Budget 2021-22
Budget Information for Budget 2020-21
Budget Information for Budget 2019-20
