Past Annual Budgets

2023-2024 School Year Budget Vote and BOE Election

On May 16, district residents approved the 2023-24 budget for $48,587,624 – which equates to a $1,894,549 increase from this year’s adopted budget, and an estimated tax levy increase of 2.94 percent. The vote was 771 (yes) to 424 (no). Residents also approved the proposition (780 to 424 votes) to purchase three buses and two minivans. The approved spending plan includes adding new staff, continuing to invest in technology, purchasing new curriculum materials and much more.

In addition, Christopher Scoville and Megan Pelizza were elected to the Board of Education, and Kelly Firmbach was reelected to the board for three-year terms, beginning on July 1.

Candidate vote counts are below in the order they appeared on the ballot:

  • Melissa Miller – 524
  • John Chandler – 503
  • Christopher Scoville – 537
  • Megan Pelizza – 567
  • Kelly Firmbach – 752

The 2023-24 Budget Newsletter was mailed to all district residents. Click here to view the budget newsletter.

Budget Documents:

Presentations & Calendars

2022-2023 School Year Budget

On May 17, 2022, residents of the Ichabod Crane Central School District approved a $46,693,075 budget for the 2022-2023 school year by a vote of 1155 (yes) to 597 (no). Residents also accepted a proposition to purchase four (4) additional school buses at a cost of $443,926333 by a vote of 1182 (yes) to 560 (no). Additionally voters re-approved a resolution to allow a student member on the Board by a vote of 1416 (yes) to 330 (no).

Residents also elected Matthew Nelson (incumbent), Elizabeth Phillips (incumbent), and Meghan Lafferty-Brown to three-year terms.

2022-2023 Budget Newsletter

2022-23 General Fund Budget Document

Presentations & Calendars

2021-2022 School Year Budget 

On May 18, 2021, residents of the Ichabod Crane Central School District approved a $43,878,924 budget for the 2021-2022 school year by a vote of 874 (yes) to 402 (no). Residents also accepted a proposition to purchase four (4) additional school buses at a cost of $430,333 by a vote of 842 (yes) to 435 (no).

Residents also elected Jared Widjeskog, Jennifer Allard and Anne Schaefer to the Board of Education.

2021-22 Budget Newsletter

  • See the Ichabod Crane 2021-22 Budget Newsletter
    • Update (May 7, 2021): Please note there was an error in the calculations for the 2021-22 contingency budget on the School District Budget Notice on page 6 of the originally posted newsletter PDF. The linked PDF above now includes the revised Budget Notice. However, all of the proposed 2021-22 budget numbers, including the tax levy, are accurate as originally published. It’s important to note that the public is voting on the district’s proposed 2021-22 budget spending plan. In the event that the district was to enact a contingency budget, a final spending plan within the confines of New York State contingency budget regulations would be discussed and adopted by the Board of Education.

2021-22 General Fund Budget Document

Presentations & Calendars

2020-2021 School Year Budget 

On Tuesday, June 16, residents of the Ichabod Crane Central School District approved a $42,382,980 budget for the 2020-2021 school year by a vote of 2,015 (yes) to 1,246 (no).

Due to public health concerns as a result of COVID-19, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order No. 202.26. modified the rules under which school districts could conduct annual school board elections and budget votes. Qualified voters could vote by absentee ballot only and the district mailed absentee ballots to all qualified voters with postage-paid return envelopes.

Residents also accepted a proposition to purchase five (5) additional school buses by a vote of 1,862 (yes) to 1,399 (no).

This is a $785,779 (or 1.89%) increase from the 2019-2020 budget and the estimated tax levy increase is 2.57%, which meets the allowable tax levy limit set by New York State.

2020-2021 School Year Budget Information

The Ichabod Crane 2020-2021 Budget Vote and Board of Education Election (click for more) are on Tuesday, June 16.

In the interest of public safety due to the COVID-19 pandemic, voting this year will take place using absentee ballots only, per Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order.

  • Hand-delivered absentee ballots are due by 5:00 PM on June 9 in the Central Office
  • All ballots submitted after June 9 will be accepted only by mail and must be received via mail by Tuesday, June 16.

Every qualified voter within the Ichabod Crane School District will receive an absentee ballot and a postage-paid return envelope in the mail. Ballots were mailed on May 26, 2020.

A qualified voter is:

  • A US citizen
  • 18 years of age by June 9, 2020
  • A resident of the district for at least 30 days prior to the vote.

Anyone meeting the definition of a “qualified voter” who has not registered to vote, must do so to receive an absentee ballot. A qualified voter may register with the county or with the School District.*

*If contacting the district, please contact Mindy Potts (District Clerk) at 758-7575, Ext. 3001 or via email mpotts@ichabodcrane.org with voter registration questions

2020-2021 Budget Newsletter

2020-2021 Budget Information and Materials

2019-2020 School Year Budget

On Tuesday, May 21, residents of the Ichabod Crane Central School District approved a $41,597,201 budget for the 2019-2020 school year by a vote of 787 (yes) to 477 (no).

Residents also approved a proposition to purchase five (5) additional school buses for the district at a cost of $475,665 by a vote of 817 (yes) to 445 (no).

This is a $1,406,419 (or 3.5%) increase from the 2018-2019 budget and the estimated tax levy increase is 2.70%, which meets the allowable tax levy limit set by New York State.

Budget Informational Materials Presented to the Board of Education

Past School Year Budgets