State Aid Planning

We will host our Winter Workshop virtually on Feb. 12 from 9-11. Topics: Governor’s Budget Analysis, Understanding Projections, Demonstration of How to Calculate the Capital Exclusion Portion of the Tax Cap and Spring Reminders. We hope you will join us.

Save the date for our Winter Virtual Workshop - Feb. 12 from 9-11 am. We will discuss the Governor's Budget Analysis. More information to come in our weekly email.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Fall workshop this year. If you missed it, please visit our website and view the recorded session.

If you were not able to attend one of our live workshops, we hope you will join us virtually (or in-person at QIII Main Office) on Friday, Nov. 1 at 9 am. The webinar will be recorded and will be posted to our website.

SAP kicked off our Fall Workshops at OCM BOCES this morning! We discussed the Enacted State Budget, NYS Finances, Potential Effect on Future State Aid, Changing Demographics and School Finances, Enhanced Funding Opportunities for School Districts and Maximizing SSBA funding.

Good Luck Today on Your School Budget Vote! We wish you the best of luck today as your voters head to the polls.

We hope to see you tomorrow - Thursday, March 14 at 9 am for a special webinar to review our new Tools to Monitor Your State Aid Projections for Your 24-25 Budget. Use our special webinars link on our website.

Join us on Thursday, March 14 at 9 am for a special webinar to review our new Tools to Monitor Your State Aid Projections for Your 24-25 Budget.

Tomorrow is our Winter Workshop on the Governor’s Budget Analysis, Understanding Projections, Tips on Budgeting Excess Cost Aid, Transportation Aid and Year-End Reminders. Join us at 9 am or 1:30 pm. Workshop materials are posted on our website. Hope to see you there!

The Governor will deliver her address today at 10:30 am. You will be able to view livestream on her website: governor.ny.gov.

The CPI for 2023 is updated to 4.12% and is posted: osc.ny.gov/files/local-go…

Our office will close at 3:30 p.m. today and reopen at 9 a.m. on December 26th. Happy Holidays!

Thank you to everyone who attended our Fall workshops this year, both in-person and virtual. If you missed our workshop, we do have a recording posted to our website.

SAP will travel across the state to present our #Fall workshop series. The topics include overview of the 2023-24 enacted budget, building aid, fall reminders, and planning ideas for your district. @QuestarIII tinyurl.com/SAPworkshops

Please join us for our Coffee Talk Tomorrow - Topics: Welcome to the SAP Service for 2023-24 School Year, Meet the Planners and Resources Available to You!

A reminder that tomorrow is our Knowledge Cafe webinar. Topics are: SBO Calendar for May 2023, Kathy’s Corner – Areas to check to maximize current year State Aid/not have aid withheld, Planning needed by June 2023 for close outs of the CRSSA/ARP grants in September 2023 and 2024.

Due to the late New York State budget, we will be postponing our April 12th Coffee Talk until after the budget is passed. This will allow us additional time to review the Enacted Budget and put together our summary and PowerPoint.

If you missed our first TeaTime, it is now posted on our website under Webinar Recordings. Thank you to those attended yesterday.

We are excited to announce a new webinar series that will focus on assisting treasurers with accounting issues that may affect their district’s ability to maximize State Aid. We hope you will join us on 3/21 for TeaTime at Ten!