Budget and Finance

2025-26 Budget Vote | 2025-26 Budget News and Materials | 2025-26 Budget Development Calendar | Absentee/Early Voting | Military Ballots | STAR Program | Form 1095-C | Budget Documents

Public schools are among the most significant investments that any community makes collectively. District leaders work to make the most effective use of resources to benefit students, to develop and manage the budget in a responsible and transparent manner and to be accountable to taxpayers.

Each spring, the Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District Board of Education adopts a proposed budget for the next school year that the community then votes upon.


2025-26 Budget Vote

Public Hearing
Monday, May 12
7 p.m. (J-DHS, Large Group Room)

Budget Vote
Tuesday, May 20
8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
J-D High School Gymnasium (6845 Edinger Drive)


Voter Eligibility

By law, all voters must be:

    • 18 years of age or older
    • A United States citizen
    • A resident of the Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District for 30 days or more

Proof of residency (such as a driver’s license) may be required at the time you vote.


2025-26 Budget News and Materials


2025-26 Budget Development Calendar

The following outlines the Jamesville-DeWitt Board of Education’s upcoming meeting and budget development calendar for the 2024-25 school year. All meetings begin at 7 p.m. in the District Office unless otherwise noted. You can also attend via Zoom.

April

4: First legal notice published
7: Regular Meeting (TBD State Aid Update)
8: Finance Committee
21: Regular Meeting (Three-Part Budget), Adopt J-D CSD & OCM BOCES Budget & Property Tax Report Card, nomination petitions due April 21, 2025, April 21- May 13, 2025: absentee/early ballots mailed for requests received.
24: Public Forum
25: Final date to adopt the property tax report card by BOE, distribute military ballots
28: Property Tax Report Card due to SED

May

5: Budget Statement and attachments made publicly available
12: Budget Hearing & Regular Meeting
13: Mail Budget Notice to District Residents
20: Budget Vote & Annual Election

June

2: Regular Meeting (Certify Budget Vote & Election results)


      Absentee/Early Voting Ballots

      All qualified Jamesville-DeWitt voters are eligible to vote with a mail-in ballot. Applications are needed for both early voting and absentee ballots.

      Early voting ballots: all qualified district residents are eligible to vote early with a mail-in ballot for any reason.

      Absentee ballots: voters must complete an absentee application and state the reason they will not be able to appear in person on the day of the district election/vote. An absentee ballot can be used if a qualified district resident is a patient in a hospital or unable to appear because of illness or disability; is required or on vacation outside the country; or is detained in jail awaiting conviction for an offense other than a felony. Forms returned without this information will be processed as an early mail ballot. If you are registered as a permanently disabled absentee voter with the Onondaga County Board of Elections, an absentee ballot will automatically be provided to you.

      Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days (May 13) before the election/vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election/vote (May 20) if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.

      Completed ballots must be received by the District Clerk by 5 p.m. on the day of the vote, May 20. A secured drop-off box is located outside the district office at J-D High School.

      For more information or to get an application, contact Tish Hauser at thauser@jd.cnyric.org or 315-445-8304. You can also visit the district office at 6845 Edinger Drive, DeWitt, NY.


      Military Ballots

      Members of the United States Armed Forces may request an application for a military ballot to vote in the upcoming Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District budget and board of education election on May 20.

      In 2019, New York state implemented a law giving members of the military the opportunity to cast their ballots for the election of members of the board of education, and the adoption of the annual budget, school district public library budget and referenda. This expansion also applies to spouses and dependents of members of the military.

      Persons serving in the military, along with their spouses and/or dependents, already had the ability to register as a military voter in New York state, entitling them to receive an absentee ballot for all federal, state and local races that they would be otherwise entitled to vote in if they were to go to their assigned polling place based on their New York residence.

      Applications can be requested by contacting Tish Hauser at thauser@jd.cnyric.org or 315-445-8304. They must be returned no later than Thursday, April 24.


      School Budgets in 60 Seconds

      Watch the video below for a quick overview of how school budgets are developed in New York


              STAR Program

              Homeowners who meet certain eligibility requirements through the New York State School Tax Relief Program (STAR) can have a portion of their home’s assessed value exempt from school property taxes. Learn more about the STAR program.


              Form 1095-C, Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage

              Form 1095-C will no longer be distributed automatically to district employees or retirees and must be requested annually.  For more information and to request Form 1095-C, please click on this link to the OCM BOCES website.