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Treasurers Regional Workshops Now Open for Registration

Cash Flow & Fund Balance Projections

Registration Open for the 2012 Summer Business Management Workshop

July 15-18, 2012 | Hotel Albany

2012 Annual Conference Registration Materials Now Available

Purchase your registrations in the NYSASBO Online Store!

NYSASBO Thanks our Financial Management, Auditing, and Accounting Workshop Partners

D'Arcangelo & Co., LLP | Lumsden & McCormick, LLP | Raymond F. Wager CPA, P.C. | R.S. Abrams & Co., LLP | NYSED

2012-13 Board of Directors Candidates

Four Director Seats and President-Elect Open for Election in June

School districts erode programs, cut positions and drain reserve funds to comply with tax cap

The New Reality for Schools: The First Budgets Under the Tax Cap

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Reminder! Only 9 Days until the 2012 Annual Conference

This year’s Annual Conference has some great programs with topics ranging from “Managing a Capital Project from Voter Approval to Completion” and “Lessons Learned from Year one of the NYS Tax Cap Law” to “Negotiating in Tough Economic Times” and “Best Practices in School Financial Management”.

Speakers at the Annual Conference include Ken Slentz, Deputy Commissioner for K-12, Robert Megna, NYS Budget Director, among many other interesting speakers, including keynoter Susan Conners. The Annual Conference also qualifies for 14 CPE credits.

Task Forces for SDBL and Civil Service Exam Study Guides

NYSASBO is establishing two temporary Task Forces to develop study guides for the School District Business Leader (SDBL) certification exam and the Civil Service exam for school business official titles. Each task force is expected to meet 4 times in person and perhaps twice by phone over the next 6 months to develop the study guides for each exam. Each task force member will be paid a $100 stipend per meeting plus travel expenses (mileage,tolls).

Pyrrhic Victories in School Budget Votes

ALBANY, NY (05/18/2012)(readMedia)-- Pyrrhic Victories in School Budget Votes

The official statewide school budget results are in and 96.1%, or 654, passed. These results are slightly better than previous years, since the start of the national recession in 2008, where the average passage rate over the past four years has been 93.83%.

"These numbers demonstrate that although the tax cap had a negative impact on school budgets and tax levies, it had minimal impact on the budget passage rate," stated Michael J. Borges, NYSASBO Executive Director.

Registration Open for the 2012 Summer Business Management Workshop

Join us for the 2012 Summer Business Management Workshop!

Registrations are now being accepted in the online store for the 43rd Annual Summer Business Management Workshop to be held in Albany, July 15-18, 2012. Addressing the needs of school business officials, clerks, treasurers and payroll / personnel staff of the district, as well as the new strand addressing the specific needs of BOCES members, the following strands will be offered for enrichment during this summer's workshop:

BOCES • Critical Issues • District Clerk • District Treasurer •
Payroll / Personnel • School Business Officials Fiscal

2012-13 Board of Directors Candidates

NYSASBO has four Director seats up for election along with the position for President-Elect. NYSASBO has received petitions for office from the following five candidates for Director: Lyn Derway, Jim Fregelette, Michele Levings, Anthony Sonnacchio, and Sheila Tufankjian. The candidate for President-Elect will be Victor Manuel, currently an NYSASBO Director. For more information about all of these great candidates, please see their biographical information below.

Treasurers Regional Workshops Now Open for Registration

The NYSASBO Treasurer Steering Committee has announced their regional workshops, titled Cash Flow & Fund Balance Projections. The four regional workshops are scheduled throughout the month of May. As in the past, the workshop fee will be $20. The workshops will focus on the following topics:

How to make data relevant for your business official
Best practices for monitoring
When to file documents for RANS/TANS
Using Gen. Output reports as a tool for cash flow
Reserve Authorizations – When, Why, Where

School District Tax Cap Q&A Quick Sheet

NYSASBO has developed a simple question and answer sheet for you to reference when asked many of the questions tax payers have with regards to the "Tax Cap." The publication is titled "Understanding Your District’s Proposed Budget Under the New Tax Levy Legislation." NYSASBO hopes this will help you answer the most common questions you may receive regarding the new legislation as a business official.

Today! Free Question & Answer Webinar on Final SED Guidance on the Property Tax Levy Cap Limit

NYSASBO will host a free webinar today, Thursday, April 5th from 3:00-4:00 pm. Deborah Cunningham, from SED, will answer your questions about the Final SED Guidance on the Property Tax Levy Cap Limit. This webinar is Question & Answer only, there will not be a presentation. All of the issues related to asking the presenter questions live have been resolved from the last webinar.

To register for the webinar, please go to https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/953081887. Any questions or issues registering may be addressed to the NYSASBO office at 518-434-2281.

The NYBEST Agency awards NYSASBO Chapters $1,000 Mini-Grants

Through The NYBEST Agency’s NYBEST CARES program, grants may be used for Professional Staff Development Seminars for its members in the area of Health and Wellness, and has now been expanded to also include Staff Development and Financial Management. These areas are an important part of the NYBEST mission; therefore, grants provide an excellent opportunity to give some savings back to the educational community.

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