Public body
Bath Central School District: budget and spending
- $69.6Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 45%
- $885Ktechnology and telecom, 2025
- $285KE-Rate networking budget (5 years)
- $285KE-Rate networking budget left
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $37.2M | $22.7M | ▲ 64% |
| Buildings and construction | $8.8M | $4.5M | ▲ 93% |
| Insurance and benefits | $7.3M | $6.8M | ▲ 7% |
| Debt payments | $5.3M | $4.1M | ▲ 30% |
| Staff and payroll | $3.9M | $3.1M | ▲ 24% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $2.8M | $1.7M | ▲ 61% |
| Other operations | $2M | $2.1M | ▼ 9% |
| Food | $1.4M | $1.5M | ▼ 2% |
| Technology and telecom | $885K | $1.3M | ▼ 31% |
| Professional services | $58K | $59K | ▼ 1% |
Line by line
Instruction $37.2M
- Teaching - Regular School: equipment and capital outlay: $15.2M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries, full day kindergarten - 6: $4.2M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries 7-12: $3.3M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: instructional salaries: $2.9M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: boces: $2.5M
- Occupational Education (Grades 9-12): boces: $1.4M
- Supervision - Regular School: instructional salaries: $901K
- Teaching - Regular School: instructional salaries: $747K
- Teaching - Regular School: boces: $734K
- Pre-Kindergarten Program: instructional salaries: $661K
Buildings and construction $8.8M
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $6.7M
- Operation of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $776K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $488K
- Maintenance of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $245K
- Maintenance of Plant: contractual: $217K
- Operation of Plant: materials and supplies: $200K
- Maintenance of Plant: materials and supplies: $99K
- Operation of Plant: boces: $17K
- Operation of Plant: employee benefits: $3,368
Insurance and benefits $7.3M
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $7M
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $168K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $74K
- Disability Insurance: employee benefits: $12K
- Life Insurance: employee benefits: $3,009
- Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: $2,287
Debt payments $5.3M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt principal: $2.8M
- Bond Anticipation Notes - School Construction: debt interest: $1.2M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt interest: $1M
- Bond Anticipation Notes - Bus Purchases: debt principal: $295K
Staff and payroll $3.9M
- Teacher Retirement: employee benefits: $1.4M
- Social Security: employee benefits: $1.4M
- Employee Benefits, Other (Specify): employee benefits: $765K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $433K
Vehicles and transportation $2.8M
- District Transportation Services: noninstructional salaries: $1.1M
- District Transportation Services: purchase of buses: $1.1M
- District Transportation Services: materials and supplies: $230K
- District Transportation Services: contractual: $138K
- Garage Building: contractual: $91K
- District Transportation Services: equipment and capital outlay: $44K
- District Transportation Services: instructional salaries: $24K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: noninstructional salaries: $22K
- Garage Building: noninstructional salaries: $6,745
- Garage Building: equipment and capital outlay: $5,586
Other operations $2M
- Other Custodial Activities: contractual: $550K
- BOCES Administrative Costs: boces: $440K
- Boces Capital Expenses: boces: $231K
- Chief School Administrator: instructional salaries: $216K
- Director of Finance: boces: $136K
- Director of Finance: noninstructional salaries: $120K
- Chief School Administrator: noninstructional salaries: $58K
- Fiscal Agents Fees: contractual: $33K
- Legislative Board: contractual: $28K
- Central Printing and Mailing: contractual: $26K
Food $1.4M
- School Food Services: merchandise for resale: $684K
- School Food Services: noninstructional salaries: $397K
- School Food Services: boces: $152K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $57K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $45K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $30K
- School Food Services: materials and supplies: $27K
- School Food Services: equipment and capital outlay: $16K
- School Food Services: contractual: $11K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $2,147
Technology and telecom $885K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: boces: $408K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: noninstructional salaries: $268K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: instructional salaries: $101K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: school library a/v loan program: $45K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: state-aided computer hardware - purchase: $29K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: contractual: $21K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: materials and supplies: $14K
Professional services $58K
- Auditor: contractual: $36K
- Law: contractual: $21K
- Personnel: contractual: $1,122
From Bath Central School District’s annual financial report to the Office of the New York State Comptroller (2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30), all funds. Categories group the state’s account codes: technology is data processing, phones, 911 and radio and computer instruction; transfers between the body’s own funds are left out. The Comptroller’s data ↗
Technology purchases (E-Rate)
| Year | What | Bought from | Price | Bids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fy2025 (internal connections) 225 Extreme Networks AP4020-WW access point; 2 Fortinet FG-701G-BDL-950-12 firewall services & components; 30 Extreme Networks AP5020-WW access point; 20 Extreme Networks AP4060-WW access point |
Lyon Micro, LLC | $192K | 3 contract to Sep 30, 2026 |
| 2025 | Bath-Fiber (data transmission and/or internet access) 1 ethernet |
Empire Telephone | $3,600 | 3 contract to Jun 30, 2026 |
Networking, Wi-Fi and internet bought with the federal E-Rate program’s discounts; price before the discount. From the Universal Service Administrative Company ↗.
Figures are public records: the body’s own reports (marked by year) and other agencies’ records of what it bought or received. They aren’t added together. Something wrong? Tell us.