School district Corning
Corning City School District: budget and spending
- $174Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 10%
- $3.7Mtechnology and telecom, 2025
- $965KE-Rate networking budget (5 years)
- $871KE-Rate networking budget left
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $63.5M | $64M | ▼ 1% |
| Buildings and construction | $30.6M | $21.8M | ▲ 40% |
| Insurance and benefits | $25.7M | $24M | ▲ 7% |
| Debt payments | $22.7M | $18.6M | ▲ 22% |
| Staff and payroll | $10.8M | $9.5M | ▲ 14% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $7.9M | $7.9M | ±0% |
| Other operations | $4.7M | $4.4M | ▲ 6% |
| Technology and telecom | $3.7M | $3.6M | ▲ 3% |
| Food | $3.4M | $3.4M | ▲ 1% |
| Professional services | $1M | $1M | ▲ 2% |
Line by line
Instruction $63.5M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries, full day kindergarten - 6: $12.3M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries 7-12: $11.9M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: instructional salaries: $10.5M
- Occupational Education (Grades 9-12): boces: $3.9M
- Teaching - Regular School: equipment and capital outlay: $2.3M
- Supervision - Regular School: instructional salaries: $2M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: boces: $2M
- Teaching - Regular School: substitute teacher salaries: $1.5M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: noninstructional salaries: $1.4M
- Guidance - Regular School: instructional salaries: $1.3M
Buildings and construction $30.6M
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $22.9M
- Operation of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $3.1M
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $1.7M
- Maintenance of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $925K
- Maintenance of Plant: contractual: $694K
- Maintenance of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $550K
- Maintenance of Plant: materials and supplies: $442K
- Operation of Plant: materials and supplies: $277K
Insurance and benefits $25.7M
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $25M
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $445K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $153K
- Life Insurance: employee benefits: $89K
- Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: $2,475
Debt payments $22.7M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt principal: $8.9M
- Bond Anticipation Notes - School Construction: debt principal: $6.6M
- Bond Anticipation Notes - School Construction: debt interest: $3M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt interest: $2.6M
- Long Term Debt, Other (Specify): debt principal: $535K
- Bond Anticipation Notes - Bus Purchases: debt principal: $365K
- Leases: debt principal: $282K
- Long Term Debt, Other (Specify): debt interest: $175K
- Bond Anticipation Notes: debt principal: $116K
- Bond Anticipation Notes - Bus Purchases: debt interest: $70K
Staff and payroll $10.8M
- Teacher Retirement: employee benefits: $4.1M
- Social Security: employee benefits: $4M
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $1.5M
- Employee Benefits, Other (Specify): employee benefits: $1.1M
Vehicles and transportation $7.9M
- Contract Transportation: contractual: $4.7M
- District Transportation Services: noninstructional salaries: $1.8M
- District Transportation Services: purchase of buses: $540K
- District Transportation Services: materials and supplies: $301K
- District Transportation Services: contractual: $193K
- Garage Building: noninstructional salaries: $189K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: noninstructional salaries: $67K
- Garage Building: contractual: $35K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: employee benefits: $14K
- Garage Building: materials and supplies: $13K
Other operations $4.7M
- BOCES Administrative Costs: boces: $1.5M
- Director of Finance: boces: $418K
- Other Custodial Activities: contractual: $341K
- Boces Capital Expenses: boces: $275K
- Chief School Administrator: instructional salaries: $230K
- Director of Finance: instructional salaries: $217K
- Judgements and Claims: contractual: $173K
- Director of Finance: noninstructional salaries: $165K
- Chief School Administrator: noninstructional salaries: $125K
- Public Information and Services: noninstructional salaries: $117K
Technology and telecom $3.7M
- Central Data Processing: boces: $2.5M
- Computer Assisted Instruction: boces: $596K
- Central Data Processing: noninstructional salaries: $221K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: state-aided computer hardware - purchase: $202K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: school library a/v loan program: $119K
- Central Data Processing: materials and supplies: $25K
- Central Data Processing: contractual: $20K
- Central Data Processing: equipment and capital outlay: $16K
Food $3.4M
- School Food Services: merchandise for resale: $1.7M
- School Food Services: noninstructional salaries: $835K
- School Food Services: boces: $312K
- School Food Services: equipment and capital outlay: $176K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $141K
- School Food Services: materials and supplies: $107K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $63K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $59K
- School Food Services: contractual: $28K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $4,292
Professional services $1M
- Personnel: noninstructional salaries: $400K
- Personnel: boces: $247K
- Personnel: instructional salaries: $208K
- Law: contractual: $136K
- Auditor: contractual: $34K
- Personnel: contractual: $5,296
- Personnel: materials and supplies: $1,267
From Corning City 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Frn For Access Points Ic (internal connections) 77 Cisco Systems CW9174I-RTG access point; 77 Cisco Systems LIC-CW-E license |
SHI International Corpo. | $78K | 8 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | New Frn For Switches Ic (internal connections) 4 Cisco Systems C9200L-48P-4X-EDU switch; 4 Cisco Systems C9200L-DNA-E-48-3Y license |
SHI International Corpo. | $16K | 8 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | Corning Athletic Building (data transmission and/or internet access) 1 dark fiber (no special construction) |
Empire Telephone | $1,740 | 3 contract to Jun 30, 2033 |
| 2025 | 2025_corning_c2_ups'S (internal connections) 8 American Power Conversion SRT6KRMXLT-5KTF ups/ battery backup |
ComSource, Inc. | $51K | 4 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2025 | 2025_corning_c2_switches (internal connections) 1 Cisco Systems C9200L-48PXG4X-EDU switch; 1 Cisco Systems PWR-C5-1KWAC/2 module; 1 Cisco Systems C9200L-STACK-KIT module |
ComSource, Inc. | $7,654 | 4 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2025 | 2025_corning_c2_wireless Access Points (internal connections) 2 Cisco Systems MR78-HW access point; 2 Cisco Systems LIC-ENT-3YR license |
CDW Government LLC | $1,892 | 4 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2025 | 2025_corning Athletic Building_fiber Lines (data transmission and/or internet access) 1 dark fiber (no special construction) |
Empire Telephone | $1,740 | 3 contract to Jun 30, 2033 |
| 2025 | 2025_corning_c2_licenseing (internal connections) 1 Cisco Systems C9200L-DNA-E-48-3Y license |
ComSource, Inc. | $576 | 4 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
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.