School district Spencer
Spencer Van Etten Central School District: budget and spending
- $29.2Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 2%
- $1.2Mtechnology and telecom, 2025
- $154KE-Rate networking budget (5 years)
- $135KE-Rate networking budget left
- $1.2MSmart Schools bond allocation
- $1.2MSmart Schools money planned
- $5Smart Schools money not yet planned
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $13.2M | $13.1M | ▲ 1% |
| Insurance and benefits | $4.2M | $3.4M | ▲ 24% |
| Debt payments | $3.4M | $3.1M | ▲ 9% |
| Staff and payroll | $1.8M | $1.6M | ▲ 16% |
| Buildings and construction | $1.7M | $2.7M | ▼ 37% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $1.5M | $1.4M | ▲ 10% |
| Other operations | $1.4M | $1.3M | ▲ 10% |
| Technology and telecom | $1.2M | $1.5M | ▼ 22% |
| Food | $715K | $657K | ▲ 9% |
| Professional services | $144K | $123K | ▲ 17% |
Line by line
Instruction $13.2M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries, full day kindergarten - 6: $2M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries 7-12: $1.9M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: instructional salaries: $1.5M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: boces: $1.2M
- Occupational Education (Grades 9-12): boces: $888K
- Supervision - Regular School: instructional salaries: $456K
- Pre-Kindergarten Program: instructional salaries: $296K
- Teaching - Regular School: contractual: $287K
- Teaching - Regular School: instructional salaries: $286K
- Guidance - Regular School: instructional salaries: $260K
Insurance and benefits $4.2M
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $4M
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $88K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $62K
- Disability Insurance: employee benefits: $7,026
- Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: −$54
Debt payments $3.4M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt principal: $1.7M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt interest: $1M
- Leases: debt principal: $273K
- Bond Anticipation Notes - Bus Purchases: debt principal: $266K
- Long Term Debt, Other (Specify): debt principal: $127K
- Bond Anticipation Notes - Bus Purchases: debt interest: $33K
- Long Term Debt, Other (Specify): debt interest: $23K
- Leases: debt interest: $5,884
Staff and payroll $1.8M
- Teacher Retirement: employee benefits: $723K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $709K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $252K
- Employee Benefits, Other (Specify): employee benefits: $113K
Buildings and construction $1.7M
- Operation of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $633K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $386K
- Maintenance of Plant: contractual: $355K
- Maintenance of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $142K
- Operation of Plant: materials and supplies: $115K
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $62K
- Maintenance of Plant: materials and supplies: $30K
- Operation of Plant: boces: $3,531
Vehicles and transportation $1.5M
- District Transportation Services: noninstructional salaries: $760K
- District Transportation Services: purchase of buses: $347K
- District Transportation Services: contractual: $171K
- District Transportation Services: materials and supplies: $126K
- District Transportation Services: boces: $45K
- Garage Building: contractual: $44K
- District Transportation Services: instructional salaries: $13K
- Contract Transportation: contractual: $12K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: noninstructional salaries: $7,776
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: materials and supplies: $7,020
Other operations $1.4M
- Director of Finance: boces: $252K
- BOCES Administrative Costs: boces: $249K
- Chief School Administrator: instructional salaries: $172K
- Boces Capital Expenses: boces: $134K
- Other Custodial Activities: contractual: $126K
- Director of Finance: instructional salaries: $113K
- Public Information and Services: boces: $90K
- Chief School Administrator: noninstructional salaries: $62K
- Director of Finance: noninstructional salaries: $51K
- Central Printing and Mailing: materials and supplies: $25K
Technology and telecom $1.2M
- Computer Assisted Instruction: boces: $1M
- Computer Assisted Instruction: contractual: $77K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: state-aided computer hardware - purchase: $30K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: school library a/v loan program: $29K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: materials and supplies: $19K
Food $715K
- School Food Services: merchandise for resale: $281K
- School Food Services: noninstructional salaries: $191K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $102K
- School Food Services: contractual: $72K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $28K
- School Food Services: materials and supplies: $15K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $13K
- School Food Services: equipment and capital outlay: $8,210
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $2,218
- School Food Services: boces: $1,552
Professional services $144K
- Personnel: boces: $96K
- Law: contractual: $25K
- Auditor: contractual: $23K
- Personnel: contractual: $103
From Spencer Van Etten 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Switch (internal connections) 1 Cisco Systems C9500-24Y4C-EDU switch; 1 Cisco Systems C9200L-48P-4X-EDU switch; 1 Cisco Systems C9500-DNA-L-A-3Y license; 1 Cisco Systems C9200L-DNA-E-48-3Y license |
SHI International Corpo. | $19K | 5 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2025 | 2025_spencer_fiber Lines (data transmission and/or internet access) 1 dark fiber (no special construction) |
Haefele Tv | $20K | 1 contract to Jun 30, 2028 |
| 2025 | 2025_spencer_ups (internal connections) 1 American Power Conversion SRT3000RMXLA ups/ battery backup |
ComSource, Inc. | $3,564 | 1 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2025 | 2025_spencer_racking (internal connections) 1 Tripplite SR24UBFFD racks & cabinets |
ComSource, Inc. | $242 | 1 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.