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 Board of Education adopts a budget for the coming school year for a community vote, which is typically held on the third Tuesday in May.
2024-2025 Budget
2024-25 School Budget
Line Budget/Budget Statement
Property Tax Report Card
Administrative Compensation
Exemption Report
2023-24 School Budget
Total budget: $52,340,112
Spending increase: 11.36%
Tax levy increase: 1%
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Voters approve budget, 2 members elected
Board approves 2023-24 proposed budget; public hearing set for May 3
Annual Budget Vote and Board Election is May 16
2023-24 School Budget
Line Budget/Budget Statement
Budget Notice
Property Tax Report Card
Administrative Compensation
Exemption Report
2023-24 Foundation Aid Plan
CCSD 2023-2024 State Foundation Aid Funding Plan
2022-23 School Budget
Total budget: $47,000,525
Spending increase: 7.71%
Tax levy decrease: 1.04%
More information
Voters approve budget and capital project, 3 board members elected
Annual budget vote & board election is May 17
Cohoes Board approves 2022-23 budget; public hearing set for May 4
2022-23 Budget Documents
Line Budget/Budget Statement
Budget Notice
Property Tax Report Card
Administrative Compensation
Exemption Report
Voter Information
To print an absentee ballot application, review voter qualifications and find your polling place visit our voter information page.
Notices
Tax Collection
To look up you tax bill, pay online and more visit our tax collection page.
Understanding New York’s Tax Levy Cap
When Cohoes voters head to the polls to vote on the school budget each year, they cast votes for a budget plan shaped in part by a law known to many as the Property Tax Cap. Approved by the State Legislature in 2011, this complex law is intended to provide property tax relief. The law does not create a cap, but a threshold that determines the level of voter support needed to pass the budget every year. That threshold is different for every school district in the state.
Tax levy v. tax rate
The tax levy is the total amount of money the school district raises in property taxes. Actual tax rates are dependent on several factors including assessment practices and equalization rates.
Tax rates are not set until July — after the state certifies assessment rolls for the properties in the city of Cohoes. Tax bills are sent out in September after this process has concluded. The school district has no control over assessment practices — and does not collect more in taxes than the amount it levies.
Smart Schools Investment Plan
The Cohoes City School District’s Smart Schools Investment Plan was produced in accordance with the New York State Smart Schools Bond Act, approved by voters in November 2014.