2007-2008 Budget

Number of Grants  (actual '06-'07)	28
Number of Services	70
Districts participating from:
Western Suffolk BOCES	18
Nassau BOCES	33
Eastern Suffolk BOCES	28
Other BOCES	8
Budget (adopted for 2007-2008)	$124,005,386
Special Aid and Grant Revenue  (actual '06-'07)	$ 12,121,830
Total (estimated)	$136,127,216

Local Funding and State Aid

Western Suffolk BOCES is financially supported by its 18 participating school districts as well as state and federal grants. Every April, the 18 participating Boards of Education vote on the BOCES Administrative Budget.  The costs associated with the BOCES Administrative Budget and the Capital Budget are borne by the 18 participating school districts based on a three-year weighted average daily attendance rate.

School districts that request Western Suffolk BOCES services pay a prorated service fee or tuition as itemized in a shared-services contract. School districts receive state aid based on the previous year's audited expenses of BOCES programs and services. The wealth of each component district, its aid ration and the cost of Western Suffolk BOCES services determine how much aid participating districts receive. Local districts receive their state aid for the BOCES programs and services they used in the year following the district's expenditures.

Western Suffolk BOCES also receives federal and state grants to support some of its programs and services.

For a copy of the detailed copy of the 2007-08 budget of Western Suffolk BOCES call (631) 549-4900, ext. 224.