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Get involved in the school budget process

In the coming weeks and months, local school districts will be planning their 2016-17 budgets, deciding how to allocate their pieces of that very large pie. It’s our right to have a say in how that money will be spent. more

1/21/16

The formula used to determine tax levy increase limits. Minimal increases in the Consumer Price Index mean that school districts will have to count on state aid to make up for budget shortfalls.

More state aid expected for local schools

School officials are hoping state aid will be enough to cover shortfalls in next year’s budget. Municipalities across the state are expecting a minimal increase in their allowed tax levy this … more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 1/20/16

State should extend the tax cap

New York state’s tax cap on school districts and local municipalities is set to expire next year, but the State Legislature could, before this year’s session ends later this month, vote to extend it. We would like to see . . . more

6/4/15

2015-16 Bellmore-Merrick school budgets pass

Voters overwhelmingly approved their 2015-16 school budgets throughout the Bellmores and Merricks on May 19. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/19/15

The final vote counts for Oceanside school district and library budgets, as well as the Board of Education election.

Oceanside budgets pass; Grim-Garrity re-elected

Oceanside overwhelmingly approved its school and library budgets May 19, and Board of Education Trustee Kim Grim-Garrity was re-elected to her seventh term. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 5/19/15

Winner Jack Vobis said he was surprised by the vote.

Vobis over Hayes in seven-vote upset

The Island Park School District’s $38.9 million budget for 2015-16, 1.48 percent larger than the current spending plan, passed on May 19 by a vote of 475 to 227 and school board President Richie Hayes lost his bid for re-election to challanger Jack Vobis. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 5/19/15

Levittown Elementary students were able to vote on a new item for the lunch menu as their parents came to vote for the school budget on May 19. At East Broadway Elementary School in Seaford, second-grader Mia Catura made her selections from pizza bagel, chicken nachos and breakfast sandwich.

Budgets pass in Wantagh, Seaford, Levittown

Voters overwhelmingly approved budgets in Wantagh, Seaford and Levittown on May 19, and a pair of new Board of Education trustees were elected. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 5/19/15

Give the school budget your support

Residents should vote in support of the Long Beach School District’s proposed budget next Tuesday. It is a reasonable plan that preserves the district’s current level of programming while also … more

5/14/15

Vote ‘yes’ on I.P. school budget

The Island Park School District had to overcome two major financial setbacks this year, and still came up with a workable budget totaling $38.9 million, an increase of 1.48 percent over the current spending plan. The Herald endorses this budget. more

5/13/15

Approve the Oceanside school budget

The Oceanside School District has assembled a $144.4 million spending plan for 2015-16, $2.16 million, or 1.52 percent, larger than the current budget. In the age of the state tax cap, budget … more

5/13/15

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