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In budget discussions this month, officials from the Valley Stream Central High School District said they might need a supermajority — at least 60 percent of voters — to pass the budget in May, even if they ask for no tax increase. This requirement seems unjust, and must have more to do with a technical oversight in the tax-cap law than budgetary prudence.
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1/30/14
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District 30 school officials are considering a budget that would cut spending, keep programs and hold taxes steady next year, according to a plan unveiled to the public on Monday.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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1/29/14
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New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a report on Jan. 14 titled “School District Revenue Growth Slows.” Before I get to it, a quick primer on education funding.
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1/23/14
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As school budget season begins, the Valley Stream Central High School District finds itself in a unique position. According to administrators, the district’s maximum allowable tax increase — the amount by which it can increase revenue through property taxes — may be a negative number.
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By Brian Croce
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1/22/14
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Friends, the state of our county is good. Our unemployment rate is at 5.1 percent, the lowest in the state. Thanks to the combined efforts of the governor, our county executive and local officials . . .
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1/16/14
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School tax rates have gone up an average of almost 20 percent over the past two years, well over the state-mandated 2 percent tax cap.
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10/24/13
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Last week, taxpayers across Long Island voted on their school districts’ proposed budgets. There are 124 school districts across Long Island, and 95 percent of their spending plans passed.
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5/31/13
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West Hempstead school officials will not have to persuade 60 percent of school district voters to approve a school budget that exceeds the allowable property tax cap, district officials say. That’s …
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Howard Schwach
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4/29/13
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At its meeting on April 17, the Rockville Centre Board of Education officially adopted its 2013-14 budget, which increases spending almost $3.5 million over the current spending plan.
The budget …
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By Alex Costello
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4/24/13
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There has long been a terrible assumption about school success: It largely depends on the genetic code with which you were born.
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4/18/13
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