Keyword: 'School District' | Herald Community Newspapers

Keyword: School District

288 results total, viewing 161 - 170

Rockville Centre Board of Education gets budget in line

At a meeting last week, the Rockville Centre Board of Education began finalizing the 2013-14 school budget, cutting $1.3 million in order to keep the increase in spending under the state-mandated … more

By Alex Costello | 3/20/13

Gina Dimare cast her ballot in the bond referendum.

Rockville Centre bond referendum passes

By Alex Costello and John Maher rvceditor@liherald.com The Rockville Centre School District’s $45.9 million bond proposal passed by a comfortable margin on Tuesday, with almost 60 percent of … more

By Alex Costello and John Maher | 3/19/13

Civic Law

Q: I’ve been reading a lot lately about a 2% tax cap which the State has imposed on local governments and school districts. But my taxes aren’t going down? What is this all about? A: … more

By A. Thomas Levin | 3/19/13

School bond needs to pass

Next Tuesday, Rockville Centre residents will make an important decision about the future of their schools: Do they want to improve them, and make sure they remain award-winning places of learning, … more

3/13/13

Rockville Centre school budget proposal must get $1.3M cut

With the first draft of the proposed 2013-14 budget revealed last week, the Rockville Centre School District needs to make $1.35 million in cuts in order for the increase in spending to fall below … more

By Alex Costello | 3/6/13

Letters to the editor

Don’t count on my budget vote To the Editor: I read with interest the Herald’s piece “RVC schools preview 2013-14 budget” (Feb. 14-20). I also read with interest Dr. William … more

3/6/13

In 2010, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano passed legislation, called the Common Sense Law, to repeal the county guarantee, shifting the cost of property-tax refunds to school districts, towns and special districts, which Mangano said would save the county $80 million annually. The state Appellate Division recently upheld the county guarantee, meaning that the county must pay the refunds.

State appeals court upholds ‘county guarantee’

A state appeals court has denied Nassau County’s attempt to shift the cost of refunding property-tax challenges to school districts and towns. The decision was reached unanimously on Feb. 27 by four justices of the New York State Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. more

By David Weingrad | 3/1/13

Whatever happened to mandate relief?

New York state school districts are entering the second budget season under the state’s tax cap, which limits how much schools can increase property taxes each year. more

2/14/13

Thank you, Legislator Ford

Last week, Governor Cuomo unveiled his 2013-14 budget. He proposed to increase school aid statewide by 3 percent while keeping overall state spending growth under 2 percent. more

1/31/13

Support our schools — get involved in their budgeting

Semifinalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search were announced recently, and, as usual, Long Island came up big in the contest. more

1/24/13

« Prev | 1 … 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 … 29 | Next »

Currently viewing stories posted within the past year.
For all older stories, please use our advanced search.