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Voters In This Area District Rejected School Budget Proposal Voters In This Area District Rejected School Budget Proposal
Voters In This Area District Rejected School Budget Proposal The overwhelming majority of voters in the Hudson Valley approved school budgets and bond proposals, though one area district went the other way. Voters in Minisink Valley in Orange County rejected both the proposed $97.46 million budget - which came with a 7.97 percent tax levy increase, exceeding the state’s cap - and a request to purchase 10 new school buses for more than a million dollars. Voters rejected the budget in a 1,795 to 1,168 vote. According to the school district, the results showed 60.6 percent of voters opposed the proposed budget; 39.4 percent approved it.  It r…

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by Zak Failla
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New Rochelle Officials Drafting New Schools Budget After First Fails New Rochelle Officials Drafting New Schools Budget After First Fails
New Rochelle Officials Drafting New Schools Budget After First Fails After the proposed $272.8 million schools budget was overwhelmingly rejected by voters last week, New Rochelle officials are going back to the drawing board to draft a more community-friendly budget. Last week, voters rejected the district’s initial proposed budget with 3,116 votes against and 1,689 in favor of the proposed $272,804,093 spending plan. As a result, the administration and Board of Education are drafting a new budget, which they will consider adopting for a potential vote at its May 29 hearing. There will also be a public hearing on the proposal on June 5 at New Rochelle High …

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester Voters OK School Budgets, Except In One District Westchester Voters OK School Budgets, Except In One District
Westchester Voters OK School Budgets, Except In One District Every Westchester school district, except one, passed proposed school budgets on Tuesday: New Rochelle's $272.8 million budget, which would have raised spending by 5 percent next year, was defeated by a vote of 3,119 to 1,689.The results remain unofficial pending the counting of all affidavit ballots. The only other district to propose spending above the state-imposed tax cap -- Mamaroneck Union Free School District -- easily passed its proposed $138.9 million budget by a vote of 1,346 to 383. New Rochelle's District administration and Board of Education said they will begin working togethe…

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by Jon Craig
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Westchester School Budget Votes: Here's What You Need To Know Westchester School Budget Votes: Here's What You Need To Know
Westchester School Budget Votes: Here's What You Need To Know This story has been updated. School district voters will face a host of proposed capital projects, school board elections and school budgets on Tuesday, May 15. Nearly half the school districts are close to the state-imposed tax cap on annual spending proposals.  Also popular this spring: Several Westchester school districts are seeking to set up "Capital Reserve Funds," or so-called rainy day funds of up to $10 million, for emergency expenditures.  Two school districts whose budget proposals exceed the cap are Mamaroneck and New Rochelle.  Mamaroneck's school district has grow…

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by Jon Craig