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| 84.9% of School Budgets Passed May 21, 2004 On May 18th, school districts across the state submitted their budgets for a public vote. Overall, the vast majority of those budgets were approved - 574 of the 676 districts that reported to the State Education Department had their budgets approved and 102 districts reported their budgets were defeated - an 84.9 percent approval rate. Although this 84.9 percent passage rate is the lowest passage rate since 1996, it is consistent with the 36-year average passage rate of 82.4 percent. School districts on Long Island had a particularly difficult time winning voter approval of their budget proposals - only 79 of the 125 districts on Long Island had their budget approved - a passage rate of 63.2 percent. Districts with a defeated budget may resubmit the same budget to the voters, resubmit a revised budget to the voters, or adopt a contingency budget. If a second budget proposal is defeated, the district must adopt a contingency budget. Spending increases under a contingency budget are capped at 2.76 percent over last year's level. 2004 BUDGET DEFEATS Following is a listing of those districts that had their budget defeated, sorted alphabetically by county. ALBANY
CATTARAUGUS
CAYUGA
CHAUTAUQUA
CHENANGO
CLINTON
COLUMBIA
CORTLAND
ERIE
ESSEX
FRANKLIN
FULTON
GENESEE
HERKIMER
LIVINGSTON
MADISON
MONTGOMERY
NASSAU
NIAGARA
ONEIDA
ORANGE
OSWEGO
OTSEGO
RENSSELAER
ROCKLAND
ST. LAWRENCE
SARATOGA
SCHENECTADY
SENECA
STEUBEN
SUFFOLK
SULLIVAN
TIOGA
TOMPKINS
ULSTER
WAYNE
WESTCHESTER
WYOMING
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