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| 2004 school budget voting summary July 15, 2004 On May 18th, 574 of the 676 school districts that reported voting results to the State Education Department had their budget approved and 102 districts reported their budgets were defeated. Although this 84.9% approval rate is the lowest initial passage rate since 1996, it is consistent with the 36-year average passage rate of 82.4%. Of the 102 school districts that had their school budget rejected on May 18th, five chose to adopt a contingency budget rather than submit a budget for a second vote. The remaining 97 school districts chose the second vote option. Of these, 79 (81.4%) were approved by voters on the second vote and 18 were rejected. When a budget is rejected on a second vote, under current law the district is required to adopt a contingency budget. With the addition of the 79 second vote approvals, a total of 653 school districts have a voter approved budget for 2004-05. This represents an overall approval rate of 96.6%, as compared to the 84.9% approval rate on May 18th. A total of 23 school districts will operate on a contingency budget during 2004-05. A listing of these school districts is on the following page. Last year, 17 school districts adopted a contingency budget - nine after their budget was rejected on the first vote and eight others after a rejection on the second vote. School districts that chose to adopt a contingency budget after a May 18th rejection: School districts that had their budget rejected on a second vote and were required to adopt a contingency budget: |
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