On May 15th, voters across the state approved 659 school budgets and defeated sixteen – a 97.6 percent passage rate, slightly below last year’s record passage rate of 99.3%. Of the sixteen districts that experienced a budget defeat, seven were attempting to pierce their Tax Levy Limit and therefore needed a super-majority (60 percent) for approval.
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 school district chooses to have a budget revote, it must take place on June 19th – the third Tuesday in June. If a second budget proposal is defeated, the district must adopt a contingency budget. Districts that adopt a contingency budget may not increase the tax levy above the previous year's levy—a 0 percent cap.
The following page provides a listing of those districts that had their budget defeated.
2018 Budget Defeats (by County)
DISTRICT |
COUNTY |
BREWSTER CSD |
Putnam |
CLYMER CSD* |
Chautauqua
|
EAST RAMAPO CSD |
Rockland |
EDEN CSD* |
Erie |
FORT EDWARD UFSD
|
Washington |
GOWANDA CSD
|
Cattaraugus |
JOHNSTOWN CITY SD*
|
Fulton |
NEW ROCHELLE CITY SD*
|
Westchester |
NORTH BELLMORE UFSD*
|
Nassau |
RIPLEY CSD |
Chautauqua |
STAMFORD CSD* |
Delaware |
UNIONDALE UFSD |
Nassau |
VALLEY CSD |
Orange |
WEST VALLEY CSD |
Cattarugus |
WESTFIELD CSD |
Chautauqua |
WESTPORT CSD* |
Essex |
* District needed a super-majority 60% for approval.
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