school budgets

Vermont House Panel OK's School Spending Changes

Pat Bradley — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:30:00 +0000

A committee of the Vermont House has approved changes in the state school funding system designed to curb growth in spending.

New York Voters Cast Ballots on School Budgets

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:40:25 +0000

Governor Andrew Cuomo's tax cap is being put to the test as voters cast ballots on the first batch of school budgets drafted under the new taxing limits.

Most districts have proposed budgets that stay within the boundaries established under the cap adopted last year, so it will take a simple majority of votes Tuesday for them to pass.

About 50 districts, hoping to lessen staff and program cuts, are asking taxpayers for a bigger increase in the property tax levy than the cap allows. Those budgets will need a 60 percent "super majority" to pass.

Tim Kremer - executive director, the New York State School Boards Association

Brian Shields — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:35:00 +0000

School budget votes will be held across New York next Tuesday, and this will be the first year that districts must comply with the state’s new two percent property tax cap. Most of the school budgets to be decided next week are within the cap, but school officials say it will come at a cost. WAMC’s Brian Shields spoke with Tim Kremer, executive director of the New York State School Boards Association.