Ninety-three percent of school board members who participated in an informal online poll said they are optimistic their budgets will pass on May 21, the first budget vote, according to the New York State School Boards Association. Seven percent said they didn’t think they would get approval on the first… Read More →
Forty-nine percent of school board members are in favor of a proposal before the state Board of Regents that would prioritize children who are eligible for free- and reduced-price lunch for placement in pre-kindergarten programs, according to a New York State School Boards Association poll released today. Forty-three percent said… Read More →
As school districts prepare to craft their budgets for the 2013-14 fiscal year, the New York State School Boards Association is offering guidance based on the first year of New York’s property-tax cap. First and foremost, voters were 1-1/2 times more likely to approve budgets whose tax-levy limits were below the… Read More →
While the statewide pass rate for school budgets was 96.4 percent, only 60 percent of districts with budgets that exceeded the new tax-levy cap were successful in getting voters to approve their spending plans, the state School Boards Association found in an analysis. School districts with 2012-13 budgets that stayed… Read More →
