Sentences with phrase «school tax levy»

The majority of school tax levy increases are at or below the state spending cap, according to the New York State School Board Association, more than half of the Board of Education seat races have only 1 candidate running.

Cuomo and the State Legislature have also continued to subsidize local school tax levies with the state's STAR program that reimburses taxpayers for part of their school tax bill, she said.

Cincinnati's most influential business and religious leaders say they won't support future school tax levies unless the district superintendent gets more authority to make changes to raise lagging test scores.

The incentive for districts is the November election would not have separate budget votes, as long as the local school tax levy stayed within the state's 2 percent cap.

If the 2007 - 8 school taxes are reduced by the $ 79.3 million in additional school levy tax credit funding, a net school tax levy increase of $ 199.5 million (5.3 %) would result.

Figure 3, below, breaks out school tax levy increases due to «quantity change» — new construction and other property improvements — from levy increases applied to local tax bases as of 2011.4

Meanwhile a research and data report from the Empire Center for Public Policy, which describes itself as «an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank based in Albany, New York,» found that since the tax cap went into effect, school tax levies have risen by an average of just 2.2 percent annually — the lowest in any four - year period since 1982.

Recommends expanding the School Property Tax Report Card to require school districts to include information displaying the three year change in the school tax levy compared to the change in the consumer price index thereby allowing local taxpayers to review school spending trends.

School tax levies — that is, revenue raised through local property taxation — will rise next year by an average 2.78 percent in Suffolk County and an average 2.42 percent both in Nassau County and statewide, according to figures from public school districts released last week by the state comptroller's office.

Rockland County has the third highest property taxes in the nation of which the school tax levy represents 70 percent.

Instead of 66.6 % support, this year the state will provide about 63.0 % and next year (without the school tax levy credit games) 64.9 % (calculations based on this LFB paper).