Sentences with phrase «voters in school districts»

Voters in school districts controlled by the state's School Reform Commission, such as Philadelphia and Chester, are particularly angry because they have seen that «state control doesn't work,» according to Sipp.

Other changes in the bill will allow voters in school districts with a surplus of education money to determine via a referendum if they want to cut property taxes.

Voters in school districts across the state head to the polls today to decide school budgets and candidates for school board seats.

Voters in school districts across the state head to the polls today to decide school budgets and candidates

A 60 percent majority of voters in school districts can override the cap, while the same majority can discard it on a municipal board or council.

Spending plans totaling almost $ 193 million for the 2018 - 19 academic year were approved on Tuesday by voters in school districts from Montauk to Bridgehampton.

The report released by the association comes as voters in school districts across the state are set to consider education budgets this month.

A 60 percent majority of voters in a school district can override the cap, or 60 percent of a legislative body in a local municipalities.

Any person registered as a voter in the school district may run for election to the school board.

Cerf also reiterated his longstanding opposition to allowing voters in a school district to decide whether or not to approve a charter school, even though a bill that would require just that passed an Assembly committee last week.

Not exact matches

Voters in Mt. Prospect - based River Trails Elementary District 26 approved a 50 - cent increase in the education fund rate, to $ 2.60 per $ 100, while their counterparts in Huntley Consolidated School District 158 agreed the district should sell $ 18 million in bonds to fund the construction of two new District 26 approved a 50 - cent increase in the education fund rate, to $ 2.60 per $ 100, while their counterparts in Huntley Consolidated School District 158 agreed the district should sell $ 18 million in bonds to fund the construction of two new District 158 agreed the district should sell $ 18 million in bonds to fund the construction of two new district should sell $ 18 million in bonds to fund the construction of two new schools.

Meanwhile, in Barrington Unit School District 220, partial returns showed voters in Lake and Cook Counties were approving by 58 percent and 67 percent, respectively, a $ 19.4 million bond issue.

The park district's proposed referendum question could appear alongside a November ballot request from New Trier High School asking voters to approve $ 89 million in funding for a major renovation of the aging Winnetka campus.

Also, voters in Park Ridge Elementary School District 64 appeared Tuesday to have endorsed a new school and a tax increase, while Wheeling Park District voters agreed to save the old Chevy Chase clubSchool District 64 appeared Tuesday to have endorsed a new school and a tax increase, while Wheeling Park District voters agreed to save the old Chevy Chase clubschool and a tax increase, while Wheeling Park District voters agreed to save the old Chevy Chase clubhouse.

Voters in 2014 approved a Cuomo - pushed $ 2 billion bond act designed to help local school districts purchase needed new technology.

The 9th Senate district in Nassau County includes the predominantly Jewish Five Towns community and Republicans have sought to bolster support among those voters, with McGrath pledging to aid Yeshivas and day schools if elected.

New York voters will head to the polls next Tuesday, May 16, to vote on school budgets that are benefiting from a $ 1 billion boost in state aid and a more flexible property tax cap, with just 12 districts seeking a 60 percent vote to override the cap.

More than 900 voters in the Onteora Central School District braved the storms accompanied with power outages on Tuesday, May 15 to support the district's 2018 - 2019 budget and school bus proposiSchool District braved the storms accompanied with power outages on Tuesday, May 15 to support the district's 2018 - 2019 budget and school bus propoDistrict braved the storms accompanied with power outages on Tuesday, May 15 to support the district's 2018 - 2019 budget and school bus propodistrict's 2018 - 2019 budget and school bus proposischool bus propositions.

Keith is a member of the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association, Community Board Six, Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club, Tilden Democratic Club, Kips Bay Neighborhood Association, League of Conservation Voters, The Epiphany School Alumni Committee, University of Dayton Alumni Committee, and serves as a District Leader for the Democratic Party in Manhattan.

Five Long Island school districts, all in Suffolk, are asking voters to approve an override of their state - imposed property tax caps — more than twice as many as last year, according to the state comptroller's office.

Voters throughout the area head to the polls today to weigh in on their district's school budgets, and to choose who will represent them on the school board.

Mount Vernon — Voters in the Mount Vernon City School District approved a $ 251,979,860 budget for the 2018 - 19 school year by a 1,051 - 657 vote on TuSchool District approved a $ 251,979,860 budget for the 2018 - 19 school year by a 1,051 - 657 vote on Tuschool year by a 1,051 - 657 vote on Tuesday.

As long as Cuomo's cap stays in place, it will continue bending the property - tax curve lower — especially in school districts, where the law gives a simple majority of voters the power to absolutely freeze tax levies at prior - year levels.

In many districts, voters decided propositions to purchase school buses and pay for libraries.

And the at - large system in the East Ramapo Central School District denies them that opportunity because what we have there is heavily racially polarized voting in which the white community votes as a bloc, and black and Latino voters vote as a bloc and, because the white community outnumbers them they're able to win elections again and again and again,» Grossman says.

In Pittsford, the district could be getting full day kindergarten if voters approve the school budget.

Residents are still awaiting action on everything from voter fraud in the Hempstead school district to allegations that a police officer improperly served a subpoena on a witness in custody in a politically charged case.

But the cap can be busted, generating more revenue for schools, if 60 percent of voters in the district approve it.

Voters approved every school district budget in Erie and Niagara counties yesterday in an election that saw the power of teacher union endorsements continue to be strong across the region.

Most school districts in New York this month are putting their budget proposals before voters for approval.

Qualified voters of the Newfield Central School District can cast their decision the 15th at the Elementary Building in Newfield from noon to 9 p.m..

Although DeFrancisco is hurt by widespread GOP support of Marc Malorino — his chief rival in the May nominating convention — voters should consider DeFrancisco's vow to cut taxes, his previous positions on the Syracuse City School District Board of Education and city council and his 40 - year undefeated record in political races.

Niagara Falls voters approved the Niagara Falls City School District's sale of the building to CB Emanuel Realty by over a five to one margin in a December 2013 referendum vote.

Voters at Ann MacArthur Primary School in the Locust Valley district place their vote during the district's proposed 2018 - 19 budget and school board races, Tuesday, May 15School in the Locust Valley district place their vote during the district's proposed 2018 - 19 budget and school board races, Tuesday, May 15school board races, Tuesday, May 15, 2018

With no discussion and in less than two minutes, the state's Smart Schools Review Board approved the second round of funding allocations to 36 districts from the $ 2 billion Smart Schools bond act approved by voters in 2014.

An «irate voter» kicked doors and a table before leaving the Eugene Auer Elementary School, the Middle Country Central School District in Centereach wrote Wednesday in a letter to the county Board of Elections.

Voters in the Homer Central School District will decide the fate of a million - dollar capital project.

Overall in New York State, voters approved 97.6 percent of school district budgets on Tuesday, according to the New York State School Boards Associschool district budgets on Tuesday, according to the New York State School Boards AssociSchool Boards Association.

He noted that school districts must adopt their budget by later this month so that they can go to voters in May.

The state's cap is 2 percent or the inflation rate, whichever is lower, but limits vary by district because of differences in exempted expenses such as school renovations funded by bonds and approved by district voters.

Leaders in the Geneva Joint 4 School District are considering what to do next after failing to persuade voters to approve $ 5.55 million for space and security upgrades.

Niskayuna Central School District voters on Tuesday, May 15, approved the 2018 - 19 school budget, with 1,186 casting votes in favor of the $ 84.2 million spending plan and 525 opSchool District voters on Tuesday, May 15, approved the 2018 - 19 school budget, with 1,186 casting votes in favor of the $ 84.2 million spending plan and 525 opschool budget, with 1,186 casting votes in favor of the $ 84.2 million spending plan and 525 opposed.

District - by - district figures on school budgets, tax caps, pay raises and other data are included in Newsday's School VoterDistrict - by - district figures on school budgets, tax caps, pay raises and other data are included in Newsday's School Voterdistrict figures on school budgets, tax caps, pay raises and other data are included in Newsday's School Voters school budgets, tax caps, pay raises and other data are included in Newsday's School Voters School Voters Guide.

The New Paltz Central School District was in the same predicament, but they passed a $ 57 million budget with 77.8 percent voter approval, surpassing the necessary 60 percent majority by a generous margin.

The baseline is used in calculating tax restrictions on individual school districts, which vary widely depending upon exceptions allowed under the law, such as voter - approved borrowing for school construction and renovation.

Voters in the Greece Central School District have approved a 34 and a half million dollar school improvementSchool District have approved a 34 and a half million dollar school improvementschool improvement plan.

According to the school district's clerk, Christine Beitler, voters approved the $ 100.5 million budget with an unofficial tally of 1,395 voting in favor of -LSB-...]

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In school districts, budgets are not approved until the spring and it takes 60 percent of local voters to override the cap.

If the voters in 93 % of the districts voted to support their school budgets, why do we need a tax cap?