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Talk Back: How Will You Vote on School Budget?
The Sachem school budget vote is two weeks away; do you plan on voting yes or no?
In exactly two weeks, Sachem residents cast their votes on next year's school budget.
The Board of Education a $291.36 million budget for next year. That represents a 1.1 percent spending increase. It also carries a 4.2 percent hike in the school tax levy. That pierces the state's new tax cap so the budget will need a super majority of 60 percent of the resident vote in order to pass.
We've attached some detailed budget documents from the district to the right of this article. The district's latest presentation on the budget can be found here. Below find details on adopted budgets from nearby districts.
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District Enrollment* Adopted Budget Tax Levy Increase +/- District Cap Three Village 7,378 $178.6 million 4.48% Above cap 10,810 $215.3 million 2.23% Under cap Comsewogue 3,890 $79,114,4084.5% Above cap Sachem 14,668 $291.4 million 4.2% Above cap Middle Country 11,000 $218,150,026
4.37%
Above cap 2,678 $62.7 million 1.75%
Below cap Port Jefferson 1,217 $38,076,500 2% Below cap
3,024 $64,954,995 2.61% At cap Mt. Sinai 2,800 $55,364,115 4.78%
Above cap 3,523 $71,574,012 3.2%
Above cap 7,509 $171 million
2.6% Under cap 4,000 $98.6 million 2.9%
Under cap 3,923 $80,832,817 2.49 Under cap
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