New York state’s tax cap on school districts and local municipalities is set to expire next year, but the State Legislature could, before this year’s session ends later this month, vote to extend it. We would like to see . . .
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6/4/15
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Elementary school district officials across the Bellmores expressed gratitude to residents for passing their 2015-16 budget plans. School trustee candidates also said they were thrilled to win terms …
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/4/15
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Voters overwhelmingly approved their 2015-16 school budgets throughout the Bellmores and Merricks on May 19.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/19/15
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Bellmore-Merrick Central District Superintendent John DeTommaso recently said the district’s 2015-16 spending plan has the potential to be “one of the best budgets in Bellmore-Merrick in the last 10 years,” noting that, if passed, it would restore previously cut teaching and administrative positions and reduce class sizes, particularly for special-education classes.
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5/15/15
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Bellmore and North Bellmore residents will not only vote on their school district budgets on May 19, but also they will decide who will sit on their boards of education. Trustees are elected in …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/15/15
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Bellmore and North Bellmore residents recently passed their public libraries’ 2015-16 budgets, in addition to choosing library board trustees.…
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/15/15
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For weeks New Yorkers heard rumors that when the state’s budget battles finally ended, teacher performance would be measured more effectively, elected officials would be held to higher ethical standards . . .
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4/9/15
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Because the North Bellmore School District received more state aid than officials anticipated, they will not have to dig into reserve funds as much as they planned to in the first draft of the …
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/9/15
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Bellmore School District officials said that the first draft of the 2015-16 budget features historically low increases in spending. Administrators in the district, which includes the Reinhard …
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/9/15
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At first blush, it may seem like the 2015-16 state budget doesn’t include much for Long Island. But thanks to Sen. Dean Skelos, Long Island will be getting about $1.1 billion for infrastructure in the coming year.
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By Alex Costello
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4/8/15
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