Last week, 92 percent of Long Island school budgets won public approval. Aware of the public’s anger over rising taxes, most districts held their growth down to between 2 and 4 percent. Thankfully, the voters didn’t punish the children.
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Jerry Kremer
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5/28/10
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On New Jersey’s Election Day, April 20, Gov. Chris Christie wanted voters to reject school budget proposals in any districts where the unionized teachers weren’t willing to freeze their salaries for a year.
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4/30/10
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As it stands now, Rockville Centre school district administrators say a proposed 2010-11 spending plan could include an increase of 3.89 percent over the voter-approved 2009-10 budget of just over $90 million.
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Judy Rattner
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3/17/10
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Members of the Rockville Centre Board of Education voted at the Feb. 9 meeting to increase the current 2009-10 school budget by just under $1 million to reflect the actual unanticipated contingent expenses the district has incurred.
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Judy Rattner
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2/17/10
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