It's poll time
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New York state is relatively unusual in that you, the voter, get to have a say in school budgets.
Enough people turn out and say no to the budget, and the school district has to go back to the drawing board or adopt what is called an “austerity” budget. I put that word in quotes because, in fact, it’s rarely any smaller than the proposed budget; all the elements in an austerity budget are mandated by the state.
But truth be told, school budgets rarely are voted down. It happens from time to time; in recent years in Rockland, budgets in East Ramapo have been rejected by voters a few times in the past decade: in 2005, 2004 and 2002, the district’s original budgets were voted down; subsequent, trimmed-down versions were approved.
Vote in our poll in the right-hand sidebar or comment here on how you think the New York school budget process works (or doesn’t).
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on Thursday, March 20th, 2008 at 6:24 pm by Amy Vernon.
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