Schools want average tax-levy hike of 2 percent
This year’s report cards on proposed school spending shows that districts would increase spending by an average of 2.35 percent, and the average tax levy would go up 1.89 percent. Both figures are well below what they were in recent years, according to New York State United Teachers, the state’s largest teachers union:
Average spending increase:
2004-05—6.29 percent
2005-06—6.1 percent
2006-07—5.86 percent
2007-08—5.94 percent
2008-09—5.27 percent
2009-10—2.35 percent
Average statewide tax levy increase:
2004-05—8.26 percent
2005-06—6.94 percent
2006-07—5.91 percent
2007-08—3.79 percent
2008-09—3.26 percent
2009-10—1.89 percent.
School districts are required to submit these report cards to the state before the school budget vote each year. It is being held May 19 this year. So far, 661 districts have filed their report cards. The Big Five city school districts don’t have to do this because residents don’t vote on their school budget.
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NO, they do not WANT a 2% increase. They want a 20% increase, but know they can’t now get it. The more we elect these profligates, the worse it will get year after year after year.
the teachers union has destroyed public education in
new york…they have prostituted themselves out to
the highest political bidder..i have seen them in action
they man the phones, they raise money, they insist
on contracts that do not exist in other parts of
the nation..it is a disgrace but no one not republican
nor democrat has the fortitude to stand up to them
so they run wild in the streets
State University of NY – tuition, room-and-board, books and supplies, transportation -$15,730
City of New Rochelle (for example) spent per student – $21,000
At SUNY, you eat, attend classes, get a room, books, supplies and transportation for $15M
In New Rochelle, for $21M, (and it is nowhere near the highest in Westchester), you get a chair and some books.
What’s in these snapshots that blur the eyes?