NYS Budget Vote Synopsis 2013-14

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The New York State Association o School Business Ofcials | Advancing the Business of Education

2013-2014 School Budget Vote Results

The rst round o school budget votes or the2013-2014 school scal year took place on May21, 2013 or 676 districts across New York State.

Out o 676 school budget votes, 644 or 95.3%passed and 32 or 4.7% were deeated in the rstattempt. Out o the 648 school budgets that werewithin their maximum property tax levy limit, 637or 98.3% were passed. Only two o these districts,Niagara-Wheateld CSD in Niagara County, andEast Ramapo CSD in Rockland County also hadbudget deeats in the 2012-2013 school year. Allbut one o the 32 districts with deeated budgetsheld re-votes on June 18. Marlboro Central School

District approved a contingency budget instead oholding a second vote. The BOCES regions withthe lowest percentage o voter approved budgets

among their component districts were the Orleans-Niagara BOCES, with a 76.9% budget approvalrate, and the Orange Ulster BOCES, with an 83.3%budget approval rate. Ater the revote on June 18,94% o the revised budgets were passed with theonly two deeated re-votes being Remsen CentralSchools in Oneida County (41% or budget), andWilson Central School District in Niagara County(40% or budget).

Upstate School District Budget Vote Results

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Budget Passed with Revote

Budget Defeated with Revote

Symbol District

1 ALDEN CSD

2 BEMUS POINT CSD

3 CAIRO DURHAM CSD

4 CORNWALL CSD

5 CLARENCE CSD

6 EAST RAMAPO CSD

7 ELMIRA HEIGHTS CSD

8 GENERAL BROWN CSD

9 LEWISTON-PORTER CSD

10 MIDDLEBURGH CSD

11 MINERVA CSD

12 MORAVIA CSD

13 NEWCOMB CSD

14 NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CSD

15 NISKAYUNA CSD

16 NORTH SYRACUSE CSD

17 REMSEN CSD

18 SOUTH SENECA CSD

19 TUPPER LAKE CSD

20 VALLEY CENTRAL CSD

21 WILSON CSD

Budget Passed First Time


Budget Defeated with Revote


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Results of School Budget Votes that Failed on their First Attempt

School District Vote Yes Vote No Total Percent Yes RevoteCapital Region BOCES

Middleburgh CSD 374 399 773 48.40% Yes

Niskayuna CSD 2484 3154 5638 48.40% Yes

Cayuga-Ononodaga BOCES

Moravia CSD 512 393 905 56.60% Yes

Erie #1 BOCES

Alden CSD 495 743 1238 40.00% Yes

Clarence CSD 3,431 4,801 8,232 41.70% Yes

Erie #2 - Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES

Bemus Point CSD 215 227 442 48.60% Yes

Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES

Tupper Lake CSD 512 685 1,197 42.80% Yes

Greater Southern Tier BOCES

Elmira Heights CSD 312 272 584 53.40% Yes

Jeerson-Lewis-Herkimer-Oneida BOCES

General Brown CSD 806 580 1386 58.20% Yes

Downstate School Budget Vote Results

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Budget Passed both Years

Symbol School District

1 BALDWIN UFSD

2 BRIARCLIFF MANOR UFSD

3 EAST QUOGUE UFSD

4 ELMSFORD UFSD

5 MANHASSET UFSD

6 MT. VERNON CITY SD7 NORTH BABYLON UFSD

8 SACHEM CSD

9 SCARSDALE UFSD

10 SOUTH COUNTRY CSDBudget Passed First Time



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School District Vote Yes Vote No Total Percent Yes Revote

Nassau BOCES

Baldwin UFSD 1945 1538 3483 55.80% Yes

Manhasset UFSD 2053 1797 3850 53.30% Yes

Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES

Remsen CSD 141 170 311 45.30% YesOnondaga-Herkimer-Madison BOCES

North Syracuse CSD 1,989 1,680 3,669 54.20% Yes

Orange-Ulster BOCES

Cornwall CSD 1,365 913 2,278 59.90% Yes

Marlboro CSD 734 1,266 2,000 36.70% No

Valley Central SD 2,062 2,207 4,269 48.30% Yes

Orleans-Niagara BOCES

Lewiston-Porter CSD 939 1,153 2,092 44.90% Yes

Niagara-Wheateld CSD 1,598 1,601 3,199 50.00% Yes

Wilson CSD 414 698 1,112 37.20% YesPutnam-Northern Westchester BOCES

Briarcli Manor CSD 805 763 1,568 51.30% Yes

Questar III BOCES

Cairo-Durham CSD 549 598 1,147 47.90% Yes

Rockland BOCES

East Ramapo CSD 4,895 5,400 10,295 47.50% Yes

Eastern Suolk BOCES

East Quogue UFSD 494 340 834 59.20% Yes

Sachem CSD 6,826 5,762 12,588 54.20% Yes

South Country CSD 1,538 1,307 2,845 54.10% YesWestern Suolk BOCES

North Babylon CSD 1,358 1,157 2,515 54.00% Yes

Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES

South Seneca CSD 432 399 831 52.00% Yes

Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES

Minerva CSD 144 177 321 44.90% Yes

Newcomb CSD 111 104 215 51.60% Yes

Westchester BOCES

Elmsord CSD 210 236 446 47.10% Yes

Mount Vernon City SD 773 1,169 1,942 39.80% Yes

Scarsdale UFSD 1,502 1,720 3,222 46.60% Yes


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The 32 districts whose budgets were initiallyrejected were generally varied in regards totheir Need/Resource Capacity index. The schooldistricts classied as High Need, had the lowestinstance o budgets deeated with only our schooldistricts out o the 198 or 2.0% in their categoryailing to pass. Average Need school districtshad 20 out o 336 or 5.9% o budgets rejected.Low Need school districts had the highestpercent o budgets deeated with 8 out o 134 or5.9% o budgets voted down. All but one o theschool districts whose budgets were deeated therst time held a second vote on June 18 rather than

adopt a contingency budget. Remsen CSD (a highneed district) and Wilson CSD (an average needdistrict), were the only two districts out o the 31that held revotes which were deeated a secondtime. When analyzing the budget results accordingto Need/Resource Capacity, there does not seemto be a correlation between a districts classicationand budget rejection. Since the overwhelmingmajority o school budgets across the state weresuccessully passed, rejection rates were low tobegin with and spread airly evenly across the threecategories o need.

School Budget Votes Based on Need

2013-2014 Budget Defeat

High Need School Districts

Low Need School Districts

Average Need School Districts

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High Need Districts with Budget Defeats

1 EAST RAMAPO CSD

2 REMSEN CSD

3 SOUTH SENECA CSD

Average Need Districts with Budget Defeats

4 ALDEN CSD

5 BEMUS POINT CSD

6 CAIRO-DURHAM CSD

7 CORNWALL CSD

8 ELMIRA HEIGHTS CSD

9 GENERAL BROWN CSD

10 LEWISTON-PORTER CSD

11 MARLBORO CSD

12 MIDDLEBURGH CSD

13 MINERVA CSD

14 MORAVIA CSD

15 NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CSD


17 TUPPER LAKE CSD

18 VALLEY CENTRAL CSD

19 WILSON CSD

Low Need Districts with Budget Defeats

20 CLARENCE CSD

21 NEWCOMB CSD

22 NISKAYUNA CSD

Upstate School Budget Results by District Financial Need 2013-2014

Based on State Education Departments 2008 Need/Resource Capacity Index


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Low Need School Districts

High Need School Districts

Average Need School Districts

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Hign Need Districts With Budget Defeats

1 East Ramapo CSD

2 Mount Vernon City SD

Average Need Districts with Budget Defeats

3 Elmsford UFSD

4 North Babylon UFSD

5 Sachem CSD

6 South Country CSD

Low Need School Districts with Budget Defeats

7 Baldwin UFSD

8 Briarcliff Manor UFSD

9 East Quogue UFSD

10 Manhasset UFSD

11 Scarsdale UFSD

Since the 2012-2013 school year, school districtshave been operating under a state imposed taxcap which limits their levy increase to the lesser o2% or the rate o infation. However, school districtshave the option to exceed the tax cap or levy limitby obtaining 60% voter approval o their budgets.

For the 2013-2014 school year, 28 school districtsattempted to exceed their tax cap. O thesedistricts, only 7 or 25% were successul in obtainingthe 60% voter approval. Thirteen o these districtssucceeded in obtaining the majority vote or

passage o the budget, but were still below the60% required to override the tax cap. I thesedistricts were included in the budget passagerate, the statewide total would have been 97.2%,the second highest on record dating to 1969. Onlythree districts attempted to override their propertytax levy limit or the revote on June 18. Thesedistricts were Newcomb CSD, Manhasset UFSD,and North Babylon UFSD, and all received wellabove the required 60% approval in the secondround.

Results Compared with Tax Cap Override Requests

Downstate School Budget Results by Financial Need 2013-2014

Based on State Education Departments 2008 Need/Resource Capacity Index


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School District Budget Passed (P)or Defeated (D)

Alexandria CSD P

Ardsley UFSD P

Baldwin UFSD D

Bay Shore UFSD P

Briarcli Manor UFSD D

Clarence CSD D

Cornwall CSD D

East Quogue UFSD D

Elmira Heights CSD D

General Brown CSD D

Irvington UFSD P

Kiryas Joel UFSD P

Lewiston-Porter CSD D

Manhasset UFSD D

Districts with Override Requests

School District Budget Passed (P)or Defeated (D)

Minerva CSD D

Moravia CSD D

Newcomb CSD D

Niskayuna CSD D

North Babylon UFSD D

North Syracuse CSD D

Sachem UFSD D

Scarsdale UFSD D

South Colonie CSD P

South Country CSD D

South Seneca CSD D

Tupper Lake CSD D

Tuxedo SD P

Valley Central SD D

Total successul overrides 7(25%)

School District Percent Approval

Baldwin UFSD 55.80%

Briarcli Manor UFSD 51.30%

Cornwall CSD 59.90%

East Quogue UFSD 59.20%

Elmira Heights CSD 53.40%

General Brown CSD 58.20%

Manhasset UFSD 53.30%

Moravia CSD 56.60%Newcomb CSD 51.60%

North Babylon CSD 54.10%

North Syracuse CSD 54.20%

Sachem CSD 54.20%

South Country CSD 54.10%

Districts Seeking Override of Tax Cap That Obtained Simple Majorities but

Fell Below Required 60% Approval


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Budget Result Trends in the Past Decade

School Budget Approval Percentages in Past Decade

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PercentageofBudgetsPassed

Since the implementation o the tax cap, there has been minimal impact on the school budget passagerate as can be seen in the table below, where budget passage rates have averaged 91.8% over thelast decade. However, that is not to suggest that the property tax cap has not had an impact on thebudgets that school districts have prepared and submitted to their voters in the past two years since theenactment o the property tax cap.

School Year Percentage Approved

2003-2004 93.8

2004-2005 84.8

2005-2006 83.5

2006-2007 88.3

2007-2008 95.3

2008-2009 92.5

2009-2010 97.3

2010-2011 92.2

2011-2012 93.4

2012-2013 96.5

2013-2014 95.3

School Budget Approval Percentages in Past Decade


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While the percentage o school budgets initiallyapproved in the past two years has exceeded theprevious ten-year average, districts are clearlyaware o the risks o proposing school budgetsthat exceed their property tax levy limits. It is clearthat indications are such that districts attempting

to override their property tax caps will not attainsuch high budget approval rates. As mentionedearlier, or the 2013-2014 school year, only 7 out o28 or 25% o school budgets proposing to overridetheir property tax caps were passed by voters.Last year, while more avorable to school districts,only 34 out o 53 or 64.2% o school districts thatproposed budgets exceeding their property tax

levy limits saw their budgets approved. In sum,it would appear that there has been a chillingeect on school boards proposing budgets thatexceed their property tax caps. In the past twoyears, only 81 or an average o less than 6% o allschool districts have proposed budgets that have

exceeded their respective property tax caps. Atthe same time, school districts across the statehave overwhelmingly voiced their discontent withthe property tax cap and the limitations it placeson them to levy the unding needed to maintaintheir educational programs. Yet, there are very ewschool districts willing to take the risk and seek anoverride.

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2012-2013, 2013-2014 Budget Defeat



Budget Passed Both Years

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1 ALDEN

2 BEMUS POINT CSD

3 BOLIVAR-RICHBURG CSD


5 CAIRO-DURHAMCSD

6 CHEEKTOWAGA-SLOAN UFSD

7 CLARENCE CSD

8 COBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE CSD

9 CORNWALL CSD

10EAST RAMAPO CSD

11ELMIRA CITY SD

12ELMIRA HEIGHTS CSD

13FONDA-FULTONVILLE CSD

14GENERAL BROWN CSD

15GERMANTOWN CSD

16HIGHLAND CSD

17LEWISTON-PORTER CSD

18MARLBORO CSD

19MIDDLEBURGH CSD

20MINERVA CSD

21MORAVIA CSD

22NEW PALTZ CSD

23NEWCOMB CSD

24NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CSD

25 NISKAYUNA CSD


27 OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH CSD

28PLATTSBURGH CITY CSD

29REMSEN CSD

30SOUTH SENECA CSD

31STILLWATER CSD

32TUPPER LAKE CSD

33UNADILLA VALLEY CSD

34 VALL EY CENTRAL CSD(MONTGOMERY)

35WILSON CSD

36 WYOMING CSD

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Upstate School Budget Vote Results Since Tax Cap


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2012-2013, 2013-2014 Defeat



Budget Passed Both Years

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1 BALDWIN UFSD


3 CENTER MORICHES

4 COMESEWOG UFSD

5 EAST ISLIP UFSD

6 EAST QUOGUE UFSD

7 ELMONT UFSD

8 ELMSFORD UFSD

9 FLORAL PARK-BELLROSE UFSD

10 MANHASSET UFSD

11 MT SINAI UFSD

12 MT VERNON CITY SD

13 NORTH BABYLON UFSD

14 OYSTERPONDS UFSD

15 PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UFSD

16 SACHEM CSD

17 SCARSDALE UFSD

18 SOUTH COUNTRY CSD

19 THREE VILLAGE CSD

20 TUKAHOE COMMON SD

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Downstate School Budget Vote Results Since Tax Cap


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Voter turnout or the 2013-2014 budget vote wasthe lowest it has been in the past seven years,with 703,999 voters participating statewide. Thisrepresents a signicant (28.3%) decrease in voter

turnout since the 2010-2011 budget vote, in which981,681 voters participated. Since 2010, there hasbeen a steady decline in overall voter turnoutand since 2007-2008, statewide participation hasaveraged 812,670 votes per year. Throughout thepast seven budget votes, the majority o voters havebeen overwhelmingly supportive o the budgetas evidenced by the act that school budgetsstatewide have achieved an average approval rateo 94.6% during those years. Moreover, votes insupport o school budgets have outweighed votesagainst them by an average o 200,970 votes per

year, or approximately 1.7 Yes votes or everysingle No vote.

While it may be too early to conclude, it is worthnoting that voter turnout on school budgets hasdeclined 19.8%, or 173,403 less voters since theenactment o the property tax cap. One must

wonder i voters now eel school budgets andproperty taxes are being kept under control bythe property tax cap, and thereore less reasonor them to show up at the polls to vote. I thisturns out to be true, and voter turnout continuesto decline, the property tax cap may have theunintended consequence o stifing democracy.The exception however, is school budget votes thatseek to override the property tax cap, where voterparticipation continues to be high. For example, othe 28 school districts that sought to override theproperty tax cap in 2013, 24 districts collectively

saw voter participation increase rom 38,594 votesin 2012 to 60,744 votes in 2013, or a 72.9% increasein voter turnout. Analysis o uture voting patternsand participation will likely yield some answers.

School Budget Voter Turnout since the 2007-2008 School Year

Voter Turnout from 2007-2008 to 2013-2014


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