Schools

2012-13 School Budget Vote: What You Need to Know

The proposed fiscal plan has a 1.99 tax levy increase and if passed, will increase the average homeowners' taxes by $120.

The Rockville Centre Board of Education adopted its 2012-13 budget on April 17, a $97,260,488 fiscal plan that if passed on May 15 will increase the average Rockville Centre homeowners' school taxes by $120.

After some of the district's seven bargaining units  to help avoid layoffs and program cuts, school officials constructed a fiscal plan that stayed within the new two percent tax cap. The 2012-13 budget is a 1.67 percent increase over the current plan and contains a 1.99 tax levy increase.

Bartels said the $120 increase in school taxes is based on Nassau County's assessment of the average home in RVC, which is $532,000. He said that number is down seven percent from last year. Bartels explained that if a resident's home value declined by more than seven percent, they could see less than a $120 increase in school taxes. On the other hand, if it declined less than seven percent, they could see a higher increase.

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For more on the 2012-13 budget, . For a more detailed breakdown, check out the district's budget brochure.

Curious to know where the biggest increases are in the budget? Read about them

Need an absentee ballot? Here's the easiest way to get one and submit it.

Board President Liz Dion and Trustee Mark Masin are both running unopposed for their seats on the BOE.

To vote on the 2012-13 school budget and for BOE seats, residents can go to between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. to cast their vote.


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