BOE Adopts $176.7M Budget for Re-Vote

The Three Village Board of Education on Tuesday adopted a budget of $176.7 million to present to the community for a re-vote – a budget that if approved will preserve full-day kindergarten, junior high school athletics, and a nine-period day at the high school.

The budget comes with a tax levy increase of 2.99 percent, which matches the state's tax cap for Three Village and will only require a simple majority of voter approval for it to pass.

The $176,701,579 proposed budget represents a 1.20 percent spending increase over last year's budget. It required another $1.95 million in reductions from the original proposed budget – the which failed to gain a supermajority of voter support on May 15.

"For the time being … if this budget passes, we will be able to provide for our children an educational and extracurricular program that is consistent with the high standards of our Three Village school district," interim superintendent Neil Lederer said.

Stay tuned to Three Village Patch for more details on the revised 2012-2013 school budget.