Tag: Schools

Don't look now, but given current inflation trends, next year's school property tax cap may be ... zero! That's the message of a statement released last week by the Educational Conference Board (ECB), a coalition of groups representing public school administrators, school boards and—last but hardly least—the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) labor union. The ECB's "warning" was meant as an inside-the-Albany-bubble scare tactic, but for most New Yorkers, it's good news: further confirmation that the tax cap is working exactly as intended. Read More

“When it comes to school spending New York is like an enormous Lake Wobegon,” said E.J. McMahon, president of the fiscally conservative Empire Center. “All of the districts spend way beyond the national average.” Read More

Since the state’s property tax cap was enacted a few years ago, local leaders’ expectations on how much they can squeeze folks have been properly adjusted. The tax cap is accomplishing its goal of reining in runaway property tax increases, and should be extended. Read More

The tax cap is working to slow the growth of school taxes, the Empire Center for New York State Policy announced Wednesday in a report analyzing tax levy increases statewide before and after the state imposed the cap. Read More

Three of the five people polled by a Post-Star reporter Monday said they were not following the school budget process in their community. Read More

A near record number of school budgets were approved across New York State in Tuesday’s vote. Many attributed the relative lack of controversy to the three-year-old property tax cap that limits tax-levy increases and an increase in state aid. Read More

Eighteen school districts sought to override the state's property tax cap in yesterday's school budget votes—the fewest attempts since the tax cap was enacted. Seven of those districts failed to win the 60 percent supermajority required to override the cap. Read More

The state's property-tax cap has saved New York homeowners as much as $7.6 billion in school taxes since it was enacted in 2011, a report Tuesday contended. Read More