Annual District Budget Vote
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Voting on the 2012-13 district budget and Green Island Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Polls will be open 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Heatly School cafeteria.
Budget news In the News
Click on the links below, from various local and state-wide news sources, to learn more about the many factors affecting the 2012-13 Green Island Union Free School District budget.
Times Union Editorial, April 9, 2012
The hidden cost in school budgets
Daily Gazette, March 22, 2012
Legislature to shift school aid
Post-Star, March 18, 2012
For schools, '2 percent' tax cap doesn't mean 2 percent
Troy Record, March 12, 2012
Green Island (Village) seeks to override 2 percent tax cap
Times Union, March 11, 2012
"Cap' doesn't fit
White House Blog, Feb. 27, 2012
President Obama challenges governors to invest in education
Syracuse Post-Standard, Feb. 26, 2012
Why New York's 2 percent property tax cap isn't really 2 percent
Times Union, Feb. 4, 2012
Column: Cuomo and the schools
Syracuse Post Standard, Jan. 10, 2012
Albany must end unfunded mandates
Newsday, Jan. 9, 2012
Kremer: Don't forget the unfunded mandates
Times Union: Jan. 7, 2012
Analysis: Cuomo picks fight with schools, gets one
Slate of Education: Hudson Valley Education
Blog, Jan. 6, 2012
School finance expert: Research shows money matters in education
by Meghan Murphy
Press Republican: Jan. 5, 2012
School chief criticizes governor
YNN: Jan. 5, 2012
Capital Tonight: Discussing education reform with NYSSBA, NYSCOSS
and AQE
Auburnpub.com: Jan. 4, 2012
Our View: Mandate reform must be a priority
Times Herald-Record, Jan. 4, 2012
Megan Murphy: Will Cuomo give schools a fair
shot?
Journal News (Lohud.com), Dec. 14, 2011
Regents targets school-aid increase for high-needs districts
NY Times, Dec. 6, 2011
Albany Tax Deal to Raise Rate for Highest Earners
Times Union, Dec. 6, 2011
Keeping more of your own money
Post Star, Dec. 3, 2011
EDITORIAL: State must fund schools fairly
Post Star, Nov. 30, 2011
Expert explains tax cap to local crowd in Glens Falls
Times Union, Nov. 30, 2011
More Capital Region students touched by poverty
Times Herald-Record, Nov. 23, 2011
Megan Murphy: As school budget battles begin, let's fight for
solutions
Times Union, Nov. 21, 2011
Cuomo: Panel flop to cost us
Syracuse Post-Standard, Nov. 18, 2011
School Inequities: Cuts harm poor districts the most; can Cuomo fix
it?
Times Herald-Record, Nov. 16, 2011
Averaging the stats on funding produces a misleading picture
Times Union, Nov. 15, 2011
Wealth matters in school cuts
Times Union, Nov. 14, 2011
Tax cap opponents shift tactics
Times Union, Nov. 14, 2011
Consolidation becoming 'big' idea
Times Union, Nov. 6, 2011
War against upstate: Smaller, poorer schools victims of an unfair
allocation of state aid
New York Times, Oct. 25, 2011
Upset at Cuomo's property tax cap, communities move to get around it
The Post Star, Oct. 23, 2011
Tax cap not so simple for school districts
Spotlight Newspapers, Oct. 19, 2011
Uncapping a taxing formula
Democrat & Chronicle, Oct. 17, 2011
School superintendents cite worsening budgets
Times Union, Oct. 16, 2011
New York's Teaching Moment
Times Union, Oct. 16, 2011
Trying to get a cap to fit
Times Union, Oct. 9, 2011
NY's next task is to reduce school costs
Times Herald Record, Sept. 28, 2011
School tax pain: Blame the system, not districts
Times Union, Aug. 25, 2011
Pension costs soar as tax cap offers no relief
