Glen Cove City Schools Budget Vote 2020: Results Announced

GLEN COVE, NY — Glen Cove City Schools has a new budget, and results were also announced in the race for Board of Education. Voters passed the proposed 2020-21 budget Tuesday by a vote of 2,014 in favor to 1,419 against. Furthermore, Monica Alexandria-Miller, the board's current vice president, won re-election while challenger Maria Venuto won election to fill the trustee seat of Robert Field.

The vote comes as school districts across the state face uncertainty over the amount of state aid they'll receive. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has warned that the economic effect of the coronavirus shutdown could mean much less money available for state education aid. The state will assess and adjust its budget several times in the course of this year. The governor estimated that state aid would be 20 percent lower than promised.

The Glen Cove school district included a mechanism in the proposed budget, should state aid be lower than expected.

"If revenues received are less than the forecast or actual spending is ahead of budgeted spending, then DOB can implement an across the board reduction," the district said in its budget presentation.

The budget includes money for capital projects such as expanding the high school's boiler room tanks and addressing electrical and lighting in the middle school auditorium.

Glen Cove 2020-21 Proposed School Budget

• 2020-21 proposed school budget: $92.5 million
• 2019-21 school budget: $91.3 million
• Budget increase (dollars): $1.2 million
• Budget increase (percent): + 1.33 percent
• 2020-21 tax levy: $70.9 million
• 2019-21 tax levy: $69.5 million
• Tax levy increase (dollars): $1.4 million
• Tax levy increase (percent): 2 percent

School Board Vote Totals

• Monica Alexandris-Miller: 1,874
• Maria Venuto: 1754
• David Huggins: 1,328
• Alexander Juarez: 1,012