Levittown Public Schools Budget Vote Results Announced

LEVITTOWN, NY — The Levittown Public Schools district has a new budget. A livestreamed tally Tuesday night showed the budget passed by a vote of 5337 to 2203 in favor of passing the budget. Voters also passed proposition two on using the capital reserve funds, as well as to pass the library budget.

In the race for school board, Jennifer Messina, Michael Pappas and Dillon Cain were elected.

Vote Totals

Budget

• YES – 5337
• NO – 2203

Board of Education

• *Dillon Cain (Incumbent) – 4163
• *Jennifer Messina (Incumbent) – 5463
• *Michael Pappas (Incumbent) – 5194
• David Finn – 1709
• Steven R. Schwartz – 1570

(*Elected)

Proposition 2

• YES – 5531
• NO – 1923

Gov. Andrew Cuomo changed the voting process this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Cuomo has warned that the economic effect of the shutdown imposed to curb the outbreak could mean much less money available for state education aid. The state will be assessing and adjusting its budget several times in the course of 2020. Cuomo's last estimate was that state aid would be 20 percent lower than already promised.

Here is the latest 2020-21 draft budget published on the district's website.

• Proposed 2020-21 budget: $227.4 million
• 2019-20 budget: $222.4 million
• Budget increase (dollars): $5 million
• Budget increase (percent): 2.21 percent
• Proposed 2020-21 levy to support budget: $141.7 million
• Proposed 2019-20 levy to support budget: $146.3 million

The budget's second proposition called for authorizing $1.7 million in capital reserve money for improvements, renovations and alterations to district buildings. This includes work related to masonry, plumbing, electrical, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, athletic field repairs, various upgrades, Division Avenue tennis courts and parking lot expansions.

You can watch the ballot counting and result announcement below.