White Plains Voters To Approve $244.8M Budget For 2022-23

WHITE PLAINS, NY — Voters in the White Plains City School District are being asked to approve a $244.8 million budget for the 2022-23 school year.

The vote will take place from noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 17.

The spending package is up 6.65 percent from the current budget, or $15.2 million more.

A public hearing and presentation on the proposed budget will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Education House, 5 Homeside Lane.

Superintendent Joseph Ricca said the district is receiving an additional $14.1 million in state aid, starting with $3.3 million in 2021-22, $5.4 million to be received in 2022-23 and $5.4 million in 2023-24.

As a result, he said, the district will not be increasing tax levy increase. It will remain at the 2021-22 levy amount of $197,235,072.

Besides the budget there will be three propositions for the voters to consider:

• Bond resolution authorizing spending up to $114 million from the district's Capital Reserve Fund 2019 and issuing up to $60 million in bonds for renovations and improvements to district buildings.
• Authorization to spend $12.65 million from the Capital Reserve Fund 2019 for ventilation, filtration and air conditioning improvements to district buildings.
• Establishing a Capital Reserve Fund 2022 to a maximum of $50 million over 15 years.

Two seats on the Board of Education will be filled, each for a three-year term of office, beginning July 1. The candidates are incumbents Sheryl Brady and Charlie Norris.

For more information on the budget, go here. To find out where you vote, use this website.