LI schools see larger tax hikes, teacher layoffs
Quick ReadLong Island schools are calling for substantially larger tax hikes next year to make up for potential losses in state aid.
Photo credit: John Dunn | Chris Marchese, a junior at East Islip High School, is one of a group of students who have collected signatures on a petition asking the school district to rethink the planned school staff cuts at the end of the year. (April 27, 2010)
Long Island schools are calling for substantially larger tax hikes next year to make up for potential losses in state aid, while holding the line on spending through teacher layoffs and cuts in student services.
Proposed school budgets across the Island would rise an average of 2.36 percent next year, close to last year's record low, according to state figures released Tuesday. However, tax...
