LI schools stunned by budget rejections in NJ
Quick ReadNew Jersey's stunning rejection of school budgets is sending shock waves through Long Island.
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Wendell Chu, the Suffolk County School Superintendents Association President AND East Islip Superintendent of Schools, speaks at a press conference. (March 24, 2010)
New Jersey's stunning rejection of school budgets is sending shock waves through Long Island, where educators warn that any such setbacks here could produce massive teacher layoffs and program cuts.
Local school officials add that New York State's zero percent cap on "contingency" budgets for 2010-11 threatens to aggravate the situation. Under that cap, many districts where budgets fail could...
