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School officials see more cuts in future

Alan Groveman, president of the Suffolk County Association

Photo credit: Newsday/Danielle Finkelstein | Alan Groveman, president of the Suffolk County Association of School Superintendents. (Jan. 19, 2012)

With Tuesday's wrap-up of school-budget revotes, finance experts say the state's new tax-cap law has clearly achieved its purpose in curbing property taxes, even if this will result next year in some losses of teachers and student services.

A total of 124 school districts in Nassau and Suffolk Counties now have completed the budget process with tax hikes averaging less than 2.6 percent --...

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