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Mount Vernon Readies To Vote On Schools Budget With No Tax Levy Increase
2015-05-12 12:57:48| Footwear - Topix.net
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. After months of public and private meetings, the Mount Vernon Board of Education has approved a budget exceeding $230 million that will be put to a public vote next week. The $230,887,373 "Fiscal Plan for Academic Excellence," the first proposed by new Mount Vernon Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Hamilton, who was appointed last summer represents a 1.5 percent budget-to-budget increase with no tax levy increase on homeowners for the first time in years a rarity in the current state of New York education.
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