Polls May Be Just Beginning of Budget Process ; Rejected School Plans Go Through Series of Cuts, Appeals

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Across New Jersey on Tuesday, a fraction of the state's voters took part in an annual rite of spring - deciding the fate of 550 public school budgets with a combined property tax levy of more than $9.5 billion.

Last year, 15 percent of registered voters approved 62 percent of school budgets statewide, the lowest approval rate since 1994. The percentage of passing budgets has been falling sharply since it peaked at 88 percent in 2000.

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Polls May Be Just Beginning of Budget Process ; Rejected School Plans Go Through Series of Cuts, Appeals

In Bergen County, 71.6 percent of the school levies passed last year, down from 97 percent in 2000, while 22 percent were approved in Passaic County, 50 percent in ...

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