Schools
Mineola Public Schools Budget Vote 2020: Results Announced
Mineola Public Schools counted the ballots on whether to approve the 2020-21 proposed budget. Here are the vote totals.

MINEOLA, NY — The Mineola Public Schools district has a new budget, and results were also announced in the Board of Education election. The proposed 2020-21 budget passed by a vote of 2,803 in favor to 953 against.
Margaret Ballantyne-Mannion and Patrick Talty ran unopposed in the school board election. They were re-elected with 2,711 and 2,732 votes, respectively. Ballantyne-Mannion is the board's current vice president and Talty is a trustee.
Budget Overview
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- Proposed 2020-21 budget: $100.9 million
- 2019-20 budget: $100 million
- Budget increase (dollars): $904,000
- Budget increase (percent): 0.9 percent
- Proposed 2020-21 tax levy: $84.7 million
- Proposed 2019-20 tax levy: $82.6 million
- Tax levy increase (dollars): $2.1 million
- Tax levy increase (percent): 2.5 percent
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