Port Jefferson 2020-21 School Budget Passes Handily

PORT JEFFERSON, NY — Residents within the Port Jefferson School District boundaries voted to approve the 2020-21 school budget by a margin of 1,003 votes to 384.

Residents voted on the district's proposed $44,739,855 spending plan for the school year, a 1.83 percent increase from the current budget. To fund the increase, the district proposed a tax levy of $37,356,454 up 1.24 percent from the current year's.

This year, constituents voted by absentee ballot due to the coronavirus.