WATCH: North Babylon 2020-21 School Budget Live Vote

NORTH BABYLON, NY — Tuesday marks the last day that residents can vote whether or not to approve the district's proposed 2020-2021 school budget, as well as elect the school board and library trustees.

All registered voters who live in the district's boundaries received an absentee ballot in the mail with a postage-paid return envelope, the district said. To be counted, school budget ballots can be accepted by hand delivery through 5 p.m. on June 9 and received by mail through June 16 by the school district.

The North Babylon School District's proposed spending plan for the 2020-21 school year is $123,455,814. That's a 1.62 percent increase from the current budget. To fund the increase, the district proposes a tax levy of $67,854,328, up 2.40 percent from the current year's.

Typically, the Board of Education adopts the budget and it is presented to the community about a month before the annual vote. Gov. Andrew Cuomo changed the voting process this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The tabulation of votes will begin on June 16 at 5 p.m. in the North Babylon High School Cafeteria. This will be live streamed via Facebook Live.

If the counting of the votes is completed by 10 p.m., the Board of Education will have a special meeting to accept the results of this vote via Facebook Live. If tabulation is not completed, it will resume at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, June 17, 2020.

The link to the live video:

https://www.facebook.com/North-Babylon-Union-Free-School-District-1626133744335717/