Islip 2020-21 School Budget Vote Tonight

ISLIP, 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 Islip School District's proposed spending plan for the 2020-21 school year is $87,516,577. That's a 1.49 percent increase from the current budget. To fund the increase, the district proposes a tax levy of $61,859,807, up 2.65 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 Islip Board of Education will be hosting a virtual meeting on Wednesday, June 17 at 6 p.m. to discuss the budget. This will once again be a virtual meeting through the Zoom platform and no on-site public participation will be allowed. Visit the Zoom meeting registration page to sign-up as a participant. Once you do so, you will be provided with a personal link and password to enter the meeting. The agenda for the meeting will be available to the public on Tuesday, June 16 in BoardDocs on the District website. The Board requests that any public questions be emailed to BofEducation@islipufsd.org prior to the start of the meeting. Please include your name and address with your question.