Lindenhurst 2020-21 School Budget Live Vote Tonight

LINDENHURST, 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 Lindenhurst School District's proposed spending plan for the 2020-21 school year is $170,256,663. That's a 4.25 percent increase from the current budget. To fund the increase, the district proposes a tax levy of $104,833,668, up 2.66 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 Lindenhurst Board of Education will be hosting a virtual meeting regarding the budget will take place on June 16, at 8 p.m.

Since there will be no in-person public access to the meeting, the public participation portion of the meeting will be conducted via e-mail

Use the information below to dial into the audio meeting and use Meeting ID: 929 9765 2655 to join:
+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
888 788 0099 US Toll-free
877 853 5247 US Toll-free