Over 98 Percent Of School Budgets Pass

New York voters approved 98.5 percent of school district budgets on Tuesday.

That's  according to an analysis by the New York State School Boards Association.

Initial statewide results show voters passed 655 school district budgets, while ten budgets were defeated.

In the fifth year of the state's property tax cap, 640 districts proposed budgets with tax levies that were within their caps.

"Despite a near-zero tax cap, school districts managed to put together spending plans that in some cases restored educational programs and services, thanks to a large infusion of state aid," said NYSSBA Executive Director Timothy Kremer.