From the minutes of the Newburgh Enlarged City School District Board of Education meeting of June 24, 2008:
WHEREAS, the voters of the District voted down the school budget presented by the Board of Education for approval at the Annual Distric Meeting on May 20, 2008; and
WHEREAS, the Board has decided to adopt a contingency budget to pay for the costs of ordinary contingent expenses for the 2008-2009 school year, within the limitations of s2023 of the Education Law;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that pursuant to s2023 of the Education Law, the Board of Education hereby adopts a contingency budget in the amount of $226,375,874, to pay for the ordinary contingent expenses of the School District for the 2008-2009 school year and authorizes the levy of a tax therefor;
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So the budget in effect for 2008-2009 is $226,375,874.
The budget voted down in May 2008 was $227,777,046.
The difference is $1,401,172; about 0.62%.
Monetarily, the budget vote did not matter so much. It matters in other ways.