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Voters in Sachem and West Babylon school districts approve budgets

The new spending plans include tax levy increases below the tax cap.

Kevin Vesey

Jun 18, 2024, 5:43 AM

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Voters in the Sachem and West Babylon school districts approved their budgets by overwhelming margins.

In Sachem, 68% of voters were in favor of the budget. A total of 72% of voters approved the budget in West Babylon.

The new spending plans include tax levy increases below the tax cap. Approval of the budgets means both school districts will avoid adopting a contingency budget, which would have included more spending cuts.

Sachem and West Babylon both failed to pass a budget last month that would have pierced the tax cap..

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