School budget votes are today statewide

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Published May 17, 2011 at 8:29 AM EDT

By Karen Dewitt/WRVO's Capitol Correspondent

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ALBANY, NY – Voters in over 700 school districts will have an opportunity to weigh in on school budgets Tuesday. The State School Boards Association says the average tax increase proposed is around three and a half percent, and they expect the majority of the budgets to be approved. The story from WRVO Capitol Correspondent Karen Dewitt.

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