Riverhead school budget

Mailed ballots in the school district budget vote and trustee election have until June 16 to be received by the school district under a new executive order signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo today, the governor announced in a press release. The deadline for hand-delivered ballots remains June 9 at 5 p.m.

State officials are considering pushing back the school vote deadline for ballots to be received by school districts across the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today during a press conference.

Questions about the conduct of the upcoming school budget vote and trustee election were addressed by school board president Greg Meyer during today’s school board meeting, which was conducted via video conference and live-streamed on YouTube due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

School board adopts $147.1 million proposed budget, sets May 26 public hearing. A 10th candidate was added to the ballot in the June 9 election.

Candidate nomination forms are due Monday, May 11 at 5 p.m. The school board is expected to vote to adopt a proposed budget on Tuesday, May 12. A virtual budget hearing will be held May 26. The budget vote and school board election will take place by mail on June 9.

An executive order signed yesterday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo set school elections for June 9 and directed all voting to be by mailed ballots. The order also eliminated the minimum signature requirements for school board candidates to qualify for the ballot.

All school board, village board and library board elections scheduled to take place in New York in April or May have been postponed "until at least June 1," under an executive order signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo yesterday.

Here's what school officials plan to spend on instruction, security, transportation and facilities in the 2020-2021 school year.

Riverhead School district officials discussed the property tax levy cap and certain expenditures during their initial presentation of the 2020-2021 operating budget last week.

More than 90 percent of the district’s registered voters were a no-show in last week's vote on a $144.4 million operating budget.