School Budget Vote Adoption Trends: 1969-2010

1969 1970 1971

Total Adopted 553 Total Adopted 596 Total Adopted 547
Total Votes 690 Total Votes 678 Total Votes 679
% Adopted 80.1 % Adopted 87.9 % Adopted 80.6

1972 1973 1974

Total Adopted 569 Total Adopted 548 Total Adopted 568
Total Votes 672 Total Votes 673 Total Votes 667
% Adopted 84.7 % Adopted 81.4 % Adopted 85.2

1975 1976 1977

Total Adopted 509 Total Adopted 469 Total Adopted 511
Total Votes 665 Total Votes 661 Total Votes 659
% Adopted 76.5 % Adopted 71.0 % Adopted 77.5

1978 1979 1980

Total Adopted 436 Total Adopted 567 Total Adopted 464
Total Votes 658 Total Votes 659 Total Votes 656
% Adopted 66.3 % Adopted 86.0 % Adopted 70.7

1981 1982 1983

Total Adopted 507 Total Adopted 544 Total Adopted 571
Total Votes 655 Total Votes 655 Total Votes 654
% Adopted 77.4 % Adopted 83.1 % Adopted 87.3

1984 1985 1986

Total Adopted 586 Total Adopted 579 Total Adopted 573
Total Votes 651 Total Votes 651 Total Votes 649
% Adopted 90.0 % Adopted 88.9 % Adopted 88.3

1987 1988 1989

Total Adopted 567 Total Adopted 552 Total Adopted 507
Total Votes 644 Total Votes 644 Total Votes 642
% Adopted 88.0 % Adopted 85.7 % Adopted 79.0

1990 1991 1992

Total Adopted 492 Total Adopted 459 Total Adopted 510
Total Votes 641 Total Votes 640 Total Votes 638
% Adopted 76.8 % Adopted 71.7 % Adopted 79.9
 1993 1994 1995
Total Adopted 460 Total Adopted 437 Total Adopted 494
Total Votes 637 Total Votes 637 Total Votes 633
% Adopted 72.2 % Adopted 68.6 % Adopted 78.0

1996 1997 1998

Total Adopted 533 Total Adopted 593 Total Adopted 639
Total Votes 628 Total Votes 685 Total Votes 683
% Adopted 84.8 % Adopted 86.5 % Adopted 93.6

1999 2000 2001

Total Adopted 633 Total Adopted 593 Total Adopted 623
Total Votes 683 Total Votes 681 Total Votes 680
% Adopted 92.7 % Adopted 87.1 % Adopted 91.6

2002 2003 2004

Total Adopted 606 Total Adopted 640 Total Adopted 576
Total Votes 682 Total Votes 682 Total Votes 678
% Adopted 89.0 % Adopted 93.8 % Adopted 85.0

2005 2006 2007

Total Adopted 567 Total Adopted 601 Total Adopted 648
Total Votes 679 Total Votes 677 Total Votes 680
% Adopted 83.5 % Adopted 88.8 % Adopted 95.3

2008 2009 2010

Total Adopted 625 Total Adopted 654 Total Adopted 624
Total Votes 676 Total Votes 671 Total Votes 676
% Adopted 92.5 % Adopted 97.4 % Adopted 92.3

Average number of school budgets adopted for the period 1969-2010: 556
Average percentage of school budgets adopted (1969-2010): 83.7%

New York State School Boards Association

Revised May 2010

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