School Budget Revote Success Rates

2009
No. of budgets defeated on initial vote: 17 (9 adopted contingency budgets)
No. passed on revote: 4
A 50% success rate

2008
No. of budget defeated on initial vote: 52 (17 adopted contingency budgets after first vote)
No. passed on revote: 24
A 69% success rate

2007
No. of budgets defeated on initial vote: 32 (4 adopted contingency budgets after first vote)
No. passed on revote: 20
A 71% success rate

2006
No. of budgets defeated on initial vote:  77 (9 adopted contingency budgets after first vote)
No. passed on revote:  56
An 82% success rate

2005
No. of budgets defeated on initial vote:  112 (14 adopted contingency budgets after first vote)
No. passed on revote:  72
A 73% success rate

2004
No. of budgets defeated on initial vote: 102 (5 adopted contingency budgets after first vote)
No. passed on revote: 79
An 81% success rate

2003
No. of budgets defeated on initial vote: 42 (9 adopted contingency budgets after first vote)
No. passed on revote: 25
A 76% success rate

2002
No. of budgets defeated on initial vote: 75 (19 adopted a contingency budget after first vote)
No. passed on revote: 49
An 88% success rate

2001
No. of budgets defeated on initial vote: 57 (13 adopted a contingency budget after first vote)
No. passed on revote: 29
A 66% success rate

2000
No. of budgets defeated on initial vote: 88 (14 adopted a contingency budget after first vote
No. passed on revote: 49
A 66% success rate

Budget revote success rate for the period 2000-2009: 72%

New York State School Boards Association
Research Library
June 2009