Voters say 'no' to budgets at four school districts

Amherst, N.Y. (WBEN) - Four districts in Western New York saw their proposed budgets shot down by voters Tuesday.

Grand Island, Lyndonville, Randolph and West Valley all had their budgets fail.

Districts have two options - they can either put the same budget or a revised budget up for a second vote; or immediately adopt a contingency budget.

Budgets across the region otherwise passed overwhelmingly. More than 79% of voters in Niagara Falls voted in favor of the City School District's $211,260,990 budget, which includes the use of reserve funds to close an $8 million budget gap.

In Lockport, voters approved the district's budget, as well as a $17.5 million capital improvement project that will upgrade facilities throughout the district.

More budget results:

Akron - Passed

Alden - Passed

Amherst - Passed

Barker - Passed

Cattaraugus-Little Valley - Passed

Cheektowaga - Passed

Cheektowaga-Sloan - Passed

Clarence - Passed

Cleveland Hill - Passed

Depew - Passed

Fredonia - Passed

Frontier - Passed

Hamburg - Passed

Lackawanna - Passed

Lake Shore - Passed

Lancaster - Passed

Lewiston-Porter - Passed

Maryvale - Passed

Niagara-Wheatfield - Passed

North Collins - Passed

Orchard Park - Passed

Royalton-Hartland - Passed

Salamanca - Passed

Sherman - Passed

Springville-Griffith - Passed

Starpoint - Passed

Sweet Home - Passed

City of Tonawanda - Passed

West Seneca - Passed

Yorkshire-Pioneer - Passed