ALBANY – The just-adopted state budget holds the Mahopac Central School District harmless for $6 million it was billed as a penalty for failing to provide accurate information about capital improvement projects.
Senator Peter Harckham (D, Peekskill) secured the provision in the spending plan. “In this incredibly stressful economic climate, the burdens on school districts and taxpayers are even more pronounced, and so I am pleased to have helped in his regard.”
He said the Mahopac schools were “unfairly singled out for paperwork mistakes made nine years ago, and the financial penalties were going to end up affecting taxpayers, students and district administrators who were not even in the district when the mistakes occurred.”
