January Board of Education Meeting Date Change
Please be advised that the January Public Action Meeting of the Great Neck Public Schools Board of Education has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, at 7:45 p.m. at Parkville School, 10 Campbell St., New Hyde Park.
The date of this Board meeting has changed from the original date printed in the 2023–24 District Calendar. The meeting location and start time remain unchanged. For more information, call the District Clerk at 441-4007 or visit the Board meetings web page at www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/meetings.
Partial School Tax Exemptions
At the Great Neck Board of Education public meeting on Dec. 13, the Board approved a resolution to continue and expand upon the partial school tax exemptions for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers. The Board initially established a partial school tax exemption for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers in 2006.
Consistent with recently enacted legislation by the State and Nassau County, the Board approved an exemption of 10% of the assessed valuation for real property owned by a qualified volunteer firefighter or ambulance worker with a minimum two years of service, the shortest service requirement permitted by law. Additionally, the Board approved the option to extend this partial school tax exemption to a volunteer with a minimum of twenty years of service for the remainder of his/her life. Exemptions may also be continued or reinstated for unremarried spouses of deceased volunteers who served for a minimum of twenty years, or who were killed in the line of duty with a minimum of five years of service. The modified exemptions will be effective for the 2024–25 school tax year.
Exemption requirements and qualification guidelines are explained on application forms. Forms are available in person from the Nassau County Department of Assessment, 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, NY 11501. (Open weekdays, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) Applications may also be requested by phone at (516) 571-1500, or downloaded from the Nassau County website at https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/3575/Exemption-Forms.
In addition to providing relief to volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers, the Great Neck Board of Education has also provided relief to senior citizens since 1970; to persons with disabilities and limited income since 1984; to veterans and Gold Star parents (parents of a child who died in the line of duty while serving in the US armed forces during a period of war) since 2014; and to cold war veterans since 2016.
Calendar Notices for January 2024
Tuesday, Jan. 2
• Community Education Winter Session Begins. Info: www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/ce or 441-4949.
Tuesday, Jan. 16
• Great Neck Board of Education Public Action Meeting, 7:45 p.m. at Parkville School, 10 Campbell St., New Hyde Park. Info: www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/meetings or 441-4001. Note: This meeting date is different than the date printed in the 2023-24 District Calendar.
Monday, Jan. 22
• Great Neck Board of Education Public Action Meeting (snow date, if needed), 7:45 p.m., location TBD. Info: 441-4001 or www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/meetings.
