Brooklyn, NY Senator Andrew Gounardes celebrated the passing of an historic budget increase for New York City’s education system, landmark funding that will provide much-needed resources to our schools. With public schools in Senate District 22 owed $43 million in state aid, this budget will ensure that for the first time in a generation, schools in southern Brooklyn will be completely funded. Additionally, the budget invests $40 million in grants to non-public schools for STEM programs, an important source of support for many eligible schools across southern Brooklyn. The budget also continues the State’s $5 million investment in the implementation of QUALITYstarsNY, New York’s quality rating and improvement system intended to ensure the State’s youngest students are enrolled in the highest quality prekindergarten programs possible.
MASSENA — The Massena Central School District’s Finance Committee will be meeting on Monday to finalize its budget recommendations before presenting it to the Board of Education for approval that
MASSENA â The Massena Central School Districtâs Finance Committee will be meeting on Monday to finalize its budget recommendations before presenting it to the Board of Education for approval that night.
âIn their budget proposal, the state government came through with significant funding for schools as did the federal government through stimulus legislation,â Superintendent Patrick Brady said in his latest Board of Education update.
One of the concerns for superintendents has been how much Foundation Aid, their basic operating aid, would be received for the 2021-22 budget. Mr. Brady said the state budget calls for a $1.4 billion, or 7.6% increase in Foundation Aid.
The New York State Legislature did something extraordinary for schoolchildren last week: It committed to increasing state education aid by $4.2 billion over the next three years to honor the pledge the state made in 2007 to fully fund the Foundation Aid formula enacted in response to the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) litigation, which I helped lead.
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