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NYC Schools to get Billions of New Dollars Under State Budget Deal Share this story Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY . New York City schools are slated to get $1.3 billion more than last year under the state’s budget expected to pass Wednesday, providing a massive financial boost as students and educators rebound from more than a year of disrupted learning. In all, New York City schools are expected to get $11.86 billion from the state plus $6.9 billion from the federal government. The state’s budget plan, which covers April 1 through March 30, 2022, would have been hard to fathom last summer, w...

NYC taking back less money from schools that saw enrollment drop Updated Mar 02, 2021; Posted Mar 02, 2021 Education officials told school principals in a letter on Monday that the money schools owe to the city this year is reduced by 25% if they experienced a drop in enrollment. (Staten Island Advance/Erik Bascome) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After New York City public schools experienced a steep drop in enrolllment this school year due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, schools won’t need to return as much money back to the city as they initially thought. Education offic...

Enrollment at New York City public schools plunged this academic year, with about 43,000 students leaving the system.

A just-announced deal that will get federal funds to New York will be good news during the budget process.