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87 Pages of Cold Hard Facts!
The Numbers Don't Lie: The Current Crisis of New York State School Districts
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3 SPECIAL REPORTS
Overhaul State Aid!
Others are saying what we have been saying all along: The system for funding public education in New York State is broken and needs to be fixed -- NOW!
Read- Press & Sun Bulletin (Binghamton), June 1, Competitive grants: Should schools get on the bus?
- YNN, May 22, North Syracuse district plans to reevaluate budget
- Syracuse Post-Standard, May 16, CNY school districts fight rising costs, depend on reserves to balance budgets
- Gannett Albany Bureau, May 12, School dtistricts tap into reserves, leery of seeking tax cap overide
- Utica Observer Dispatch, May 12, Edge of fiscal cliff: Is future of local education in danger?
- Albany Times Union, May 3, Letter: State reneges on fiscal commitment to schools
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- New York Times, Feb 22, Ravitch Says New Evaluation System Is 'Madness'
- New York Times, Feb 2 - SUNY Trustee Resigns Over Objections to Charter Schools
- Albany Times Union, Jan 7 - Cuomo picks fight with schools, gets one
- New York Times, Dec 12, Op-Ed Provides Food for Thought on Link Between Poverty and Education Achievement
- Newsday, Dec 9, School Aid debate continues
- Newsday, Dec 2, More LI students live in poverty
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MAKING THE CASE FOR MORE STATE AID
North Country school leaders are pushing Gov. Cuomo and their state lawmakers to increase aid to their districts as they struggle to maintain basic educational programs. These two stories and an editorial from the Watertown Daily Times illustrate community advocacy at work and the difficulties school face to stay financially afloat. Read more
Synergy: SSFC and CNYSBA
The Central New York School Boards Association established the Statewide School Finance Consortium in 1991. Since its inception the partnership has played an important leadership role in the fight to bring equity and reform to the process used by New York State that unfairly distributes education aid to the state’s public schools. Visit CNYSBA
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