Sentences with phrase «foundation aid formula»

David Sciarra of the New Jersey - based Education Law Center, which has taken over the CFE's legal efforts, said the tour also provided evidence for potential use in a sequel of sorts to the original CFE lawsuit, which was thought to have been resolved by the 2007 establishment of a state foundation aid formula.

The association released it's 2014 budget recommendations this week and the proposal includes phasing out the gap elimination adjustment and phasing in the foundation aid formula.

Iannuzzi was on CapTon earlier this week to discuss the possibility of a new legal challenge of what education advocates say is a long - standing inequity in the state's foundation aid formula that disproportionately hurts low - income districts.

Cuomo has not directly addressed the proposed changes to the foundation aid formula.

But the governor's spending plan also proposes a big change in the way school aid is distributed by ending what's known as the foundation aid formula and potentially replacing it with something new.

Education advocates have criticized Cuomo's proposed 2017 - 18 executive budget, saying it would repeal the state's foundation aid formula that awards more money to school districts with high poverty rates, according to the Times Union.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican from Long Island, said the additional school aid would flow through both the foundation aid formula — which favors urban districts — and to alleviate the gap elimination adjustment, which would benefit wealthier, suburban districts.

Tim Kremer is with the School Boards Association, one of the groups worried about Cuomo's proposal to end what's known as the foundation aid formula in 2018.

Two people familiar with the outlines of the deal, including one legislator, said the budget would direct an additional $ 627 million through the foundation aid formula and $ 340 million through other funding streams while also directing $ 75 million to help community schools.

The budget will increase spending for K - 12 public schools by $ 1.1 billion in the coming fiscal year, Cuomo said, and routes $ 700 million through the foundation aid formula.

«The foundation aid formula was put in place to make state education funding more understandable, and to provide school districts with a predictable funding stream,» Kremer said.

The foundation aid formula is one of those initiatives impacted by funding.

A foundation aid formula, like ECS, is only adequate if its components are: i.e., the foundation amount, the amount necessary to educate one child with no special needs; and the weights that adjust the foundation amount for different needs, like students living in poverty, English Language Learners and students with disabilities.