Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick announces that Erie County is calling on New York State to finally end the Gap Elimination Adjustment Law that drastically reduced the amount
of aid to school districts for the past six years.
Not exact matches
Revised Statute 167.273 (1990) makes available additional state
aid to local
school districts for a program
of parent education established in one or more high
school that service pregnant teens and teen parents enrolled as pupils in the
district.
Adding pressure
to the state Legislature, the AQE released a report that shows how much they believe the state owes each
of the 700
school districts in
aid — and links it
to each lawmaker's
district.
A vote on a separate piece
of legislation Paterson will be sending up
to delay $ 1.5 billion worth
of education
aid payments
to school districts could be more problematic — particularly since this is an election year and few lawmakers are going
to want
to take that potentially troublesome vote.
He also referenced the fact that New York is now one
of three states placed on a watch list for losing hundreds
of millions
of Race
to the Top dollars by US Education Secretary Arne Duncan because it has «hit a roadblock» on significant policy provisions
of qualifying for the
aid, including establishment
of the peformance evaluation system and creation
of a database
to track student records across
school districts.
In his campaign, McGrath has used de Blasio as a boogeyman for the suburban Senate
district, raising the specter
of a Democratic - controlled Senate being beholden
to the liberal New York City mayor and costing Nassau County precious
school aid.
«This is
to help
school districts, our
school aid is not perfect and it's really an opportunity
to plug perhaps some
of the inequities that have occurred in the
school districts,» Skelos sid.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing an increase in
school aid of over three - quarters
of a billion dollars, a rise
of about 3 percent over last year, but some say that's not enough
to meet
school districts» rising costs.
Excludes the Putnam
School District in Washington County, which would receive a 35 percent increase in Foundation
Aid due
to a $ 75,000 allocation
of community
schools funds.
Former Governor George Pataki's
School Tax Relief (STAR) program, passed in 1997 and fully phased in by 2002, actually does reduce most homeowners» tax bills, through the mechanism of sending added aid to school districts that are required to use the money to finance a partial homestead tax exem
School Tax Relief (STAR) program, passed in 1997 and fully phased in by 2002, actually does reduce most homeowners» tax bills, through the mechanism
of sending added
aid to school districts that are required to use the money to finance a partial homestead tax exem
school districts that are required
to use the money
to finance a partial homestead tax exemption.
While some
of these changes have merit, the Governor should limit
school aid growth and make reforms
to the distribution
of aid to better direct it
to the neediest
districts.
• Redesigning Education: Noting that New York is first in spending but 34th in results, Governor Cuomo proposed restructuring a portion
of our education
aid to create incentives that reward
school districts for improving student performance and implementing management efficiency policies.
Incentive Operating
Aid is available for fourteen years
to reorganized
school districts, beginning with the first year
of operation as a reorganized
district.
The conversation also touched on the considerable amount
of NYS
aid that is available
to school districts considering reorganization.
The letter, written by Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat elected in a special election in April, pointed out that only 121
of the state's 700 - plus
school districts so far have submitted evaluation plans that are required in order
to receive a portion
of state
aid.
«If Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed state
aid allocation
to Central New York
School districts were a birthday present, it would be a pair
of socks.»
Senate Democrats on Tuesday renewed their push
to have the submission
of teacher performance reviews no longer be linked
to a boost in state
aid for
school districts.
In addition
to the deadline extension for developing the evaluation regulations, lawmakers want
to unlink the adoption
of the evaluation criteria by
school districts to a boost in state education
aid.
Governor Cuomo is proposing an increase in
school aid of over three - quarters
of a billion dollars or around 3 % from last year, but some say that's not enough
to meet
school districts» rising costs.
To a large extent, state fiscal policies have caused great pressure on property taxes in needy cities, counties and school districts, including decisions: to reduce revenue sharing; to decrease the share of local school budgets covered by state aid, to divide the non-federal share of Medicaid costs without considering ability to pay, and to allocate STAR benefits... (read mor
To a large extent, state fiscal policies have caused great pressure on property taxes in needy cities, counties and
school districts, including decisions:
to reduce revenue sharing; to decrease the share of local school budgets covered by state aid, to divide the non-federal share of Medicaid costs without considering ability to pay, and to allocate STAR benefits... (read mor
to reduce revenue sharing;
to decrease the share of local school budgets covered by state aid, to divide the non-federal share of Medicaid costs without considering ability to pay, and to allocate STAR benefits... (read mor
to decrease the share
of local
school budgets covered by state
aid,
to divide the non-federal share of Medicaid costs without considering ability to pay, and to allocate STAR benefits... (read mor
to divide the non-federal share
of Medicaid costs without considering ability
to pay, and to allocate STAR benefits... (read mor
to pay, and
to allocate STAR benefits... (read mor
to allocate STAR benefits... (read more)
Third,
to ensure ongoing compliance with the implementation
of the evaluation system,
school districts will continue
to remain ineligible for annual state education
aid increases if the
district fails
to implement their approved evaluation system.
Even though it's four lawmakers, the letter is reminder
of the power
of the so - called «Long Island Nine» a voting bloc
of Republican senators from Long Island who often push for education
aid and assistance
to the
school districts of Suffolk and Nassau counties.
«The data shows
school districts continue
to be in a prolonged period
of fiscal stress due
to the continuation
of the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA), failure
to fully fund the Foundation
Aid formula and cap on local revenues,» said Michael J. Borges, NYSASBO's Executive Director.
Robert Lowry, deputy director
of the New York State Council
of School Superintendents, said a threat of losing state aid is more detrimental to districts than unions, so it puts school administrators at a disadvantage during negotia
School Superintendents, said a threat
of losing state
aid is more detrimental
to districts than unions, so it puts
school administrators at a disadvantage during negotia
school administrators at a disadvantage during negotiations.
Under the proposal, municipalities and
school districts that stay within the two - percent cap would then be eligible for a certain amount
of aid to lower their tax levy
to prior year levels in the program's first two years.
«As the chair
of the Senate Education Committee, Senator Oppenheimer should be leading efforts
to reform the state
school aid formula so
districts do not have
to endure billions in cuts any given year and can operate within the confines
of a local property tax cap,» said Cohen.
The law, which reduces the amount
of state
aid received by
school districts, was first imposed in the 2010
to help close New York State's multi-billion dollar deficit by taking funding away from
schools.
«If we rewind back
to the first year
of implementation,
districts had
to put these plans in place under threat
of losing a state
aid increase,» said David Albert, spokesman for the New York State
School Boards Association.
Governor Cuomo is proposing an increase in
school aid of over three - quarters
of a billion dollars, or around three percent from last year, but some say that's not enough
to meet
school districts» rising costs.
Earlier this year, and as part
of Race
to the Top requirements, the state did direct New York
school districts develop their own teacher evaluation systems, known as annual professional performance reviews plan (APPR), lest the
districts risk losing additional available state
aid.
Breen was referring
to a lack
of additional state
aid to municipalities, (AIM), and the fact that the Yonkers Public
Schools did not receive additional education
aid above and beyond the xx increases given
to school districts statewide.
Newsday's calculations focus on operating funds, because those are widely considered a more meaningful measure
of what a
district receives than
aid for
school construction and renovation, which may or may not go
to a
district in a given year, depending on whether the work is completed then.
Yes she did, she supported the reduction
of school aid, but that only shifted the burden from the state
to the
school district and did nothing
to reduce expenses at the state level.
Late last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration broke with the longstanding tradition
of providing
school districts across New York State with «runs,» the projected
aid increases, based on the governor's education funding proposal, which
district officials use
to help shape their own budgets.
The two agree that the state has
to do more
to ensure that
school districts in Dutchess County are getting «their fair share»
of state
aid, although they differ on how best
to reduce the reliance on property taxes
to fund education.
a $ 1 billion hike in state
aid to New York's 700 public
school districts for a total
of $ 26.7 billion.
In a little over a month, voters in most
school districts go
to the polls
to decide yes or know on that
district's spending plan and five
of them in Erie County have less state
aid to work with in the recently approved state budget In Erie County, Sweet Home sees the biggest cut in overall state...
Critics questioned the need
to make the payments at a time when the state has taken drastic money - saving steps, such as delaying billions
of dollars in
aid payments
to local
school districts,
to try
to close a $ 9 billion deficit.
Meanwhile, on the thorny issue
of charter
school funding — a tuition
aid un-freeze that would see
aid increase by $ 1,500 per student paid out by a
school district — a potentially large hit for any locality, including $ 200 million for New York City — the proposal would be
to have flat funding for charters this year.
We do know, however, that due
to opposition in both houses, education spending in the budget is no longer linked
to the reforms, and lawmakers expect
to have a
district - by -
district breakdown
of school aid — also known in Albany as «
school runs» — in the coming days.
About 68 percent
of the restored education
aid would be sent
to schools districts north
of NYC, Skelos said, explaining: «What we're doing is we are essentially restoring shares
to the cuts.
The state Senate voted (again)
to end gap elimination
aid — a policy that allowed the state
to withhold a portion
of school funding from local
districts to prop up the state's overall budget.
In a news conference outside
of the Senate chamber,
school organizations called for a bump in state
aid for districts of $ 2.2 billion in the coming 2016 - 17 budget year, along with a complete elimination of the so - called Gap Elimination Adjustment while also pledging to fully fund Foundation Aid that helps poorer distric
aid for
districts of $ 2.2 billion in the coming 2016 - 17 budget year, along with a complete elimination
of the so - called Gap Elimination Adjustment while also pledging
to fully fund Foundation
Aid that helps poorer distric
Aid that helps poorer
districts.
School districts in the mid-Hudson region are looking at a collective state
aid hike
of more than $ 30 million
to a total
of nearly $ 970 million.
ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday proposed a $ 100 million fund
to aid underperforming
schools «north
of the Bronx,» a large chunk
of which would help close a $ 28 million deficit in Yonkers, the state's fifth - largest
school district.
This year, the state budget impasse, the proposed $ 1.4 billion cut in
school aid and the lack
of a state budget forced
school districts and taxpayers
to absorb cost increases alone.
«Some
of the other key pieces
of legislation in this budget is continuing the monitor in the East Ramapo
School District as well as a fund, a dedicated fund,
of $ 3 million
to keep full - day kindergarten, programs like music and art, as well as an increase in foundation
aid of about $ 1 million for East Ramapo as well.
As the
school year starts, many
school districts across the state still need
to grapple with the issue
of a teacher evaluation system, especially if they want
to continue
to receive state
aid.
There are still some details
to be worked out, including the specific amounts
of school aid to each
district in the state from a $ 1.5 billion increase, but Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says the deal is mostly complete.
Nixon's criticism mirrored an op - ed she published last month that slammed Cuomo for his support
of charter
schools and for proposing
to eliminate the so - called Foundation
Aid formula for funding public
schools, which critics argued would deprive
districts of billions
of dollars that they are still owed under 2006 court decision that found the state had underfunded public education.