Category: Policy

Foundation Aid Hearing Resources

The Rockefeller Institute is currently gathering feedback in order to make nonbinding recommendations on potential revisions to the Foundation Aid formula. Your input through this process will inform their final report, which will make recommendations to the State on modifying the current formula. It’s likely that these recommendations will factor into the Governor’s education budget … Continue reading Foundation Aid Hearing Resources

Memoranda of Opposition to S9833: Changes to East Ramapo school funding

The Alliance for Quality Education, Education Law Center and the Spring Valley Branch of the NAACP, alongside  New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), released memoranda in strong opposition to Senate Bill 9833 (S9833). The Senate bill proposes slight changes to school funding in East Ramapo Central School District (ERCSD). While it acknowledges that the fiscal … Continue reading Memoranda of Opposition to S9833: Changes to East Ramapo school funding

Moving New York Toward Educational Equity

This report sheds light on a pivotal moment in New York State’s education history. For the first time in its history, high-need majority Black and Latinx school districts across New York are receiving the long-overdue funding needed to provide students with a “sound basic education.” This achievement is a testament to the unwavering efforts of … Continue reading Moving New York Toward Educational Equity