State law mandates that local school districts pay tuition to charter schools in that district — payments that in recent years have been two or three times larger than what the district spends on the students attending public schools. The result is that privately run charter schools get larger increases per student than public schools, … Continue reading A majority of NYC’s school aid increase goes to charter schools. How?
2022 Education Budget Priorities
The Child Care Crisis in New York State
Assessing District Spending Plans
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We Demand: How New York’s Communities Want to Use New Federal Aid to Public Schools
Enacted budget side by side analysis
What’s next? Accountability for state & federal school funding
Building Back Better: The Federal Down Payment on Students’ Recovery, and New York’s Responsibility to Make It Happen
Analysis: New York State Assembly & Senate Budget Proposals
ALBANY, N.Y. (March 16, 2021) — The public education advocacy organization Alliance for Quality Education released the following analysis and reaction to the New York State State Senate and Assembly 2021-22 budget proposals: “The budget proposals put forward by the New York State Senate and Assembly reaffirm the state’s commitment to prioritize funding for our children … Continue reading Analysis: New York State Assembly & Senate Budget Proposals