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NYS Constitution

NYS Constitution. On November 20, 2006, the Court of Appeals handed down its decision . The Court affirmed that the state's constitution requires that every public school child in the State of New York has a right to a "sound basic education" defined as "a meaningful high school education“

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NYS Constitution

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  1. NYS Constitution On November 20, 2006, the Court of Appeals handed down its decision. The Court affirmed that the state's constitution requires that every public school child in the State of New York has a right to a "sound basic education" defined as "a meaningful high school education“ http://www.cfequity.org/static.php?page=historyoflawsuit&category=resources

  2. Source of Data: NYSED School Aid Runs 2007-2013

  3. OCSD’s aid per the 2012-13 Governor’s Budget Proposal(includes federal stimulus and excludes building aid) Receiving $1.25 million (-16%) less than in 2009-10

  4. Wealth Ratio 1.90 0.53 5.63 Enrollment 952 945 967

  5. 2011-12 State Aid &Budget Comparison $18,109,742 Wealth Ratio 1.90 0.53 5.63 Enrollment 952 945 967

  6. Wealth Ratio 1.90 0.53 5.63 Enrollment 952 945 967

  7. Wealth Ratio 1.90 0.53 5.63 Enrollment 952 945 967

  8. We recognize the fiscal limitations imposed on New York State’s ability to fund public education and that it’s a zero sum game. • HOWEVER, there is $250,000,000 that can still be directed to below average wealth school districts. • How much of the $500M appropriated for performance and efficiency grants in 2011-12 was actually expensed? Where’s the research that an efficiency grant program positively impacts student achievement? Districts aren’t any less accountable for performance. • Governor Cuomo recognized the inequity. We need to redirect the $250,000,000 to remedy the imbalance.

  9. The Campaign for Fiscal Equity (via the NYS Court of Appeals) created a five year plan that was abandoned by Governor Paterson with his gap elimination adjustment (GEA). • WHAT’S THE NEW FIVE YEAR PLAN? So, is it more of the same year to year hope and pray?

  10. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends”-Martin Luther King, Jr.

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