NY: New York School Funding Formula Needs Overhaul, More Than 100 Organizations Urge

74 – September 23, 2024

A coalition of more than 100 New York organizations is urging the state to overhaul its nearly two-decade-old school funding formula. The organizations, which previously joined forces to raise alarm over school programs that were put at-risk by the expiration of billions of dollars of federal pandemic stimulus funds, are now turning their attention to the state’s Foundation Aid formula. In a joint statement, issued on Monday, they called for a revision to how the formula accounts for student poverty, added funding for students in temporary housing and the foster care system, increased support for students with disabilities and English language learners, and new funds for preschool students, as well as extra money to implement the state’s class size mandate for New York City schools, among other changes.

Also: More than 115 Organizations Call for Changes to New York State’s School Funding Formula (Press release): https://advocatesforchildren.org/policy-resource/call-for-changes-to-nys-school-funding-formula/

New York School Funding Formula Needs Overhaul, More Than 100 Organizations Urge