To: Governor Andrew Cuomo
Syracuse City school district is still underfunded... by over 700 million dollars.
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We, the undersigned citizens of Syracuse, New York, urge you to ensure that the Syracuse City School District receives at least $28 million beyond what was in the Executive Budget proposal for the 2016-2017 school year. In addition, we would like the revisions to Section 3635 of the NYS Education Law approved. The additional language will allow Syracuse to provide transportation to all K – 12 students who reside more than ½ mile from the school they attend.
In 10 years:
The number of students living in poverty has increased.
The number of refugee students has increased.
The number of positions in the district has been reduced by over 750 staff members.
New York State has failed to meet their funding obligations. It is time for the governor and our state legislators to fix the funding formula and fund Syracuse through the promised foundation aid. Syracuse is owed $700 million in unpaid Foundation Aid and $55 million in unpaid Gap Elimination Aid (GEA).
Petition statement to be delivered to Assembly Member Catherine Nolan (NY-37), Assembly Member William Magnarelli (NY-129), Assembly Member Pamela J. Hunter (NY-128), Temporary President of the Senate Sen. John Flanagan (NY-2), Senator Carl Marcellino, Chair, Education Committee, Sen. John DeFrancisco (NY-50), Senator David Valesky (NY-59) and Governor Andrew Cuomo.
In 10 years:
The number of students living in poverty has increased.
The number of refugee students has increased.
The number of positions in the district has been reduced by over 750 staff members.
New York State has failed to meet their funding obligations. It is time for the governor and our state legislators to fix the funding formula and fund Syracuse through the promised foundation aid. Syracuse is owed $700 million in unpaid Foundation Aid and $55 million in unpaid Gap Elimination Aid (GEA).
Petition statement to be delivered to Assembly Member Catherine Nolan (NY-37), Assembly Member William Magnarelli (NY-129), Assembly Member Pamela J. Hunter (NY-128), Temporary President of the Senate Sen. John Flanagan (NY-2), Senator Carl Marcellino, Chair, Education Committee, Sen. John DeFrancisco (NY-50), Senator David Valesky (NY-59) and Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Why is this important?
For almost 20 years, Parents for Public Schools has been lobbying our elected officials to make fair school funding a priority. With an ever decreasing tax base and an increase in the number of children living in poverty in Syracuse, the impact of funding inequity has reached crisis proportions. The Syracuse City School District is dependent on the state for the majority of the school funding and the residents do not vote for a school budget. It’s time to take the politics out of funding education and make sure all schools receive the resources their students need.