What's happening
This bill increases annual supplemental educational improvement grants to the Yonkers city school district by applying a regional cost index multiplier.
Why it matters
Adjusts funding to reflect actual local costs. By applying the regional cost index multiplier, the grant amount is tailored to match the higher cost of operating schools in Yonkers, which can help address local disparities in expenses such as salaries, utilities, and supplies.
Creates more predictable, needs-based support. Linking the grant to the regional cost index makes annual funding increases more formulaic and responsive to economic changes, potentially reducing the need for yearly advocacy or ad hoc adjustments.
May enhance educational opportunities and services. With increased and better-targeted funds, Yonkers schools could invest more in educational programs, staffing, and student supports, which could improve educational outcomes and reduce resource gaps compared to other districts.
Sets a precedent for other districts. If successful, this approach could encourage similar adjustments for other high-cost regions, influencing broader school funding policy debates in New York State.
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Increase Yonkers School Funding
In Senate Committee · Education · Sponsor Andrea Stewart-Cousins
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2119
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to supplemental educational improvement plan grants
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 8 of section 3641 of the education law, as amended by section 29 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
b. To the Yonkers city school district there shall be paid seventeen million five hundred thousand dollars ($17,500,000) multiplied by such district's regional cost index, pursuant to subparagraph two of paragraph a of subdivision four of section thirty-six hundred two of this article, on an annual basis. Such grant shall be payable from funds appropriated for such purpose and shall be apportioned to the Yonkers city school district in accordance with the payment schedules contained in section thirty-six hundred nine-a of this article, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02748-01-7
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