What's happening
This bill adjusts New York City's minimum school funding to reflect inflation and adds $2.2 billion above 2006-07 spending levels.
Why it matters
Links NYC’s minimum school funding to inflation. , using the 5-year average change in the local Consumer Price Index, which helps ensure school budgets keep pace with rising costs for goods, services, and salaries in the region.
Guarantees an extra $2.2 billion above 2006-07 spending. as a baseline, meaning NYC schools get a permanent boost in minimum funding, not just a one-time adjustment—potentially addressing long-standing resource gaps.
Specifies that this new funding cannot be used to cover debt service or pension payments. , ensuring that additional money is spent directly on educational services and supports for students rather than on city financial obligations.
Builds in a mechanism for proportional funding decreases only if the city’s overall budget shrinks. , which helps protect schools from disproportionate cuts during citywide fiscal downturns, maintaining stability for students and educators.
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- Referred to education
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4193
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, BENEDETTO, DINOWITZ, LENTOL, CRESPO, GOTTFRIED, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FARRELL, GLICK, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to adjusting the maintenance amount for the city school district of the city of New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 5-a of section 2576 of the education law, as added by chapter 91 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
b. The city amount shall not be less than the city amount appropriated in the base year as determined at the time of adoption of the budget for the ensuing fiscal year[. Provided, however, in] adjusted to reflect the five year average percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island portion of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York-New Jersey- Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical area, (CPI-U) as such is defined by the United States department of labor and to include an additional two billion two hundred million dollars in excess of the total amount of expenditures for the two thousand six--two thousand seven base year pursuant to section thirteen-a of part B of chapter fifty-seven of the laws of two thousand seven, subject to the provisions of this section. In accordance with subparagraph (ii) of paragraph a of this subdivision, the city of New York's contribution of two billion two hundred million dollars, pursuant to section thirteen-a of part B of chapter fifty-seven of the laws of two thousand seven shall not include city payments to bond or note holders for debt service or payments for employee pension benefits. In the event the total amount of city funds relied upon to balance such budget is lower than the total amount of city funds appropriated in the base year, determined at the time of adoption of such budget, the city amount may be reduced by up to the same percentage as
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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the overall percentage decrease in city funds between the base year and the ensuing fiscal year.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that the amendments to paragraph b of subdivision 5-a of section 2576 of the education law as made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
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