NYS Budget: Education Inequity April 6, 2007
Posted by Greg Jerome in Economics, New York State, Politics.trackback
New York State passed it’s budget only a few hours late this year but look at what happened to education funding. Reported by the New York Times.
More than half of nearly $21 million in new aid for special education went to Long Island, less an indication of a surge in students with disabilities than of a political deal the governor made to get Senate Republicans to approve more school money for New York City.
Similarly, about $70 million of nearly $100 million in new education aid for districts with high taxes went to Long Island. But only about $1.2 million went to Westchester, which has some of the highest school property tax rates.
The treatment of Westchester “came very close to blowing the whole budget,” Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said Sunday night.
More money going to the wealthiest areas in New York State while poor communities in Central New York, the North Country, Western New York, etc. continue to suffer.
More questionable practices regarding the budget here on Serf City.
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