Exclusive | Hochul reverses call to cut funding to shrinking NY schools as she faces potentially tough re-election bid

As we craft the upcoming Executive Budget, the Governor believes we should avoid proposals that would negatively impact school budgets, such as eliminating the hold-harmless provision of the Foundation Aid formula.

In the long term, it just doesn't make sense to keep paying for empty seats in classrooms. And we can't continue to have large sums of money sit in school district reserves when that money could be used in helping students in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color or return to the taxpayers.

Updating the outdated funding formula is a critical step forward. However, we remain concerned about recommendations that arbitrarily lower the Foundation Aid amount instead of considering the actual needs of students.

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