[ProgressiveEd] Fwd: New city cuts to public schools
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:14:37 -0500
To: EPP Members:;, Budget Alert:;
From: EPP Office <[email protected]>
Subject: New city cuts to public schools
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New City Cuts to the Public Schools
There is a new "contingency" cut to the NYC Department of Education
of $178 million for the 2003-04 school year. To recap, in November a
$200 million cut for FY '04 was announced. In January there was an
additional cut of $151 million, which has since been reduced to $131
million. So here is the total proposed city cut to public schools:
$200 million (November) + $131 million (January) + $178 million
(February) = $509 million.
The New York City Council has estimated that the Governor's budget
proposals, if implemented, would result in cuts of $724 million to
New York City public schools for the 2003-04 school year. This number
does not reflect all of the Executive Budget's cuts to special
education programs.
Traditionally, many of the Governor's Executive Budget cuts to
education are restored by the legislature. With the state facing a
budget gap of $9.5 billion in 2003-04, there may not be complete
restorations of all the education cuts. Parents and educational
advocacy groups are doing a tremendous job in communicating with
their elected officials in Albany. If these efforts can be sustained,
there is some hope. There is a chance that the budget will be adopted
sooner (June or July) rather than later (August), so letters and
petitions are needed now.
Traditionally, most of the Mayor's Executive Budget cuts to education
are not restored by the City Council because "the numbers are too
big." In other words, if hundreds of millions of dollars are restored
to the Department of Education, then cuts cannot be restored to other
city programs. Part of the problem is that the City Council cannot
delay the adoption of the budget or change the Mayor's revenue
estimates. The budget is always adopted by the end of June, at the
latest.
Where to focus? At this time, EPP would recommend a focus on Albany
(the Governor, the Senate and the Assembly). Smaller class sizes and
pre-K programs are slated for elimination, not just budget cuts. But,
ultimately, action will be needed at the city level to try to get the
City Council to take more responsibility for public education funding.
In order to minimize cuts to education, there also has to be a
campaign to increase state revenues. Over 200 organizations are
supporting the Fiscal Policy Institute's program to close loopholes
in state business taxes and for a surcharge on the state's personal
income tax. See their report, "Balancing New York's 2003-04 Budget in
an Economically Sensible Manner," at www.fiscalpolicy.org.
Note. The attachment is an MS Word compatible version of the
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<div><font face="Times" color="#FF0000"><i><b>New City Cuts to the
Public Schools</b></i></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times" size="-1" color="#000000">There is a new
"contingency" cut to the NYC Department of Education of $178
million for the 2003-04 school year. To recap, in November a $200
million cut for FY '04 was announced. In January there was an
additional cut of $151 million, which has since been reduced to $131
million. So here is the total proposed city cut to public schools:
$200 million (November) + $131 million (January) + $178 million
(February) = $509 million.<br>
<br>
The New York City Council has estimated that the Governor's budget
proposals, if implemented, would result in cuts of $724 million to New
York City public schools for the 2003-04 school year. This number does
not reflect all of the Executive Budget's cuts to special education
programs.<br>
<br>
Traditionally, many of the Governor's Executive Budget cuts to
education are restored by the legislature. With the state facing a
budget gap of $9.5 billion in 2003-04, there may not be complete
restorations of all the education cuts. Parents and educational
advocacy groups are doing a tremendous job in communicating with their
elected officials in Albany. If these efforts can be sustained, there
is some hope. There is a chance that the budget will be adopted sooner
(June or July) rather than later (August), so letters and petitions
are needed now.<br>
<br>
Traditionally, most of the Mayor's Executive Budget cuts to education
are not restored by the City Council because "the numbers are too
big." In other words, if hundreds of millions of dollars are
restored to the Department of Education, then cuts cannot be restored
to other city programs. Part of the problem is that the City Council
cannot delay the adoption of the budget or change the Mayor's revenue
estimates. The budget is always adopted by the end of June, at the
latest.<br>
<br>
Where to focus? At this time, EPP would recommend a focus on Albany
(the Governor, the Senate and the Assembly). Smaller class sizes and
pre-K programs are slated for elimination, not just budget cuts. But,
ultimately, action will be needed at the city level to try to get the
City Council to take more responsibility for public education
funding.</font><br>
<font face="Times" size="-1" color="#000000"></font></div>
<div><font face="Times" size="-1" color="#000000">In order to minimize
cuts to education, there also has to be a campaign to increase state
revenues. Over 200 organizations are supporting the Fiscal Policy
Institute's program to close loopholes in state business taxes and for
a surcharge on the state's personal income tax. See their report,
"Balancing New York's 2003-04 Budget in an Economically Sensible
Manner," at www.fiscalpolicy.org.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times" size="-1" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Times" size="-1" color="#000000">Note. The attachment
is an MS Word compatible version of the information
above. </font></div>
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