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BREAKING NEWS: A special report
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WE MUST KEEP PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNOR
Governor Andrew Cuomo recently released his budget proposal for 2012 and it just isn't enough to save poor school districts in New York. School Districts across the state are reacting and now more than ever, we must put the pressure on to save the at-risk districts. -
CLEVELAND HILLS SUPT. SENDS FERVENT VIDEO MESSAGE TO PARENTS, RESIDENTS
Super., Jon MacSwan: Students from our school are at a major disadvantage because of State Aid distribution inequities. Watch this informative video.
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An Otselic Valley High School student makes a compelling case for a "level playing field'' in educational opportunities and state aid while speaking at a Legislative Breakfast.
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Nov. 18, 2011
A student speaks out
VIEW A rally for education was recently held at Massena High School and the most talked about speech was delivered by a senior at Madrid-Waddington High School, Elizabeth Ruddy. Watch this video as she sends a powerful message about equitable funding for all education in NY.
Watch- Utica Observer Dispatch, Jan 11 - School Boards pass 4-school merger plan
- The Daily Mail, Jan 5 - School Finance expert suggests 3-year budgets
- Dunkirk Observer, Jan 5 - Education plans lack specificity, focus on accountability, efficiency
- YNN, Jan 4 - Cuomo's state of the state education proposals met with mixed motions
- The Daily Mail, Jan 4 - No Equity in New York (Editorial)
- Evening Sun, Dec 30, - 2011, The Year in Review
- View archived headlines
- Albany Times Union, Jan 7 - Cuomo picks fight with schools, gets one
- Watertown Daily Times, Jan 7 - Northern NY schools make final pitch for more aid
- New York Times, Dec 12, Op-Ed Provides Food for Thought on Link Between Poverty and Education Achievement
- Newsday, Dec 9, School Aid debate continues
- Evening Tribune, Nov 24, Schools deal with eroding State Aid
- Newsday, Dec 2, More LI students live in poverty
- View archived Features
IT'S ALL ABOUT RESULTS
We appreciate the action of the Sixteen Senators who called on the Governor to help poor schools, we need action fast and every one of our legislators needs to be on board! See who signed and who didn't, read the SSFC response and view the letters sent to Governor Cuomo. Read more
Synergy: SSFC and CNYSBA
The Central New York School Boards Association established the Statewide School Finance Consortium in 1991. Since its inception the partnership has played an important leadership role in the fight to bring equity and reform to the process used by New York State that unfairly distributes education aid to the state’s public schools. Visit CNYSBA
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