SSFC IN THE MEDIA
- Evening Tribune, Dec 6, Canisteo mayor concerned about school's fortunes
- Watertown Daily Times, Dec 2,- School Officials lobby Albany
- The Leader Herald Schools Face Tax Cap Challenges
- Utica OD, Dec 2nd -Many eyes on Utica's small city schools lawsuit
- Daily Courier-Journal, Potsdam, Dec. 2 - NNY school superintendents meet with state officials
- Utica Observer Dispatch, Dec 10, Many eyes on Utica's small cityschools lawsuit
- Ithaca Journal, Nov 22, Dryden Parent Sums Up Tax Cap Dilemma for Rural Schools
- The Batavian Senate Education Committee Chair Flanagan: "Our obligation...find plan that is equitable"
- Syracuse Post Standard Cuts harm poor districts the most. Can Governor Cuomo Fix it?
- Capitol Tonight Unresolved issues facing schools
- Join the Fight Grassroots Advocacy Efforts Kicked Off in the Genesee Valley & Mohawk Sacandaga Regions
- Buffalo News, Oct 29, State school chief offers ideas to cope with cutbacks
- WETM, Nov 15, Speaker says State Aid needs to be re-distributed
- Buffalo News Superintendent on the plight of rural schools
- Poughkeepsie Journal As Tax Cap starts, groups urge mandate relief
- Post Star.com Under pressure, school districts use fund balances as budget cushions
- ObserverProperty tax cap on the mind of SCCS board members
- YNN Capital Region, Aug. 16, Schools? solutions for living under the tax cap
The Leader-Herald (Gloversville), Aug. 16, Schools face tax-cap challenges
- Utica Observer-Dispatch, Aug. 8, State vows to increase school test scores
Utica Observer-Dispatch, Aug. 5, School stimulus money about to end
Post Star July 7, Officials at Whitehall School District say tax cap ramifications will be brutal
The Capitol Report (WCNY), June 30, Rick Timbs discusses tax cap ramifications - MPNnow, June 10, Tax Cap could cause problems
- The Capitol Pressroom, June 30, Dr. Rick Timbs discusses As Yet Unresolved issues facing schools this calendar year.
Dunkirk Evening Observer, June 12, Educational challenges: Fredonia superintendent expresses reservations on tax cap
Canandaigua Messenger Post, June 11, Schools: Tax cap could make problems
Watertown Daily Times, June 8, North schools fear tax cap impact
Dryden Daily Kaz (blog), May 27, The Regents
Dunkirk Observer, May 26, Property tax cap on the minds of SCCS board members - Budget related
WSYR-TV (Syracuse), May 17, School budget vote: What message will taxpayers send to districts?
Canandaigua Messenger-Post, May 17, School voting today; more state aid tomorrow? - Syracuse Post-Standard, May 17, Consider this: Vote on school budgets today
Utica Observer-Dispatch, May 17, All school budgets pass, except one
Syracuse Post-Standard, May 16, Why voting down a Central New York School District budget often makes little difference to the bottom line
Syracuse Post-Standard, May 14, Central New York school districts ask for more concessions this year than ever before, expert says
Albany Times Union, May 13, A choice of needs or numbers
YNN ("Capital Tonight"), May 13, Tough cuts in school budgets
Capitol Confidential (blog; Albany Times Union), May 12, School advocates: Cuomo?s number is fudged
Syracuse Post-Standard, May 12, Misplaced Anger: State fails to support needy schools - WSYR-TV (Channel 9), Syracuse, May 11, Could Jordan-Elbridge district run out of funds
Middletown Times Herald-Record, May 11, Upstate schools in ?deeper hole
Auburn Citizen, May 11, School expert: Jordan-Elbridge school district may run out of money
Syracuse Post-Standard, May 10, Financial analyst warns Jordan-Elbridge that the school district is running out of money
Utica Observer Dispatch, May 9, Guest view: A better state school aid plan ? it?s NOT about the money
Video, May 6, WCNY capitol correspondent Susan Arbetter interviews Dr. Rick Timbs
?The Capitol Pressroom,?? May 6, Dr. Rick Timbs discusses the challenges facing four Upstate school districts
Syracuse Post-Standard, April 28, Central New York school districts on average seek 2.9 percent tax levy increase, but some ask for more
Syracuse Post-Standard, April 26, CNY school boards haven't seen crowds, pressure like this in decade
North Country Public Radio, April 14, State aid cuts squeeze rural schools
World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org), April 12, New York state budget slashes education, health care and taxes on the rich
CNYcentral.com, The Capitol Report, April 8, Schools fight back
"The Capitol Pressroom'' (with WCNY capitol correspondent Susan Arbetter), April 7, SSFC executive director Rick Timbs shares insights on school cutbacks.
The Livingston County News, April 6, School funding ?restoration? adds insult to injury
YNN, April 6, A new director of CNY School Boards Association
The New York Times, March 26, Rich district, poor district
WSYR (Channel 9), Syracuse, March 22, Schools in Crisis: District Budget Battles Click here to watch WSYR?s special report featuring SSFC Executive Director Rick Timbs.
WRVO-FM, March 22, Gov. Cuomo?s rant on education funding, and an expert?s (Rick Timbs) response - The Post-Standard (Syracuse), March 6, Upstate schools bear brunt of Gov. Cuomo?s cuts
Syracuse Post-Standard (commentary by SSFC?s Dr. Rick Timbs), Feb. 27, Upstate districts below average in wealth, taxing capacity
WXXI-TV, Rochester, Feb. 23, interview with Michael Glover, superintendent of Genesee Valley BOCES, on the impact of state budget cuts on local schools
Buffalo News editorial, Feb. 20, Painful lessons
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Feb. 19, Governor banks on reserves many schools don't have
Canandaigua Messenger Post, Feb. 17, School chiefs unite to oppose education cuts
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Feb. 17, School superintendents voice concerns over proposed cuts in state aid
Finger Lakes Times, Feb. 17, School supers take Cuomo to task
CNYcentral.com (AP report with mention of SSFC school district analysis), Feb. 9, State report: Most NY schools could cover aid cuts
"The Capitol Pressroom" (public radio program), Feb. 7, Dr. Rick Timbs discusses Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget and state aid cuts to schools
WCBS-TV, New York (Associated Press and WCBS report), Feb. 9, State says most NY schools have funds to cover cuts
Auburn Citizen (Associated Press report), Feb. 9, State report: Most NY schools could cover aid cuts
Dryden Daily Kaz (blog), Feb. 9, Guv?s budget IV: A tale of two districts
CNN Money (CNNmoney.com), Feb. 7, States in Crisis: Cuomo's Budget Hits NY Schools
New York Daily News editorial, Feb. 4, State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is in favor of budget-cutting -- except in his own backyard
Dunkirk Observer, Feb. 2, Wielding an axe: Budget cuts support to schools - Syracuse Post-Standard, Feb. 1, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed New York budget would make deep cuts in school aid, state agency budgets
- Middletown Times-Herald-Record commentary, Jan. 19, Meghan E. Murphy: Doing right by needy kids in poorer districts
- Syracuse Post-Standard, May 14, Central New York school districts ask for more concessions this year than ever before, expert says
- Albany Times Union, May 13, A choice of needs or numbers
- YNN (Your News Now), May 13, Tough cuts in school budgets
- Capitol Confidential (blog; Albany Times Union), May 12, School advocates: Cuomo?s number is fudged
WSYR-TV (Channel 9), Syracuse, May 11, Could Jordan-Elbridge district run out of funds
SSFC 4-point plan in the media: SSFC 4-Point Plan SSFC proposed a four-point plan even before the Governor's proposed budget was announced.
The SSFC's four-point plan to bring education costs in New York under control has been the subject
of news stories and editorial/opinion page coverage in newspapers.
- What is SSFC 4-Point Plan?
- Syracuse Post-Standard, Feb. 1, Schools fear Cuomo budget will stress subtraction
- New York Times, Jan. 30,Within Our Means (opinion piece on New York's budget deficit and cuts, mentions education spending aid and challenges facing upstate schools, Ilion in particular)
- Buffalo News, Jan. 30, Schools brace for budget by Cuomo: $10 billion shortfall has districts worried
- WCNY-TV (PBS; Channel 24), Syracuse, Jan. 26, "The Capitol Report'' (featuring
SSFC Executive Director, Dr. Rick Timbs), Are school districts of less wealth treated less fairly
- "The Capitol Pressroom'' (public radio program), Jan. 24, Upstate-downstate school issues with Dr. Rick Timbs
- Albany Times Union, Jan, 17, Is tax cap a budget buster?
- Middletown Times Herald-Record, Jan. 19, Meghan E. Murphy: Doing right by needy kids in poorer schools
- Utica Observer-Dispatch, Jan. 15, Guest view: Education costs killing New Yorkers, by Dr. Rick Timbs
- WWNY (TV 7), Watertown, Jan. 13, Cuomo tax cap worries local schools and towns
- Dunkirk Observer, Jan. 13, Silver Creek School District facing $579K expected deficit
- Jamestown Post-Journal, Jan 13, JPS board adopts plan
- Dunkirk Observer, Jan. 10, O?Connor: Hard times ahead for Forestville
- Utica Observer-Dispatch, Jan. 8, Guest view: School aid equity still a problem in New York state
- Buffalo News, Jan. 4, Kathyann Lorka: Tax cap is not the answer for rising cost of school
- Albany Times Union, Jan. 4, For starters, a little off the top
- Jamestown Post-Journal, Jan. 2, Schools face difficult equation
2010
- Buffalo News, Dec. 22, Reform school finance
- Buffalo News, Dec. 19, Rick Timbs: Facing disaster, Albany can no longer pass the buck
- Albany Times Union, Dec. 16, No bucks left to pass, NY
- Rome Sentinel, Dec. 11, BOCES program lays out state cuts in school aid
- New York Post (NYC), Dec 11, Cut school costs
- The Business Council (Capital Business Blog), Dec 13, Only state can stop crisis in education
- The Post-Standard (Syracuse), Nov. 18, School bills: Declining aid and spiraling costs force unpopular choices
- Observer (Dunkirk), Nov. 7, The buck stops here: State education leaders say change is necessary
- Rochester Business Journal, April 23, Governor, lawmakers: Reform Triborough
- YNN Watertown, April 6, Schools looking to cut teachers, programs as a result of state aid cuts
- Glens Falls Post Star, March 20, Guest essay: Triborough Amendment needs amending
- Buffalo News, Feb. 28, Triborough amendment encumbers state taxpayers
- The Post-Standard (Syracuse), Feb. 3, Reform Triborough: Can?t manage school spending until law is changed - Other news of interest links:
- Albany Times Union, Jan. 17, Is tax cap a budget buster?
- The Post-Standard (Syracuse), Dec. 19, Andrew Cuomo?s property tax cap: Would it help or hurt?
- New York Times, Dec 12, Cuomo Plans to Push for a Cap on Property Taxes
- New York Times, Heightened Fiscal Pressures Loom for Tarrytown