New York

Abstract

funding priorities • Increases Education Aid by approximately $1 billion (3.9%), to a record total of $26.7 billion. • Requires school districts to increase transparency. For the 2018-19 school year, 76 large school districts that receive significant state aid must report school level funding allocation data to the public, State Education Department and Department of Budget. • New York State spends more money per pupil than any state in the nation.3 New York surpassed all states with per-pupil elementary and secondary school spending of $22,366 per pupil as of 2016, according to the latest U.S. Census data.4 • Expand prekindergarten and after school programs, investing $25 million. • State support for higher education in New York is $7.6 billion, an increase of $1.5 billion or 25% since FY 2012. • Excelsior Scholarship: $118 million to continue the scholarship program which includes $1.2 billion to make college more affordable.5