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Central New York

School Boards AssociationAnnual Legislative Breakfast

Baldwinsville Central School DistrictFebruary 12, 2011

Baldwinsville, NY



© R. G. Timbs Advisory Group, Inc. 2011

New York State faces a $10 Billionbudget shortfall

Schools to Lose $2.8 Billion in funding



A FOUR POINT PLAN TOBRING EDUCATION COSTS UNDER CONTROL

1. The State must freeze wages for all public school

employees when state aid is frozen or reduced.

2. The State must cap the amount a school district canspend on health insurance and require employees to pay a

larger share of their health insurance costs.

3. The State must enact a new major pension reform

and require public employees to contribute significantlymore toward their pensions.

4. The State must reduce the costs of special

education by bringing New York’s regulations into

conformance with federal guidelines.




2 % Tax Cap… What’s it really mean?



2% Tax Cap

149 Jobs

Lessprograms

LargerClasses…



2% Tax Cap

140 Jobs

Lessprograms

LargerClasses…


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What does a fair state aid cut look like?



December 16, 2010

Long Island Newsday editorial boardinterview with Senator Skelos:

“ Board: You have always said a Republican majority in the Senate is better for Long Island . Spell out what that means in the context of the next budget.

Skelos: I think first of all, if there are going

to be cuts, and you know there are going to be cuts in spending, in Medicaid, ineducation, the main thing is that Long Island be treated fairly, no differently than any other part of the state.


http://www.newsday.com/topics/U.S._Republican_Party

http://www.newsday.com/topics/Long_Island,_NY









The main thing is not, as Skelos states,

“that Long Island be treated fairly”, it’s

that everyone be treated fairly.






The Relationship Between Aid Cuts, Tax Increases & Budgets

District A:High Wealth District

District B:Average Wealth District

District C:Low Wealth District

District D:High Needs District

Annual Budget:$20 Million




10% State / 90% LocalFunding

$2 Million State Aid







Impact of Sliding Scale Cuts:13% of Aid = -$260,200

Impact of Sliding Scale Cuts:10.5% of Aid = -$525,000

Impact of Sliding Scale Cuts:7.3% of Aid = -$730,000

Impact of Sliding Scale Cuts:4% of Aid = -$600,000

New State / Local Funding:$1.7 Million State

$18.3 Million Local


$15.5 Million Local


$10.7 Million Local

New State / Local Funding:$14.4 Million State$5.6 Million Local

Aid Cut as % of Budget:-$260,200 =1.3% of Budget

Aid Cuts as % of Budget:-$525,000 = 2.6% of Budget

Aid Cut as % of Budget:-$730,000 = 3.7% of Budget

Aid Cut as % of Budget:-$600,000 = 3% of Budget

LOCAL TAX INCREASE:1.4%



LOCAL TAX INCREASE:12%



In his budget presentation Governor

Cuomo said we must “insure adequate

funding to high need districts which

historically have not been adequately

funded” .












“Fairly” does not mean that every region or

every school district receives the same

percentage aid cut or aid increase.

“Fairly” means that aid increases or cuts be

based on each district’s student needs and

fiscal capacity.

Our SSFC data shows clearly how unfair

these cuts would be.

We strongly urge you to act to prevent such

an injustice from occurring again.




















Thank You

We appreciate the difficult

decisions before you.

We will guide and support yourefforts to save our schools.

Your participation today and

support for our schools is

appreciated.


Statewide School Finance Consortium is a project of the Central New York School Boards Association

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