The Task Force on Democracy, Economic Security, and Social Justice in a Volatile World was convened amidst the convulsions triggered by the global economic and financial crisis of 2008. The tumult had already spread far ...

In the winter of 2000-2002, the budget negotiations in Albany began with a lot of excitement about educational funding reform. Budget proposals from the Regents, the Assembly, and the Governor all included reform language ...

For independent school districts in New York State, Building Aid does a fairly good job of progressively distributing funds for equipment and capital outlays. But the same is not true for the five big cities with dependent ...

A proposal in the New York State Assembly in 2000 considered eliminating Tax Equalization Aid to school districts in order to fund the elimination of aid caps, called Transition Adjustment. In response to that proposal, ...

The purpose of this report is to examine the effects of School Tax Relief Aid (STAR) on the distribution of New York State aid to school districts. This report finds that STAR so heavily favors wealthier districts that it ...