Realities of Governor’s Budget Fort Plain High School总督的预算堡平原高中的实际情况.pptVIP

Realities of Governor’s Proposed Budget State Aid cuts across the State are NOT Equitable Our Situation Fort Plain Central School’s state aid will be reduced by $861,477 in the Governor’s proposal. State Aid Cuts are not Equable Other Districts are seeing the same inequities All HFM BOCES Districts are being treated unfairly How Did This Happen? Governor Coumo believes districts; -can use their money in reserve or fund balances to offset this cut -can raise taxes in order to maintain programs and staffing levels The Governor’s beliefs are wrong Combined Wealth Ratio (.5 Property + .5 Income) = CWR Average Wealth = 1.0 Fort Plain Central School CWR= 0.32 Island Park UFSD Southold USFD CWR= 2.26 CWR= 2.91 State Aid Cuts as % of Levy Who can correct this problem? NOT our Board of Education NOT our Administrators NOT our Teachers NOT our Unions YOUR LEGISLATORS CAN – by voting “NO” on the Governor’s proposed budget What can you do? During the next two weeks, our Legislators will start voting on the budget bills. Contact your Legislators! Tell them you want to see equity in State Aid cuts. Call, Write, E-mail or Go See Senator Farley 2430 Riverfront Center Amsterdam, NY 12010 (518) 843-2188 Assemblyman Amedore 1170 Riverfront Center Amsterdam, NY 12010 (518) 843-0227 www.assembly.state.ny.us What are you going to do…. S.O.S.-----Save Our Schools Write a letter: Senator Farley- I am writing to ask you to vote no on the Governors proposed state budget because it is inherently unfair to poor school districts. For example, Fort Plain Central Schools has a combined wealth ratio of .32 -- well below the state’s established minimum (or “floor”) income wealth index of .65.?This means our school aid is calculated as if we have more resources than we actually have -- further punishing local taxpayers and children who have it hard enough without the added burden of flawed mathe