Historic education funding levels still fail to adequately address equity
By Ali Hibbs Albany, N.Y — The enacted New York state budget for fiscal year 2019-2020 includes $27.86 billion in funding to General Support for Public Schools, which represents an increase of $1 billion — or 3.7 percent — over last year. "The Assembly Majority recognizes that a quality education is the foundation to success for our students," said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx. "Despite the