We ask that the restrictive cap be removed. New Rochelle is the only district statewide whose Magnet school aid has been frozen for ten years. Freezing special education funding at last year's level shortchanges students. Staff training of 175 hours every five-years is a new mandate, yet funding for economical teacher centers was eliminated. This aid reflects expenditures districts made last year.
Inadequate funding is provided to help districts meet the mandated new standards.
A half-million dollar drop in Small Cities Aid is too much for the New Rochelle City School District to absorb in one year during an era of enrollment growth. All these shifts in state aid funding will increase the local property tax. We need your help in addressing these important needs.