A Look at State Aid Cuts in New York State 2011-12
Following is another in my school finance geeky series of straight-up analyses of state school finance formulas. I wrote about New Jersey’s funding formula few days ago. This analysis focuses specifically on the cuts levied across NY school districts for 2011-12 and the underfunding of the foundation formula for select districts.
In 2007, New York State adopted the new Foundation Aid Program.
A full critique of that state aid program can be found here: NY Aid Policy Brief_Fall2011_DRAFT6
That school funding formula was argued by the state to represent the state’s constitutional obligation to provide for a sound basic education. That argument was built on the assumption that the underlying base aid for the