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CITY BUDGET INFO
Comparison of allocations for instruction:
Though the NYC Office of Management & Budget reports that the adopted
2004-05 city budget
increased the DOE city allocations by $286.2 million (and additional funding
for DOE
pensions in another part of the city's budget), there has been a dramatic
shift of instructional funds from the allocations for special education
to
allocations for general education. There also appears to be a net decrease
in
instructional funds. Below are the calculations that are the basis
for EPP's
conclusions.
There are several reasons for this "shift":
First,
more special education students are being educated in general
education settings. Therefore, teacher salary costs will be covered by
general
education allocations.
Second, the 2003-04 budget allocations were not
adjusted for actual
expenditures in the previous year. So the proposed 2004-05 adopted budget
merely
captures changes in expenditures that took place over the last two schools
years. In other words, the $309.4 million decrease in funding for special
education
represents a "rear-view" look rather than a policy decision
on allocations for
the new school year.
The third explanation is that school principals,
no longer under the
oversight of community school district special education staff, have
used special
education funding to support other school needs.
The good news is that the Department of Education has now removed targeted
special education funds from the flexible allocations under Special
Needs/Academic Intervention Services (SN/AIS). To see more details, go
to the Department
of Education web site, http://www.nycenet.edu/offices/d_chanc_oper/budget/dbor/allocationmemo/am.html
and read SAM #1, section E. Special Needs/Academic Intervention Allocation.
Section B is also informative in that the Base Teacher allocation has
been
changed for self-contained special education classes.
The NYS Legislature adopted the 2004-05 state budget in
the second week of August, providing New York City public schools with
$300 million in additional funding. The adopted budget anticipated state
school aid increases of $118.6 million. EPP strongly urges DOE to drive
these state aid increases to instruction, so there are no cut backs at
the school level.
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Adopted Budget 03-04 School Year
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Adopted Budget 04-05 School Year Appropriation |
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UA |
[unadjusted for spending patterns in previous year) |
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(adjusted for spending patterns over past two years) |
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| GENERAL ED |
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| INSTRUCTION |
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General Education |
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| Personnel |
301 |
$ 2,946,755,010 |
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$2,838,770,614 |
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311 |
$ 1,013,267,731 |
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$1,263,281,838 |
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| OTPS |
302 |
$ 122,465,371 |
Subtotal |
$ 187,331,900 |
Subtotal |
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312 |
$ 133,845,934 |
$ 4,216,334,046 |
$ 156,059,257 |
$ 4,445,443,609 |
Difference |
$ 229,109,563 |
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| SPECIAL ED |
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| INSTRUCTION |
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Special Education |
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| Personnel |
303 |
$ 512,529,276 |
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$ 332,756,100 |
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313 |
$ 197,255,867 |
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$ 60,051,900 |
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321 |
$ 459,803,264 |
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$ 499,086,600 |
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323 |
$ 198,308,674 |
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$ 142,749,699 |
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| OTPS |
304 |
$ 1,265,317 |
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$ 244,300 |
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314 |
$ 3,081,056 |
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$ 10,400 |
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322 |
$ 17,421,897 |
Subtotal |
$ 15,299,300 |
Subtotal |
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324 |
$ 75,161,330 |
$ 1,464,826,681 |
$ 105,137,300 |
$ 1,155,335,599 |
Difference |
$ (309,491,082) |
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| TOTAL
Instruction: |
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$ 5,681,160,727 |
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$5,600,779,208 |
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Difference |
$ (80,381,519) |
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| Note: Gen. Ed |
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$ 25,000,000 |
more teachers |
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$ 59,000,000 |
intervention |
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| increases for |
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$ 32,000,000 |
summer school |
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| 3rd Gr. Gates |
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$ (57,000,000) |
reduction in summer
school for other grades |
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| total |
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$ 59,000,000 |
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| Increases in |
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$ 170,109,563 |
Increase in fringe benefits |
$ 117,386,681 |
Increase Teachers |
$ 254,011,434 |
Other reasons why lower |
| general ed w/o |
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(all u/a) |
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Retirement System |
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funds: |
| 3rd Gr. Gates |
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(city funded) |
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$36 M register declines |
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$29 M no roll overs |
Last Updated on 08/12/04
By EPP
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