STATE FUNDING EQUITY
Operating Aid

Operating Aid is the primary form of state aid to school districts. It is designed to give a minimum amount of aid to all districts and more aid to the neediest districts. The following chart, “Per Pupil Operating Aid,” shows that the less wealthy districts (those in the higher quintiles) receive more aid than wealthier districts. Operating Aid is more progressive than most forms of state aid to school districts. For more information see the EPP reports, Checkerboard II (pdf), Building Aid Short-Changes the Big Cities (pdf), and STAR (pdf).

Per Pupil Operating Aid, 1999-2000
Source: Author's calculations from data provided by the Fiscal Analysis Unit of the New York State Department of Education

 

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