The discussion of the New York State Budget appears to be just about over in the mainstream media. Tidbits have come out, given to favorable newspapers, and accusations have come out in unfavorable ones. I could talk about the budget based on what I have read, but I will defer doing so until the information I want comes out. Including STAR, the Son-of-STAR checks, and school aid that is called school aid (that is including all funds expended THIS YEAR in CASH (not permission to borrow) to pay for, or offset local taxes raised for, public elementary and secondary education), what is NYC's share, and what is the share for the rest of the state, this year, and what will they be next year?
The 2005 data on actual expenditures has been released by the New York State Department of Education. It is the latest actual data about the past now available. If I have to wait for early 2010 talk about this budget and to describe what happened to NYC's schools in the wake of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity decision in 2008, I will. And no, I won't forget.