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Senator Lopez [Video]

Senator Lopez [Video]
Assemblyman Peter D. Lopez on the floor of the NYS Assembly Assemblyman Peter D. Lopez references SSFC and Dr. Rick Timbs during the budget debate just prior to the April 1st, 2014  deadline.   The Assemblyman quotes the data that shows many of New York's schools in dire straights after years of being short changed due…
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’15-16 Budget Response

’15-16 Budget Response
  Dr. Rick Timbs responds to the 2015-16 New York State budget. Dr. Timbs shares his thoughts.       CLICK HERE for response from SSFC Executive Director Dr. Rick Timbs.
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SENATE BUDGET RESOLUTION SELLS OUT SSFC’s CHILDREN

SENATE BUDGET RESOLUTION SELLS OUT SSFC's CHILDREN Senate Proposal Chooses Big Bucks for NYC Pre-K at Expense of Meaningful GEA Cuts that are Killing Our Schools! Senate Also Sides with Charter Schools Over Public Education! Where are the Senators that Represent SSFC's 420 School Districts? Yesterday the Senate released a devastating state budget resolution for…
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Fiscal Stress

Fiscal Stress
SCHOOL DISTRICT FISCAL STRESS: In the Spotlight at The Rockefeller Institute   Dr. Rick Timbs joined leading public education policy leaders as a panelist and presenter at this important public forum in Albany. Listen to the full audio presentation and download the individual presentations made by panelists. Now available for you to download and use in…
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SENATOR VALESKY

SENATOR VALESKY
Equity on Radar of NY Senate Power-Sharing Experiment SEN VALESKY- IDC on radar of Senate Power Sharing Effort The leadership-sharing pact reached recently by state Senate Republicans and five breakaway Democrats could be a breath of fresh air for struggling low-wealth, high needs schools. Sen. David Valesky (D-Oneida), one of the members of the Independent…
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Submitted Videos

Submitted Videos
Videos can be a highly effective advocacy tool! (Please send us your videos. We would love to feature them on our website and throughout our network) These videos, created by students, school district leaders and stakeholders, make COMPELLING CASES for a "level playing field'' in public education funding in New York State. Do you have…
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SSFC RESPONSE

SSFC RESPONSE
This is the SSFC response to Governor Cuomo's budget proposal from the spring of 2013. CLICK HERE FOR OFFICIAL RESPONSE   click here for media coverage ___________________________________ UPDATED: STATE AID DATA This downloadable spreadsheet includes: March 2012 state aid runs; updated runs for November 2012 and current law runs for 2013-14. Study the data carefully, as…
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VIDEO CONFERENCE

VIDEO CONFERENCE
A video conference was held in the winter of 2013.  Here are the worksheets, data and materials available from the workshop.     CLICK HERE FOR THE GEA AND FOUNDATION AID CLICK HERE FOR SCHOOL AID CHANGES IN THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE BUDGET PROPOSAL (plus talking points) CLICK HERE FOR GEA LOSS PER STUDENT, 2012-13 CLICK HERE FOR TOTAL STATE AID
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Merger Op Ed

Merger Op Ed
Read this merger Op-Ed by Herkimer County BOCES Super Mark Vivaqua published in the Observer Dispatch in Utica, NY. click here to read
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