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Education Speaks team members recently sat down with Statewide School Finance Consortium Executive Director Dr. Rick Timbs to talk about school funding in New York State. Here’s the third installment of this informative interview, which addresses the questions: Should certain districts to receive more state aid than others? Is financial mismanagement to blame?

Education Speaks team members recently sat down with Statewide School Finance Consortium Executive Director Dr. Rick Timbs to talk about school funding in New York State. Here’s the second installment of this informative interview, addressing the questions: What exactly is the Statewide School Finance Consortium and what does it hope to achieve? What additional reforms can be made to improve New York’s school finance system? Is school finance really an upstate vs. downstate issue?

Education Speaks team members recently sat down with Statewide School Finance Consortium Executive Director Dr. Rick Timbs to talk about school funding in New York State. Here’s the first installment of this informative interview, addressing the question, “What is wrong with the current funding formula for education in New York State?”

Recently, the State Education Department announced its list of “Schools in Need of Improvement,” and Broadalbin-Perth Middle School was on the list. We know that our residents – especially parents of students who attend the middle school or will soon be attending the middle school – have a lot of questions about this designation. Some of the most frequently asked questions are provided here. Read more »

In this first year of New York’s property tax cap, details about its provisions and implementation continue to evolve. This publication, developed by the Capital Region BOCES Communications Service and Questar III’s State Aid Planning and Communications Services, answers some questions that parents, taxpayers and school staff members may have, based on what we currently know about the tax cap. School districts like Broadalbin-Perth await further clarification about the law from the Office of the State Comptroller, Department of Taxation and Finance, State Education Department, Division of the Budget and the Governor’s office. We’ll provide additional details about the tax cap as soon as they are known. Read more »

Our country’s public education system is complex and can be confusing. The help demystify it, the Broadalbin-Perth Board of Education is providing a series of fact sheets designed to help residents better understand key parts of the system, as well as current issues that are affecting Broadalbin-Perth schools. This fact sheet on mandates is the first in the series. Read more »

In this first year of New York’s property tax cap, information about its provisions and implementation continues to evolve. This publication answers some questions that parents, taxpayers and school staff members may have, based on what is known as of this printing. School districts continue to await further clarification from the Office of the State Comptroller, Department of Taxation and Finance, State Education Department, Division of the Budget and the Governor’s office. As additional details become available, your school district will share them with the public. Read more »

The Board of Education is dedicated to keeping the public involved in our efforts to achieve mandate reform and we know that many of you are interested in helping but don't know where to start.
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After years of debate, the New York State Legislature has passed a law establishing a cap on the property tax levy that local municipalities, including school districts, can raise each year. Read more »