January 16, 2020
“Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
TWO MORE WEEKS UNTIL OUR NYS LEGISLATORS COME TO THE TABLE
Join your NYS legislators in a conversation featuring regional issues and the Governor's proposed budget (which will be released next week). Next year's Foundation Aid, time-off for voting requirements, regional cost, and flexible funds for student safety will be among the hot topics of the evening. Join us at the Legislative Forum on January 30th - (you can register directly with the link below) and let's make education a priority for the lawmakers who call the shots in NYS.
IT'S SCHOOL SMART TIME
START SCHOOL LATER. Hear from a panel of administrators who successfully changed the time school starts to address student health and safety concerns. This workshop and breakfast event on February 13th will bring to light the why's and how's of starting the school day later (so ask your district clerk to sign you up).
TAX CAP CPI NUMBER RELEASED
THE NYS COMPTROLLER HAS ANNOUNCED THE CPI NUMBER used as the base of each district's tax cap calculation. Sadly, that number is only 1.81% for the coming year, below the 2% used last year. We will all have to look at this year's books with an even more critical and fiscally cautious eye.
CENSUS 2020 FUN FACT
For the first Census, 650 men on horseback were dispatched to go door-to-door around the original 13 states.
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