The largest expense in the state’s $221 billion annual budget, school spending has long drawn scrutiny, Joe Spector reports.
New York is sending $34 billion to its schools this year between state and federal aid, a 6.7 percent increase from last school year and 89 percent above the national average on a per-pupil basis, a report out today found.
The findings from the Citizens Budget Commission, the business-backed group, contend that even with record school spending in New York that outpaces any state in the nation, there are still disparities in funding between rich and poor districts, as well as significant achievement gaps.
