• Welcome to the K-12 Financing Education Study
• FINANCING EDUCATION STUDY PART II

                Charter School Position 12/29/2006
                      

• Financing Education K-12 Board Meeting - 7/2006
• Information for Local Study Leaders
• Study Questions and Calendar
• Testimony
1. Financing Education Study Co-Chairs Testify at the February 6, 2006 Fiscal and Education Committee Hearings on the Executive Budget Proposal 2006-2007
• Bibliography
1. City School District Charter School Payments - 8/23/2006
   presented by Gary Crosby, Chief Financial Officer, Buffalo School District
2. Charter School Bibliography - 8/08/2006 
3. Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York (CFE)
4. How Does New York State Currently Finance Education
5. STAR
6. Financing the CFE Remedy
7. Gambling as a Means of Financing Education – coming soon
• Summaries of Materials Contained in Bibliography
  1. Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York—Rationale Behind the Updated Financing Education Study
  2. Money, Money-Who has the MONEY? How New York State gets its Money
  3. STAR
  4. Financing the CFE Remedy – coming soon
  5. The Charter School Debate--Full of Sound and Fury, But What Does It Signify? 9/07/2006
  6. Gambling as a Means of Financing Education – coming soon
• Supportive Materials
  1. Newsletter
  2. Annual Cost of Inadequate Education
  3. Stop STAR II January 2006 - Monthly Column by EFAP Director John Yinger
  4. Alternative Paths to Property Tax Relief - William Duncombe & John Yinger
• State Board Reports
  1. September 2005
  2. November 2005
• Voter Articles – coming soon
• Sample Articles for Local League Bulletins
  1. NYS Schools and CFE Litigation
  2. How NYS Funds Education and Why it Matters
• Events around the State
• Programs for Distribution to Local Leagues
• Preparing for Consensus
  1. Financing Education Discussion Leaders Guide - March 1997
• Consensus
1. Financing Education Study Part II- Charter School Consensus Questions 8/08/2006 
2. Consensus Discussion Guide 8/24/2006
3. Powerpoint Consensus Presentation - 9/14/2006
• Links
1. Campaign for Fiscal Equity
2. ITEP Report
3. Education Finance Accountability Program (EFAP)
4. District-by-District Display of 2005-06 School Aid - Enacted April 2005
5. Executive Budget Proposal for School Aid in 2006-07