Earlier we reported that 132 New York City parent-teacher associations granted nearly $13 million to their school budgets in school year 2017-2018. Now we answer the question: how were the funds spent?
Our data detailing school spending since 1990 has been updated and now features interactive charts and graphs. It includes information on per pupil spending, revenue sources, and school debt service and pension costs.
Are children born later in the year more likely to be identified as students with disabilities than children born in earlier months? Amy Zimmer of Chalkbeat asked and IBO explored the data.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: Although the Governor’s budget would increase state aid for schools by over $800 million, the city’s share is less than the Mayor had expected in the Preliminary Budget for 2021.
PUBLIC SCHOOL INDICATORS: We’ve updated two sections of this resource--the section on school funding and spending and the one on crowding in school buildings.
This New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO) fiscal brief addresses the initiatives taken to tackle the disproportionate spending on students and general education in schools. The report includes the plan for the new funding formula as well as the impact and responses it has created. Also provided are data and analyses addressing the school system, general spending patterns in schools, the model for the spending changes, and other demographic related information.
FOCUS ON HE EXECUTIVE BUDGET: State aid for New York City schools has been cut in the budget recently passed in Albany, and may fall further as the year continues.
FOCUS ON THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET: The Mayor’s savings plan for next year includes nearly $475 million in cuts to the education department—68 percent of the reductions target funding for general education classrooms.
This has been a difficult school year, perhaps most difficult for students living in neighborhoods hardest hit by Covid. At the request of WNYC we have looked at attendance figures for schools, with a focus on schools in these hard-hit neighborhoods.
We’ve updated our charts on education department spending. The update now chart spending per student, enrollment, sources of funding, and other details from 1990 through 2020
]Roughly 150,000 special education students in New York City schools receive speech therapy and other “related services.” Many students are supposed to receive one or more services multiple times a week. With hybrid schedules, how many can receive their services in person?
How have the shares of New York City 3- and 4-year olds enrolled in public preschool, private preschool, and not enrolled at all changed since the de Blasio Administration rolled out its universal preschool programs?
IBO Assistant Director Sarita Subramanian's testimony to the New York City Council on the city’s Fiscal Year 2023 Adopted Budget’s impact on school budgets.
Using student-level data, IBO tracked how many students enrolled in the 2019-2020 school year, when Covid-19 first hit, returned in the following (2020-2021) school year.
NYC is set to receive $7.3b in federal education aid from the 2 most recent stimulus acts, the CRRSA & ARPA. IBO details their planned uses and examines how much is budgeted for initiatives that will likely continue after federal funding stops.
New York City by the Numbers: In fall 2019, the New York City Department of Education capped most school suspensions at 20 days; IBO examines the potential impacts of the policy change.
There are many complications to reopening schools in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. One of them is the basic question of whether the city’s public schools have enough physical capacity to accommodate students and teachers while social distancing.
LETTER: The city’s public schools are set to open next week (9/21/2020) with more than the usual number of teachers and the need for many safeguards. Council Member Mark Treyger asked us what this will cost.
In SY 2014-15 the NYC DOE centralized its kindergarten admissions process to make it more equitable. IBO analyzes how the centralized process works and how its outcomes compare for students of different demographics.
Kindergarteners attending public school in NYC must apply through DOE’s centralized kindergarten choice process. While most students apply to zoned school, they can also apply to out-of-zone schools. School performance is likely a factor in a family’s decision to apply out-of-zone.
IBO examines the demographic differences at each step of the gifted admissions process when the test was still in place—for students entering kindergarten in the 2018-2019 school year.
Over the past few months IBO participated as a non-voting observer on a task force to provide independent information and analysis. As part of that process, IBO simulated the fiscal impact of the task force’s top five recommendations. This presentation provides the results of those simulations.
On 1/26/23 the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Children & Families held a hearing on childcare in the state. IBO Assistant Director Sarita Subramanian submitted testimony on the city’s early childhood programs.
IBO Assistant Director Sarita Subramanian's testimony on the city’s early childhood programs, focusing on funding for the city’s 3-K programs, as well as the pace of the city payments to contracted to 3-K and Pre-K providers.
IBO's testimony to the New York City Council Oversight hearing on immigrant students in New York City Public Schools, with a focus on English Language Learner status.
To help New Yorkers and elected officials have a better understanding of the early childhood policy landscape IBO’s new report offers a detailed overview of the historical financial trends and policy shifts affecting Pre-K and 3-K programs.
This report is a mixed-method study which investigated the extent to which elementary students with disabilities were being recommended for more inclusive settings with their peers without disabilities in the New York City public school system.
A brief report summarizing the findings in "The Inflexibility of Special Education Recommendations: An Examination of Efforts to Educate Students in the Least Restrictive Environment."
Press release for the Independent Budget Office's report "The Inflexibility of Special Education Recommendations: An Examination of Efforts to Educate Students in the Least Restrictive Environment"
The New York City Independent Budget Office's press release for "The Specialized High School Admissions Pipeline." Lays out the main findings and link to the report.
A press release from the New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO) describing the main points of IBO's testimony to the Rockefeller Institute's hearing on New York State School Foundation Aid.
The New York City Independent Budget Office's report analyzing the Specialized High Schools Admissions process and whether admissions results are different by disability status.
DOI and SCI Issued a Report into Allegations That a Meeting Sponsored by Local 1182 Communications Wokers of America and Attended by The Mayor in July 2014 Improperly Exlcuded Members of the Press
DOI's findings of 14 members of the NYC Fire Department purchased bogus diplomas on the Internet and submitted them to the FDNY in an attempt to meet education requirements. The degrees were bought online from an entity that called itself "St. Regis University."
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.