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Trustee summarizes state aid committee report; ‘hold harmless’ and fund-balance proposals likely to dominate budget season
Summary
A board member summarized a state legislative committee report on school funding, highlighting possible changes to hold-harmless aid, fund-balance rules, growth aid, and STAR adjustments and urging caution about the report’s many independent recommendations.
A board member summarized a recently released state legislative committee report on school aid Wednesday and told the Bay Shore Union Free School District board that the report’s treatment of "hold harmless" funding and proposed fund-balance adjustments will likely dominate local budget conversations this year.
The presenter told the board the committee’s report — described as a wide-ranging, 314-page review — recommends reworking how state aid is calculated, suggests greater use of poverty data to drive funding and offers a menu of options rather than a single fix. "Save-harmless is the story this year," the…
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