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Amherst Central board to follow resolutions committee recommendations, will vote separately on two items
Summary
Board members agreed to align their votes with the resolutions committee for most items but pulled resolution 22 (financial literacy) and resolution 25 (state tax/funding question) for separate consideration, asking staff to supply clarifying information before final votes.
The Amherst Central School District board on Thursday reviewed a packet of resolutions and voted to follow the resolutions committee’s recommendations for most items while pulling two measures for separate votes. Speaker 6, who led the discussion of the packet, said the board would vote along the committee’s recommendations for amendments 1–3 and resolutions 1–34, but would treat resolution 22 and resolution 25 as separate questions.
The discussion focused on two items. Resolution 22 calls for adding financial literacy to the statewide curriculum and accompanying funding; several board members said they supported the idea in principle but questioned whether curriculum decisions should be driven by the Legislature or by the New York State Education Department. “I would want it to be in NYSED,” said Speaker 4, urging caution about legislator-led curriculum. Speaker 5 said the board should press for “additional state funding to support implementation” if a new expectation is adopted.
Resolution 25 addresses a statewide tax/revenue question, including whether wealthier taxpayers should pay a larger share to support education. Some trustees said the proposal may be beyond the local board’s purview and noted the resolution’s language was broad and ambiguous about how funds would be allocated to individual districts.
Speaker 6 summarized the board’s plan: to align with the resolutions committee recommendations except for the two pulled items, which will be discussed and voted on separately at the district’s delegation or voting meeting. No formal, roll-call vote on the resolutions packet was recorded in the public transcript; board members asked for more detail on the two pulled resolutions before casting final votes.
The discussion referenced the resolutions committee’s packet and the committee’s rationale pages, which members said were linked in the meeting agenda. Mr. Croft was named in the transcript as the district delegate who will attend the voting meeting on October 16. The board requested that staff provide clarifying materials about state funding implications and any recommended language changes to inform the district’s final vote.
Next steps: staff will provide a briefing on the two pulled resolutions and the board will record its official vote at the delegated voting meeting.
