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Superintendent urges participation in NYSED regionalization process, summarizes Rockefeller Institute foundation-aid study
Summary
Marlboro superintendent reviewed New York State Education Department regionalization work and the Rockefeller Institute’s Foundation Aid study, stressing that completing the strength-and-needs tool preserves the district’s ability to advocate for funding and that several recommendations could affect local aid, reserves and tax-levy calculations.
The Marlboro Central School District superintendent, Mike, told the board the district completed the state 'strength and needs' tool and intends to participate in locally developed regionalization planning coordinated through Orange–Ulster BOCES to keep a "seat at the table" as New York State shapes future funding and regulatory recommendations.
The superintendent said the strength-and-needs survey is "voluminous" and documents historical and current district data. He urged participation so the district could list funding gaps and priorities that the State Education Department (NYSED) may use to shape budget and legislative proposals. "If your district is not named as being part of any part of the plan, then you're not…
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