NYC DOE to spend $323M to prop up school budgets as enrollment drops

[Kamaji]

NYC DOE to spend $323M to prop up school budgets as enrollment drops

By Selim Algar
February 15, 2022

The Department of Education has allocated well over a quarter billion dollars to cover gaping school budget deficits tied to ongoing student enrollment declines, The Post has learned.

The DOE will give city public schools a total of $323 million dollars this year to help them cover basic costs — including teacher salaries, according to a memo released last week.

The mammoth expenditure “allocates funding to schools in order to offset budget declines resulting from the SY 2021-2022 mid-year adjustment,” according to the agency.

Since funding is calculated by student population, principals confronted with steep drops are unable to meet costs without additional funding.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/02/15/doe-finds-323m-for-school-budgets-amid-enrollment-drops/

[Kamaji]

Why?  The teachers' union, that's why.

Get rid of the union, reassign those who can be reassigned, terminate the rest, and save a cool quarter billion.

But no, instead, it gets wasted on welfare for useless "teachers".

[Wingnut]

Cut Admin staff jobs.

[Kamaji]

Cut Admin staff jobs.

Also union.  Good luck with that.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Public school student don't pay tuitions or taxes, so how can budget deficit be tied to lower enrollment?  They must carry too much overhead.

[Kamaji]

Public school student don't pay tuitions or taxes, so how can budget deficit be tied to lower enrollment?  They must carry too much overhead.

Because, as the article states, funding is determined based on enrollment.  Teacher contracts, however, are typically tied to tenure, not school staffing requirements.

[EdinVA]