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Meeting of the Board of Regents | July 2003

Tuesday, July 1, 2003 - 11:00pm

 

THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

TO:

The Honorable the Members of the Board of Regents

FROM:

James A. Kadamus

COMMITTEE:

Full Board

TITLE OF ITEM:

Materials for July Meeting

DATE OF SUBMISSION:

June 19, 2003

PROPOSED HANDLING:

Discussion

RATIONALE FOR ITEM:

Policy Development

STRATEGIC GOAL:

Goal 2

AUTHORIZATION(S):

SUMMARY:

In order to begin discussion of plans for your 2004-05 State Aid proposal, I provide you with two items:

  • A discussion report on the context for this year�s State Aid proposal and possible goals (Attachment A);
  • A schedule of reports planned for the development of this year�s proposal (Attachment B).

This initial discussion of goals by the Full Board provides important direction to staff that guides the development of the proposal throughout the process. I look forward to a fruitful discussion.

Attachments

Schedule of Reports and Topics

Development of the

Regents Proposal on State Aid

to School Districts for School Year 2004-05

Subcommittee on State Aid

 

Date

Reports/Topics

June 2003

Update on State budget

Overview of State Aid to school districts

Update on the Education Finance Research Consortium

July 2003

Reaffirm Regents goals for the 2004-05 proposal

September 2003

Proposal introduction

Student need, achievement and spending

October 2003

Meeting of Education Finance Advisory Group

October 2003

Data issues

Review proposal directions

November 2003

Meeting of Education Finance Advisory Group

November 2003

Review draft of conceptual proposal

December 2003

Public Hearing on the Regents draft conceptual proposal on State Aid to school districts for school year 2003-04

December 2003

Action on final proposal with the dollar amount recommended and the overall distribution of aid

January 2004 � April 2004

Legislative advocacy