The 2011 state budget cut $1.3 billion from school classrooms across New York. In enacting these cuts, students in poor districts lost the most.
The cuts in poor districts were three times as large as those in wealthy districts (see Methodology section for a description of the calculations and definitions).
To put these cuts in perspective, cuts in poor districts of $843 per pupil amounts to a cut of $21,075 for a classroom of 25 students.
Cuts in average wealth districts, below average wealth...
The 2011 state budget cut $1.3 billion from school classrooms across New York. In enacting these cuts, students in poor districts lost the most.
The cuts in poor districts were three times as large as those in wealthy districts (see Methodology section for a description of the calculations and definitions).
To put these cuts in perspective, cuts in poor districts of $843 per pupil amounts to a cut of $21,075 for a classroom of 25 students.
Cuts in average wealth districts, below average wealth...
