Advocacy

As you may be aware, the Governor's 2010-2011 Executive Budget and the more recent Assembly version propose a freeze in the school aid database that will significantly impact current year aid for special education services. NYSASBO, through the Government Relations Committee, has prepared the sample letter below that we encourage you to use in contacting your legislators. Please use the text as a guide and insert your district's specific impact.  read more »

Ever since the Legislature passed the deficit reduction plan last week, Governor Paterson has repeatedly stated that the $2.7 billion included in the plan is insufficient to balance the current state budget or to meet its cash flow needs and has threatened to withhold State Aid payments to schools coming due on December 15th. A limited delay of the payment that includes general aid, excess cost and VLT would be difficult but potentially understandable - an undefined delay that could drag beyond the school year would be devastating for many districts and very likely illegal.  read more »

The third week of special session may have passed with no agreement on mid-year cuts, but every day that goes by without a deal on a deficit reduction plan presents another opportunity for school aid to wind up on the chopping block.  read more »

NYSASBO has been conducting a survey of the salaries paid to school business officials since 1988. The information you provide on this survey, compiled with those of hundreds of others, allows us to present an accurate reflection of the compensation paid to school business officials across the State. The results will assist NYSASBO in its efforts to provide a more informed and effective representation of the profession.

Click here to submit your Salary Survey online.

As times change, professions evolve. The characteristics that define many professions – such as what professionals need to do, and what they need to know – are much different now than they were just a few years ago. This is certainly true of the school business management profession. For good or bad, the mold of the profession will be cast by those who have a strong interest and stake in what it will look like.  read more »

As important issues affecting school district finances reach critical mass, NYSASBO has prepared the two attached advocacy letters for members to use in communicating with policymakers.

The first is a letter opposes the Mobility Tax component of the MTA bailout plan. We especially urge school business officials in Westchester County to contact Senator Suzi Oppenheimer. Her position is critical in the ultimate resolution of the MTA issue.  read more »

The 2008-2009 NYSASBO Policy Agenda includes the following provisions.

Reserves and Fund Balance  read more »