The president of the Assembly of the State of New York, Carl Heastie, and the president of the Media and Arbitration Committee of the Assembly, J. Gary Pretlow, announced that the Assembly proposes as a budget of $ 256.5 billion for the state fiscal year (SFY) 2025-26 that will return money to the pockets of the New York and invest in critical programs that support the needs of our most populations that support the needs of our populations. Vulnerable.
“This proposed budget is an investment in New York families and in their future,” said President Heastie. “It will return money to the pockets of working New Yorkers, while making critical investments in education, higher education, housing, health and mental care, and will relieve the burden of our small businesses,” he added.
In this sense, Heastie and the president of the Education Committee, Michael Benedetto, announced that the budget proposed for the State Fiscal Year (AFE) 2025-26 of the Assembly provides $ 38.5 billion in funds for general support for public schools (GSPS, acronym in English), an increase of $ 2.7 billion compared to the 2024-25 school year (SY).
“” This proposed budget makes it clear that the majority of the Assembly is committed to providing our schools with the necessary tools to provide our children a world -class education, “said President Heastie.” These investments are fundamental to ensure that all our students have the opportunity to grow and prosper within the classroom, “he added.
“As an exmaestro, I understand the difficulties facing our teachers and support personnel in the classrooms throughout the State,” said Assemblyman Benedetto. “These investments will provide critical resources to our classrooms, allowing our schools to have the ability to continue providing educational opportunities for all students.”
The Assembly proposes $ 27 billion in the base funds, an increase of $ 2 billion compared to fiscal year 2024-25. This increase makes changes in the basic aid formula as follows:
– Update the Regional Cost Index (RCI, acronym in English) to be the largest of the 2006 index values or the updated values of 2024 for each of the nine regions;
– Increase the English language learning factor of the student’s needs index from 0.5 to 0.65;
– Reduce the floor of the food wealth index from 0.65 to 0 in three years; and
– Provide a minimum increase year after year in base funds of 2.9 percent.
The proposal of the State Assembly also provides critical funds to the pre -Kindergarten programs to ensure that all children receive the necessary resources to prosper with additional $ 327 million for pre -Kindergarten, $ 302 million to increase the minimum financing per student and $ 25 million for the State Pre -Kindergarten subsidy of the Full Universal Day (SUFDPK).
The assembly budget project also includes:
– $ 120 million for schools in reserves of American natives;
– Additional $ 3.4 million for schools for blind and deaf (4201 schools), for a total of $ 116.8 million;
– $ 57.9 million to start increasing the salary stop for smell instructors;
– $ 16.8 million for independent life centers;
– 9.8 million dollars for adult literacy; and
– $ 2.3 million to implement changes in the graduation measures of the Blue Ribbon Commission.
The My Brother’s Keeper initiative seeks to involve families and communities to provide professional, educational and development opportunities that seek to address the problems related to restorative justice and racial disparities in education.
In 2016, New York became the first state of the Nation to provide funds to My Brother’s Keeper, and the assembly seeks to provide additional $ 2 million, for a total of $ 30 million in fiscal year 2025-26.
Universal school lunch
The Assembly includes the proposal of the Executive to order the Department of State Education (SED, acronym in English) that demands schools that participate in the National School Lunches program that provide breakfast and lunch to students at no cost as of July 2025.
This proposal also requires that schools take the initiative to maximize federal funds for school meals.
New York State Museum
The Assembly proposes that 135 million dollars in funds for the museum, the library and the state archives are transferred from the Urban Development Corporation to SED.
In addition, the proposed budget includes the proposal of the Executive to require that the Commissioner of Education present a report to the Governor and the Legislature that contains data on the general operations of the Museum of the State of New York with modifications to provide the SED to develop more time to develop and produce the report.
