Beginning with the 2018-19 school year, Education Law §3614 requires school districts to annually submit to the Commissioner of Education and the Director of the Budget a detailed statement of the total funding allocation for each school in the district for the upcoming school budget year in a form developed by the director in consultation with the commissioner. The New York State School Funding Transparency Form is the outcome of this process.

In addition to submitting the form to New York State agencies, we are also required to post the form on the district website. In response to district's submission on August 17, 2022, we received the following message from NYS DOB on October 12, 2022:

"The Division of the Budget and State Education Department have determined your district's submission to be complete, in the required format, and therefore approved."

The form seeks to capture school districts’ methodologies and/or rationales for school-level funding determinations, including funding from state, local, and federal sources. In addition, the form surveys school districts’ projected centralized district costs, school-level student and staff information, and school-level allocations for various programs.

Beginning in 2020, all 673 school districts receiving Foundation Aid will be required to submit the New York State School Funding Transparency Form annually to the Division of the Budget and State Education Department.

View 2022-2023 Transparency Report