Will Gov. Kathy Hochul attempt to update decades-old NYS school aid formula?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : It is the single-largest source of financial support for public schools in the state, sending billions of dollars to Nassau and Suffolk counties alone.
58% : Schools are now providing meals and clothing and meeting other social and emotional needs of students, she said.
54% : Hochul entered her fourth full year in office with lackluster polling, some of which political analysts say is due to widespread anti-incumbent sentiment nationally.
54% : The state's financial plan estimates an additional $1 billion increase in education spending in the upcoming year, while State Education Department estimates show a $1.7 billion year-over-year increase, with $1.4 billion increase in Foundation Aid, if the formula runs as currently written.Assembly Education Committee Chairman Michael Benedetto (D-Bronx), said he will have to take a look at the governor's proposal, and then there will likely be hearings on any proposed changes.
50% : ALBANY -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is slated to release her state budget proposal on Tuesday and the big question on the minds of state education leaders and advocates is whether she will update the nearly two-decade old method of allocating school funding.
45% : Ending save harmless would be "very dangerous" to many schools on Long Island and around the state, said Senate Education Committee chairwoman Shelley Mayer (D-Yonkers), adding that it's a "nonstarter" for her.Harding, however, hopes Hochul will phase it out because it "really reinforces the disparity and the inequity in state-level funding," she said.

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