Education

The Push for So Called “Free College”

October 18, 2017. In a radio interview with Sarah Schweinsberg, David Dyssegaard Kallick, FPI's Deputy Director and Director of Immigration Research, discusses Governor Cuomo's Excelsior Scholarship Program. Governor Cuomo expresses that college is a necessity. While people have praised the program, some have expressed concerns. It has been referred to as a last dollar grant, only covering what state and federal grants do not. This mostly helps middle class students, who do not qualify for programs helping low income families. This does not help with the [...]

2024-12-18T12:26:38-05:00October 18th, 2017|Education, FPI in the News|
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New York’s Public Colleges: An Engine for Economic Mobility

August 23, 2017 Brent Kramer, PhD, Senior Economist kramer@fiscalpolicy.org   Public Colleges Lift Low-Income Students Into the Middle Class Investing in Public Colleges Essential to Boost Economic Mobility Earning a four-year college degree is now considered essential for achieving a “middle-class” lifestyle, even as many new graduates have trouble landing good, full-time jobs in a weak labor market. Despite the weak labor market, graduates still have better chances of finding good jobs than do their peers without degrees. The Fiscal Policy Institute examined the economic [...]

2024-12-18T12:26:39-05:00August 23rd, 2017|Education, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|
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New York State Economic and Fiscal Outlook FY 2017

February 3, 2016. In its 26th annual New York State budget briefing book, the Fiscal Policy Institute analyzes and comments on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s FY 2017 Executive Budget. The Executive Budget advances some bold and progressive proposals that well reflect the values and needs of New Yorkers. In particular, the governor has shown great leadership and vision in forcefully advocating for a first-in-the nation statewide $15 minimum wage. If enacted, the minimum wage increase would lift the incomes of 3.2 million New Yorkers who desperately [...]

2024-12-18T12:27:02-05:00February 3rd, 2016|City Budget, Economic Outlook, Economic Trends & Policy, Education, Healthcare, Labor Market & Workforce, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy, State Budget, Tax Policy|
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Comparison of the Executive, Assembly, and Senate Education Proposals FY 2015-2016

March 24, 2015. The governor’s Executive Budget proposal would increase school aid by $1.07 billion. The increase in school aid is contingent on passage of a package of changes to teacher evaluation, tenure, and other procedures called the Education Opportunity Agenda. The budget also includes an Education Tax Credit which would provide a large credit for donations to schools and the Dream Act which would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children. The Assembly’s proposed budget would increase school [...]

2024-12-18T12:27:05-05:00March 24th, 2015|Education, Migration, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy, State Budget, Tax & Budget|
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Policy Brief: Schools and Poverty

March 17, 2015. The state can improve low-performing schools and help students who face learning barriers by increasing funding for key education programs and poverty-fighting efforts. Proposals by the governor and the legislature are a start, but still fall short of what is needed. In a report issued in February, the state identified 178 schools in 17 school districts as “priority” or “failing” schools. These schools score in the bottom 5 percent in student proficiency tests or have low graduation rates, or both. The school [...]

2024-12-18T12:27:05-05:00March 17th, 2015|Education, Social Policy, State Budget|
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Policy Brief: Education Tax Credit

March 2, 2015. The Executive Budget includes an Education Tax Credit (ETC) that would provide individuals and businesses with a substantial credit against income taxes owed for donations to private and public schools, or scholarship organizations. The governor’s legislation proposes a 75 percent credit rate, with individual credit amounts capped at $1 million. Any unused credit could be carried over to a subsequent year. Both businesses and individuals would be eligible to receive the credit on personal or corporate income tax returns. Total credits would [...]

2024-12-18T12:27:05-05:00March 2nd, 2015|Education, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy, State Budget, Tax & Budget, Tax Policy|
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Testimony at the New York City Council Education and Women’s Issues Committees

February 11, 2014. James Parrott testified before the New York City Council Education and Women's Issues Committees on Feb. 11, 2014, on the subject of Mayor deBlasio's Universal Pre-Kindergarten and After-School Proposals. Parrott supported the notion that there should be a dedicated funding stream to pay for these proposals financed by an increase in the top rate on the City's personal income tax. He examined the proposed increase in historical perspective, reviewed the issue of migration in response to local and state tax differentials, and [...]

2024-12-18T12:27:27-05:00February 11th, 2014|Economic Trends & Policy, Education, Labor Market & Workforce, Social Policy, Tax & Budget, Tax Policy, Testimony|
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Major education organizations release analysis showing 64 percent of school districts face cuts in excess of $15,000 per classroom

February 22, 2009. The Fiscal Policy Institute joined with the Alliance for Quality Education and other groups to publicize the grim truth about Governor Paterson's $2.5 billion in school aid cuts. Nearly two thirds of school districts face cuts in excess of $15,000 per classroom, and sixty districts face cuts over $30,000 per classroom. Education committee chairwomen Assemblywoman Nolan and Senator Oppenheimer joined education advocates in calling for school aid restorations; the organizations called for fair share tax reform. Release with 14-page district-by-district analysis.

2025-04-04T14:27:43-04:00February 9th, 2009|City Budget, Education, Press Releases, Social Policy, State Budget, Tax & Budget|
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School Finance On Long Island: An Analysis of State and Local Funding Patterns

January 30, 2009. FPI researched and wrote this paper for the Rauch Foundation as a supplemental report to Long Island Index 2009, a study of how Long Island is faring as a region. The index includes reports on specific indicators selected to reflect region-wide impact and interests, and identifies emerging trends and gaps that should be addressed now to avoid future problems. FPI was also cited widely in another section of the Index, Long Island's Educational Structure. Read the paper - School Finance On Long [...]

2025-04-04T14:27:43-04:00January 30th, 2009|City Budget, Education, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy, Tax & Budget|
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New York’s Underinvestment in Public Higher Education

January 15, 2009. After more than a decade of financial support falling short of growing enrollment, the executive budget calls for cuts to SUNY and CUNY - at the same time that more students seek post-secondary opportunities during the economic downturn. Governor Paterson's proposed 2009-2010 budget features reductions in state aid to CUNY and SUNY, despite a projected increase in enrollment for 2009-2010. This report details the context for the cuts - a decade of underinvestment - and makes the economic case for supporting public [...]

2025-04-04T14:27:43-04:00January 15th, 2009|Education, Press Releases, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy, State Budget, Tax & Budget|
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Will Education Funding Promises be Broken?

February 14, 2008. FPI prepared the data for this report this report from the Alliance for Quality Education - showing that the proposed cuts in foundation aid in the executive budget disproportionately hurt students from poor households. The districts outside of New York City with the highest proportion of poverty (districts in which, on average, 60 percent of students live in poverty) face 20 percent of the proposed cuts despite having only 15 percent of all students in the state. New York City students (of [...]

2024-12-18T12:29:26-05:00February 14th, 2008|Education, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy, State Budget, Tax & Budget|
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Property Taxes on Long Island: Zeroing in on the Problems and Solutions

October 15, 2007. This report takes a fresh look at the property tax "crisis" and finds that: flawed evaluations have resulted in flawed solutions, taxpayers in poorer districts struggle the most, and voters in wealthy districts choose to pay for high quality schools while voters in poorer districts have a much higher rate of rejecting school budgets. Two oft-touted reforms have a negative impact on local control and school equity; circuit breaker reform in contrast can be well targeted to those who need relief most. [...]

2025-04-04T14:27:48-04:00October 15th, 2007|City Budget, Education, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy, Tax & Budget|
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Pre-K Investment Yields Bonuses for Children, Families, Communities and State and Federal Government

May 3, 2007. A new study from the Economic Policy Institute, Enriching Children, Enriching the Nation, was co-released in New York by FPI and Winning Beginning New York. The question asked is whether pre-K pays for itself - and the answer is remarkable. Pre-K pays for itself not once, not twice, but 12 times over! New York press release >>

2024-12-18T12:29:32-05:00May 3rd, 2007|Blog, Education, Press Releases, Social Policy|
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