Cuts to school budgets as of Jan. 12, 2023 compared to last year total $823 million net
January 12, 2023
Yesterday, we re-ran the numbers on the Galaxy cuts to schools for this year, and the total net cuts at this point compared to last year are now at $823 million. Fully 86% of schools have experienced cuts to their budgets totaling $893 million, averaging about $655,000 each. See the table below. To see how much funding your school has lost, you can check out the spreadsheet here.
The NYC Comptroller’s figures, which have been widely cited by reporters and officials, only reflect the cuts to Fair Student Funding, NOT the cuts to entire school budgets, which have been far more extensive.