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Press Center
Tue, Feb 15, 2011
CFE and AQE Testimony: Governor Cuomo's Budget Takes Back 100% of Remaining CFE Funds Statewide
In testimony before the NY State Assembly and Senate regarding Gov. Cuomo’s proposed education budget CFE and AQE presented a graph detailing how the Governor’s budget would remove the dollars under the 2007 settlement of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity.... Read the full story here.
Mon, Feb 14, 2011
Education Coalition to Governor Cuomo: Budget Would “Wipe Out” CFE Funding
ALBANY--A coalition of eight education organizations, led by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) which successfully sued New York State over adequate school funding, delivered a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo asserting that his would “wipe out” CFE funding... Read the full story here.
Press Release Archive
CFE In The News
Mon, Mar 7, 2011
AQE: Budget worse than we thought.
Well, maybe not worse than previously thought, but the Alliance for Quality Education’s Billy Easton... Read the full story here.
Tue, Mar 1, 2011
Robert Jackson Leads Protest Against Gov.'s Education Cuts
Jackson says: This budget would take back every dollar in CFE funding ever delivered by the state.” The CFE lawsuit was finally resolved in 2007 by the courts with the enactment of a four-year commitment to increase school aid statewide... Read the full story here.
Fri, Feb 18, 2011
Robert Jackson Letter to Lt. Gov. Duffy
Original CFE Plaintiff, New York City Council Education Chair Robert Jackson, calls on Lt. Governor Duffy to retract the charge that those who seek education increases do not have the best interests of the children in mind.... Read the full story here.
Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Analysis: The other side of NY's budget 'sham'
Read the full story here.
Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Geri Palast in Pressconnects.com
Read the full story here.
Tue, Feb 15, 2011
CFE and Gov. Cuomo's School Cuts
Read the full story here.
Mon, Feb 14, 2011
CFE...Cuomo is Shortchanging Schools
Read the full story here.
Tue, Feb 8, 2011
AQE Launches Video Contest
Read the full story here. HERE for submission details.">
Reports & Research Archive
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AQE: Budget worse than we thought.
Albany Times Union 03/07/11
Robert Jackson Leads Protest Against Gov.'s Education Cuts
Manhattan Times - Community News 03/01/11
Robert Jackson Letter to Lt. Gov. Duffy
See Letter Here 02/18/11
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Statewide Lobby Day, March 9, 2011 - Where: Albany... For more info...
Guide to the 2007-2008 New York State Education Budget and Reform Law,
including amendments
- Prioritize high need students and schools
- Provide transparency and accountability
- Require public input in development and review of Contract proposal
- Direct funds to specific program categories
- Tie funding to performance targets
Parents from across the state march on the Capitol in Albany to show support for CFE.
CFE v. State of New York In 2006, after 13 years in the Courts, the New York State Court of Appeals affirmed the right of every public school student in New York to the opportunity for a sound basic education and the state’s responsibility to adequately fund this right, but deferred to the Governor and the Legislature to determine the appropriate amount. more >
