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Contracts for Excellence: Invest in Good Practice

$428 Million In New Funding to: 55 Districts --- 1,547 Schools --- 1.1 million Enrolled Students

  • NYC set targets for class size reduction.

  • Buffalo extended the school day by adding 1 hour of instruction in 16 schools.

  • Rochester established dual enrollment program for dropouts to earn both a high school diploma and college credits.

  • Carthage created small learning communities and 9th grade academies to ease the transition to a challenging pre-collegiate high school program.

  • South Colonie adopted Response to Intervention (RTI) programs to improve achievement and reduce inappropriate referrals to special education.

 

Allocations by Allowable Program
(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

New York City

Rest of State

Class Size Reduction

$152,671

$40,457

Time on Task

$48,307

$62,792

Teacher and Principal Quality Initiative

$39,799

$17,821

Middle School and High School Restructuring

$16,894

$38,232

Full-Day Kindergarten or Prekindergarten

$182

$6,488

Experimental Programs

$0

$4,316


Support Executive's Proposal

  • Multi-year plans

  • Flexibility for districts showing improvement

  • Strengthened support for limited English Proficient students

Department's Year 2 Work

  • Monitor expenditures and compliance

  • Provide technical assistance

  • Conduct annual assessment of performance outcomes