Education Law Changes in the 2022-23 Enacted State Budget Requiring District Submission of Plans to Address Student Performance and Need
Background
Section 9-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, as amended by §5-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022 requires that, on or before July 1, 2022, every local educational agency (LEA) receiving funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding from the American Rescue Plan act of 2021 to post on its website and submit to the Department an updated plan of how such funds will be expended and how the LEA will prioritize spending on non-recurring expenses as defined in section 9-a(1) of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021. This updated plan must include:
- An analysis of public comment;
- Goals and Ratios for Pupil Support;
- Detailed Summaries of Investments in Current Year Activities; and
- Balance of funds spent in priority areas.
Section 10-d of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, as amended by §5-b of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, requires school districts receiving a foundation aid increase of more than 10% or $10,000,000 must create plans on how these funds will be used to address student performance and need. These plans must be completed, submitted to the Department, and posted to district websites prior to July 1 of 2021, 2022, and 2023. Full statutory language is included below. Each district subject to this requirement is required to:
- Seek public comment from parents, teachers, and other stakeholders
- Take public comments into account in the development of the plan
- Include an analysis of public comments within the plan
- Describe in the plan how the foundation aid increase will be used, including portions of the increase used to address any of seven listed areas
- Post the plan on the district website
- Submit the plan to the State Education Department in a form prescribed by the Department to be posted publicly
The list of school districts required to submit a plan aligned with the increase in foundation aid are included in this memo. It should be noted that this requirement does not obligate districts to spend additional foundation aid funds in specific ways, but does require districts to seek public comment and share plans on how they intend to spend these additional funds. Plans are required to cover ONLY the foundation aid increase. The plan should NOT cover how the district intends to use its entire foundation aid amount.
Plan Submission Process and Timeframe
School districts and other LEAs will be required to submit their plans via a survey that will be published in the SED Monitoring and Vendor Performance System. You will need to complete the following steps to access the survey:
1. Go to the Business Portal http://portal.nysed.gov
2. Click on the "Log In" button
3. Enter your username and password
4. Click on "SED Monitoring and Vendor Performance System" under My Applications
5. Select "View Surveys for the Office of ESSA-Funded Programs"
6. Find the survey titled "State Budget Reporting and Foundation Aid Survey "
7. Click on 'view' to begin/continue to input information
If you have questions around the Foundation Aid plan, please reach out to ssftf@nysed.gov. If you have questions around this ARP plan, please reach out to caresact@nysed.gov.
Statutory language
§5-a of Part A of Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2022
(1) On or before July 1, 2021, every local educational agency receiving funding from the elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund allocated by the American rescue plan act of 2021 shall be required to post on its website a plan by school year of how such funds will be expended and how the local educational agency will prioritize spending on non-recurring expenses in the areas of: safely returning students to in-person instruction; maximizing in-person instruction time; operating schools and meeting the needs of students; purchasing educational technology; addressing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on students, including the impacts of interrupted instruction and learning loss and the impacts on low-income students, children with disabilities, English language learners, and students experiencing homelessness; implementing evidence-based strategies to meet students' social, emotional, mental health, and academic needs; offering evidence-based summer, afterschool, and other extended learning and enrichment programs; and supporting early childhood education. Provided further, that local educational agencies shall identify any programs utilizing such funding that are expected to continue beyond the availability of such federal funds and identify local funds that will be used to maintain such programs in order to minimize disruption to core academic and other school programs. Before posting such plan, the local educational agency shall seek public comment from parents, teachers and other stakeholders on the plan and take such comments into account in the development of the plan.
(2) On or before July 1, 2022, every local educational agency receiving funding from the elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund allocated by the American rescue plan act of 2021 shall be required to post on its website an updated plan as described in subdivision one of this section. This updated plan shall include an analysis of public comments, goals and ratios for pupil support, detailed summaries of investments in current year initiatives, and balance funds spent in priority areas. The local educational agency shall submit such plan to the state education Department in a form prescribed by the Department, and the Department shall post all of the collected plans on its website.
§5-b of Part A of Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2022
For the 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years, each school district receiving a foundation aid increase of more than: (i) ten percent; or (ii) ten million dollars in a school year shall, on or before July 1 of each school year, post to the district's website a plan by school year of how such funds will be used to address student performance and need, including but not limited to:
(i) increasing graduation rates and eliminating the achievement gap;
(ii) reducing class sizes;
(iii) providing supports for students who are not meeting, or at risk of not meeting, state learning standards in core academic subject areas;
(iv) addressing student social-emotional health;
(v) providing adequate resources to English language learners, students with disabilities; and students experiencing homelessness;
(vi) goals and ratios for pupil support; and
(vii) detailed summaries of investments in current year initiatives and balance funds spent in priority areas.
Prior to posting such plan, each school district shall seek public comment from parents, teachers and other stakeholders on the plan, take such comments into account in the development of the plan, and include an analysis of the public comments within the plan.
The district shall submit such plan to the state education Department in a form prescribed by the Department, and the Department shall post all of the collected plans on its website.
Districts Required to Complete Foundation Aid Plans to Address Student Performance and Need
Plans for the 2022-23 school year must be submitted by July 1, 2022.
| District |
Greater than $10,000,000 |
Greater than 10% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
010100 |
ALBANY |
$ 14,946,366 |
16% |
140201 |
AMHERST |
$ 2,808,983 |
30% |
580106 |
AMITYVILLE |
$ 3,837,242 |
19% |
270100 |
AMSTERDAM |
$ 5,305,947 |
15% |
660405 |
ARDSLEY |
$ 1,793,003 |
39% |
131601 |
ARLINGTON |
$ 7,797,061 |
19% |
050100 |
AUBURN |
$ 3,387,853 |
10% |
240101 |
AVON |
$ 921,685 |
14% |
280210 |
BALDWIN |
$ 6,154,154 |
28% |
420901 |
BALDWINSVILLE |
$ 4,106,133 |
14% |
521301 |
BALLSTON SPA |
$ 2,288,935 |
11% |
401301 |
BARKER |
$ 973,727 |
16% |
580501 |
BAY SHORE |
$ 10,939,303 |
29% |
280207 |
BELLMORE |
$ 316,199 |
11% |
280253 |
BELLMORE-MERRICK |
$ 4,336,308 |
26% |
010306 |
BETHLEHEM |
$ 1,571,992 |
11% |
280521 |
BETHPAGE |
$ 3,252,861 |
36% |
661905 |
BLIND BROOK-RYE |
$ 371,908 |
22% |
580512 |
BRENTWOOD |
$ 56,116,764 |
22% |
480601 |
BREWSTER |
$ 3,147,729 |
27% |
260101 |
BRIGHTON |
$ 2,946,142 |
29% |
140600 |
BUFFALO |
$ 34,974,010 |
6% |
280411 |
CARLE PLACE |
$ 469,517 |
13% |
480102 |
CARMEL |
$ 2,908,737 |
16% |
580233 |
CENTER MORICHES |
$ 2,515,648 |
27% |
580513 |
CENTRAL ISLIP |
$ 22,300,044 |
24% |
140701 |
CHEEKTOWAGA |
$ 3,321,184 |
29% |
030701 |
CHENANGO VALLEY |
$ 1,559,465 |
14% |
440201 |
CHESTER |
$ 1,460,150 |
29% |
261501 |
CHURCHVILLE CHILI |
$ 2,423,322 |
10% |
500101 |
CLARKSTOWN |
$ 6,100,037 |
25% |
140703 |
CLEVELAND HILL |
$ 1,742,816 |
17% |
010500 |
COHOES |
$ 2,469,598 |
14% |
510501 |
COLTON PIERREP |
$ 342,839 |
18% |
580105 |
COPIAGUE |
$ 11,234,459 |
24% |
440301 |
CORNWALL |
$ 3,356,119 |
24% |
660202 |
CROTON HARMON |
$ 735,871 |
28% |
580107 |
DEER PARK |
$ 4,327,179 |
19% |
660403 |
DOBBS FERRY |
$ 858,936 |
27% |
130502 |
DOVER |
$ 1,868,793 |
18% |
060800 |
DUNKIRK |
$ 3,237,624 |
14% |
420401 |
EAST SYRACUSE-MINOA |
$ 2,846,168 |
15% |
260801 |
EAST IRONDEQUOIT |
$ 3,089,934 |
18% |
140301 |
EAST AURORA |
$ 1,071,048 |
19% |
490301 |
EAST GREENBUSH |
$ 1,953,757 |
11% |
280203 |
EAST MEADOW |
$ 5,807,246 |
18% |
580917 |
EAST QUOGUE |
$ 114,281 |
13% |
500402 |
EAST RAMAPO |
$ 7,632,255 |
16% |
280402 |
EAST WILLISTON |
$ 626,759 |
31% |
660301 |
EASTCHESTER |
$ 1,963,226 |
36% |
660406 |
EDGEMONT |
$ 985,729 |
39% |
070902 |
ELMIRA HEIGHTS |
$ 1,117,835 |
13% |
280216 |
ELMONT |
$ 2,871,141 |
14% |
660409 |
ELMSFORD |
$ 835,332 |
35% |
061101 |
FALCONER |
$ 1,491,668 |
14% |
590501 |
FALLSBURG |
$ 3,585,996 |
21% |
280522 |
FARMINGDALE |
$ 3,401,181 |
15% |
421001 |
FAYETTEVILLE |
$ 2,826,290 |
25% |
280222 |
FLORAL PARK |
$ 1,305,738 |
32% |
442115 |
FLORIDA |
$ 688,207 |
18% |
280217 |
FRANKLIN SQUARE |
$ 1,883,443 |
27% |
280209 |
FREEPORT |
$ 15,475,803 |
23% |
060301 |
FREWSBURG |
$ 1,096,637 |
13% |
141604 |
FRONTIER |
$ 2,459,964 |
10% |
280218 |
GARDEN CITY |
$ 684,863 |
16% |
430700 |
GENEVA |
$ 2,170,892 |
10% |
280100 |
GLEN COVE |
$ 4,233,367 |
36% |
630918 |
GLENS FALLS COMMON |
$ 211,903 |
16% |
440601 |
GOSHEN |
$ 3,758,024 |
30% |
280407 |
GREAT NECK |
$ 651,205 |
11% |
260501 |
GREECE |
$ 15,522,180 |
21% |
581010 |
GREENPORT |
$ 368,284 |
26% |
010802 |
GUILDERLAND |
$ 2,530,421 |
15% |
480401 |
HALDANE |
$ 275,043 |
15% |
580405 |
HALF HOLLOW HILLS |
$ 2,601,944 |
12% |
580905 |
HAMPTON BAYS |
$ 2,286,902 |
37% |
580406 |
HARBORFIELDS |
$ 1,143,474 |
11% |
660404 |
HASTINGS ON HUDSON |
$ 593,768 |
17% |
580506 |
HAUPPAUGE |
$ 1,068,735 |
11% |
500201 |
HAVERSTRAW-STRAW (NORTH ROCKLAND) |
$ 14,656,426 |
28% |
280201 |
HEMPSTEAD |
$ 26,767,453 |
23% |
660203 |
HENDRICK HUDSO |
$ 1,196,392 |
24% |
210601 |
HERKIMER |
$ 1,915,503 |
20% |
511301 |
HERMON DEKALB |
$ 553,724 |
11% |
280409 |
HERRICKS |
$ 2,971,730 |
34% |
280214 |
HEWLETT WOODMERE |
$ 2,120,746 |
36% |
280517 |
HICKSVILLE |
$ 5,840,118 |
37% |
620803 |
HIGHLAND |
$ 1,134,293 |
12% |
440901 |
HIGHLAND FALLS |
$ 1,687,149 |
22% |
261101 |
HILTON |
$ 3,993,767 |
16% |
641301 |
HUDSON FALLS |
$ 2,800,853 |
13% |
580403 |
HUNTINGTON |
$ 3,645,347 |
29% |
130801 |
HYDE PARK |
$ 2,466,334 |
12% |
660402 |
IRVINGTON |
$ 656,839 |
31% |
580502 |
ISLIP |
$ 1,677,994 |
11% |
420411 |
JAMESVILLE-DEWITT |
$ 1,850,253 |
23% |
280515 |
JERICHO |
$ 492,719 |
13% |
031502 |
JOHNSON CITY |
$ 2,981,633 |
15% |
660101 |
KATONAH LEWISBORO |
$ 624,913 |
15% |
620600 |
KINGSTON |
$ 6,257,724 |
12% |
141800 |
LACKAWANNA |
$ 3,921,996 |
12% |
662401 |
LAKELAND |
$ 3,397,425 |
13% |
141901 |
LANCASTER |
$ 3,043,142 |
12% |
610801 |
LANSING |
$ 622,070 |
12% |
490601 |
LANSINGBURGH |
$ 3,117,021 |
13% |
181001 |
LE ROY |
$ 914,928 |
10% |
590901 |
LIBERTY |
$ 4,644,179 |
23% |
210800 |
LITTLE FALLS |
$ 1,325,064 |
12% |
280220 |
LYNBROOK |
$ 2,632,022 |
32% |
421504 |
LYNCOURT |
$ 1,108,694 |
40% |
031101 |
MAINE ENDWELL |
$ 3,476,607 |
21% |
161501 |
MALONE |
$ 2,904,852 |
11% |
280212 |
MALVERNE |
$ 1,734,227 |
22% |
660701 |
MAMARONECK |
$ 1,140,001 |
23% |
431101 |
MANCHSTR-SHRTS |
$ 1,113,685 |
16% |
621001 |
MARLBORO |
$ 2,995,517 |
31% |
140702 |
MARYVALE |
$ 1,878,532 |
15% |
280523 |
MASSAPEQUA |
$ 2,741,426 |
15% |
512001 |
MASSENA |
$ 3,431,797 |
13% |
110304 |
MCGRAW |
$ 840,414 |
12% |
521200 |
MECHANICVILLE |
$ 1,032,988 |
13% |
010615 |
MENANDS |
$ 277,202 |
34% |
280225 |
MERRICK |
$ 608,778 |
14% |
441000 |
MIDDLETOWN |
$ 19,293,647 |
21% |
132201 |
MILLBROOK |
$ 245,059 |
10% |
280410 |
MINEOLA |
$ 2,027,708 |
36% |
530515 |
MOHONASEN |
$ 2,160,417 |
14% |
441201 |
MONROE WOODBURY |
$ 9,894,934 |
28% |
591401 |
MONTICELLO |
$ 4,097,950 |
14% |
240901 |
MOUNT MORRIS |
$ 1,053,984 |
15% |
660801 |
MT PLEASANT CENTRAL |
$ 1,174,462 |
31% |
500108 |
NANUET |
$ 2,967,406 |
39% |
411501 |
NEW HARTFORD |
$ 1,538,306 |
18% |
280405 |
NEW HYDE PARK |
$ 1,533,882 |
31% |
661100 |
NEW ROCHELLE |
$ 8,275,606 |
23% |
300000 |
NEW YORK CITY |
$ 309,237,523 |
4% |
411504 |
NEW YORK MILLS |
$ 282,531 |
10% |
650101 |
NEWARK |
$ 2,307,150 |
10% |
441600 |
NEWBURGH |
$ 15,500,693 |
12% |
530301 |
NISKAYUNA |
$ 4,051,674 |
31% |
010623 |
NORTH COLONIE |
$ 6,324,045 |
41% |
280229 |
NORTH MERRICK |
$ 669,130 |
12% |
661301 |
NORTH SALEM |
$ 244,139 |
17% |
280501 |
NORTH SHORE |
$ 454,963 |
14% |
580404 |
NORTHPORT |
$ 1,745,040 |
17% |
500304 |
NYACK |
$ 1,917,172 |
23% |
280211 |
OCEANSIDE |
$ 3,273,327 |
21% |
042400 |
OLEAN |
$ 2,126,932 |
11% |
661401 |
OSSINING |
$ 6,871,981 |
38% |
461300 |
OSWEGO |
$ 5,926,161 |
26% |
600601 |
OWEGO-APALACHIAN |
$ 1,681,502 |
11% |
650901 |
PALMYRA-MACEDON |
$ 1,770,321 |
13% |
580224 |
PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD |
$ 7,904,282 |
15% |
131201 |
PAWLING |
$ 748,136 |
18% |
500308 |
PEARL RIVER |
$ 2,238,264 |
36% |
661500 |
PEEKSKILL |
$ 5,396,964 |
15% |
661601 |
PELHAM |
$ 1,541,128 |
35% |
261201 |
PENFIELD |
$ 3,518,072 |
22% |
261401 |
PITTSFORD |
$ 3,923,451 |
35% |
280504 |
PLAINVIEW |
$ 4,001,737 |
30% |
660809 |
PLEASANTVILLE |
$ 1,188,925 |
31% |
661904 |
PORT CHESTER |
$ 10,825,622 |
38% |
441800 |
PORT JERVIS |
$ 4,332,723 |
12% |
280404 |
PORT WASHINGTON |
$ 2,305,437 |
33% |
042901 |
PORTVILLE |
$ 1,196,022 |
13% |
131500 |
POUGHKEEPSIE |
$ 8,235,143 |
14% |
480503 |
PUTNAM VALLEY |
$ 1,478,586 |
25% |
630902 |
QUEENSBURY |
$ 2,062,871 |
13% |
491200 |
RENSSELAER |
$ 1,324,600 |
13% |
580602 |
RIVERHEAD |
$ 8,389,591 |
28% |
261600 |
ROCHESTER |
$ 25,709,082 |
5% |
280221 |
ROCKVILLE CENTRE |
$ 2,223,811 |
32% |
580209 |
ROCKY POINT |
$ 2,415,859 |
12% |
411800 |
ROME |
$ 5,851,928 |
11% |
280208 |
ROOSEVELT |
$ 12,099,237 |
26% |
280403 |
ROSLYN |
$ 1,176,805 |
30% |
261701 |
RUSH HENRIETTA |
$ 5,328,456 |
22% |
661901 |
RYE NECK |
$ 631,255 |
30% |
580413 |
SOUTH HUNTINGTON |
$ 9,884,268 |
35% |
220101 |
SOUTH JEFFERSON |
$ 2,193,078 |
12% |
500301 |
SOUTH ORANGETOWN |
$ 834,381 |
11% |
530600 |
SCHENECTADY |
$ 15,666,472 |
14% |
280206 |
SEAFORD |
$ 1,149,562 |
14% |
560701 |
SENECA FALLS |
$ 1,459,389 |
15% |
280252 |
SEWANHAKA |
$ 9,355,869 |
29% |
520302 |
SHENENDEHOWA |
$ 5,689,120 |
18% |
580601 |
SHOREHAM-WADING |
$ 1,166,109 |
17% |
121601 |
SIDNEY |
$ 1,408,970 |
12% |
061501 |
SILVER CREEK |
$ 1,238,504 |
11% |
420702 |
SOLVAY |
$ 2,141,411 |
19% |
662101 |
SOMERS |
$ 1,501,869 |
26% |
010601 |
SOUTH COLONIE |
$ 3,871,667 |
21% |
060201 |
SOUTHWESTERN |
$ 972,950 |
12% |
131602 |
SPACKENKILL |
$ 2,148,773 |
33% |
261001 |
SPENCERPORT |
$ 2,311,749 |
10% |
401001 |
STARPOINT |
$ 2,383,761 |
18% |
500401 |
SUFFERN |
$ 4,484,996 |
35% |
140207 |
SWEET HOME |
$ 1,677,422 |
11% |
280502 |
SYOSSET |
$ 4,465,528 |
42% |
421800 |
SYRACUSE |
$ 16,988,464 |
6% |
660401 |
TARRYTOWN |
$ 2,166,710 |
27% |
660302 |
TUCKAHOE |
$ 633,283 |
36% |
280202 |
UNIONDALE |
$ 11,912,372 |
24% |
412300 |
UTICA |
$ 18,237,211 |
16% |
280213 |
VALLEY STREAM THIRTEEN |
$ 1,826,505 |
19% |
280224 |
VALLEY STREAM TWENTY-FOUR |
$ 1,362,032 |
27% |
660805 |
VALHALLA |
$ 766,252 |
27% |
280251 |
VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH |
$ 7,987,677 |
38% |
280230 |
VALLEY STREAM UNION FREE (THIRTY) |
$ 2,309,469 |
32% |
441301 |
VALLEY-MONTGOMERY |
$ 3,593,591 |
12% |
431701 |
VICTOR |
$ 4,076,417 |
28% |
011003 |
VOORHEESVILLE |
$ 600,630 |
16% |
260803 |
WEST IRONDEQUOIT |
$ 5,109,042 |
27% |
132101 |
WAPPINGERS |
$ 9,093,600 |
20% |
442101 |
WARWICK VALLEY |
$ 2,189,342 |
13% |
440102 |
WASHINGTONVILL |
$ 2,769,551 |
12% |
222000 |
WATERTOWN |
$ 5,064,288 |
14% |
011200 |
WATERVLIET |
$ 2,736,457 |
19% |
261901 |
WEBSTER |
$ 4,651,059 |
15% |
022601 |
WELLSVILLE |
$ 1,454,934 |
11% |
420101 |
WEST GENESEE |
$ 3,310,474 |
15% |
280227 |
WEST HEMPSTEAD |
$ 1,085,683 |
17% |
280401 |
WESTBURY |
$ 9,203,476 |
20% |
420701 |
WESTHILL |
$ 1,139,928 |
14% |
662200 |
WHITE PLAINS |
$ 5,253,664 |
28% |
580232 |
WILLIAM FLOYD |
$ 22,115,613 |
21% |
140203 |
WILLIAMSVILLE |
$ 5,273,570 |
18% |
580109 |
WYANDANCH |
$ 9,103,652 |
24% |
662300 |
YONKERS |
$ 12,728,626 |
5% |
662402 |
YORKTOWN |
$ 2,558,995 |
25% |