Dobbs Ferry Joins Chorus of Districts Seeking Restoration of Ed Money

The Dobbs Ferry School District has joined other area districts in petitioning state officials to restore its educational funding.

Local schools are slated to lose nearly $300,000 in state funding, which would mean a loss of more than $3.1 million since 2010. The Hastings-on-Hudson district is urging parents to ask state officials to restore its Ed money.

In a letter to parents, Dobbs Ferry school officials wrote, “Since 2009, New York State has postured that it doesn’t have the revenue to pay its share for public education; this simply is not the case. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli stated in his October 2015 State Cash Report, ’State tax collections through October totaled $42.3 billion and were just under $4 billion or 10.3 percent higher than the same period last year. Year-to-date tax collections were $5.4 million over the latest projections (released Nov. 5) and nearly $1.7 billion over initial projections from the Enacted Budget.’”

Click here to view the full letter from the board.