the boards excsue is they want the state to bail them out, I think they are the only district in the state asking for this for the reasons they specify. You cant expect the general population of the state to bail you out without conditions if at all
The State “bails out” all districts when it gives all districts funding based on how many students are in public school. The ER district is unique from other districts in that a majority of students go to private not public schools and are therefore not getting counted towards the number of students the State gives educational aid to.
If the State doesn’t give the district additional aid despite the rising number of children being born and going to school in ER, then what will happen (and is already happening) is the board will be forced to cut back public school education spending to the bare bones basics, eliminating things like art and other courses and extracurricular activities that New York State law does not make mandatory.
So the choice for the State is either 1) give more funding to the district considering ALL the children going to school, not just counting public students or 2) face a bare bones public school that will legally be defunded of all activities that are not legally mandated.