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NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF SMALL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS 

Welcome to the New York State Association of Small City School Districts' web site.
Below you will find materials of interest.
 Please feel free to contact us with any questions or requests at:
NYSASCSD  c/o The Biggerstaff Law Firm  1280 New Scotland Road Slingerlands NY 12159
 reb@biggerstaff-firm.com    518-475-9500    518-475-7677 fax
 
 

 

WELCOME TO OUR NEW AFFILIATE MEMBER!

WESTBURY UFSD

 

OUTSIDE LINKS:

DOS, Shared
Municipal Services Incentive (SMSI) Program provides technical assistance and competitive grants to two or more units of local government for the development of projects that will achieve savings and improve municipal efficiency.

 

CFE: To access the Campaign for Fiscal Equity website, click here.

ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE SEMINAR* scheduled for March 9, 2010 at the Fort Orange Club in Albany. Click here to access registration form.

This year's topics include:
Effective Advocacy in the Senate and Assembly
 State Revenue Projections in 2011 and Beyond
State Education Budget 2010-11

* PLEASE NOTE: we have renamed this event. Explanation provided in the Association's January 2010 newsletter.

Click here to read testimony given at the latest Assembly hearing on mid year cuts
 

NEWS RELEASE November 19, 2009  SMALL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ASK WHY STATE LEADERS REJECT ‘ONE SHOT’ COST SAVINGS FOR THE STATE BUDGET DEFICiT BUT FORCE ‘ONE SHOTS’ ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS?

News Release October 22, 2009
 SMALL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS URGE $80 MILLION ROLLBACK OF GOVERNOR’S CUTS TO EDUCATION

 

OFFICERS MEET WITH CHANCELLOR TISCH ON RACE TO THE TOP GRANTS

Pictured l to r: Association President, Fred Wachtmeister (Plattsburgh CSD), Association Executive VP, Dr. Peggy Wozniak (Binghamton CSD, Association VP, Thomas Woodhull (Newburgh CSD), and Chancellor Merryl Tisch

DOB DIRECTOR MEETS WITH ASSOCIATION IN ALBANY

 

Pictured l to r: Dr. Peggy Wozniak (Binghamton CSD), Fred Wachtmeister (Plattsburgh CSD), Robert Megna, Director, Division of Budget, Peter Applebee, Division of Budget, Dr. Fern Aefsky (Beacon CSD), Charles Winters and Thomas Woodhull (Newburgh CSD)

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CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION'S CENTER FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING

HUSSEIN et al. v. STATE OF NEW YORK

 The Association has filed the Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief on behalf of 10 member districts. An eleventh district has opted to join the suit and will be included in further filings. As always feel free to contact our office with any questions or comments.

       
COMPLAINT   
FILED OCTOBER 30, 2008

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS COURT PAPERS FROM THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ON MARCH 15, 2005 TO NOW.

TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OPPORTUNITIES IN CRISIS: RESHAPING SCHOOL BUDGETS                   June 1, 2009

Merryl Tisch, Chancellor, NYS Regents (center-standing) speaking with members prior to lunch - June 1 2009
The Association has updated its Program Exchange Catalog. Thank you to all those who helped us bring this catalog up to date!

click here to access the  PROGRAM EXCHANGE Catalog

•Albany
•Amsterdam
•Auburn
•Batavia
•Beacon
•Binghamton
•Canandaigua
•Cohoes
•Corning
•Cortland
•Dunkirk
•Elmira
•Fulton
 •Geneva
•Glen Cove
•Glens Falls
•Gloversville
•Hornell
•Hudson
•Ithaca
•Jamestown
•Johnstown
•Kingston
•Lackawanna
•Little Falls
 •Lockport
 •Long Beach
 •Mechanicville
•Middletown
 •Mount Vernon
•New Rochelle
•Newburgh
•Niagara Falls
 •N. Tonawanda
•Norwich
•Ogdensburg
•Olean
•Oneida
•Oneonta
•Oswego
•Peekskill
•Plattsburgh
 •Port Jervis
 •Poughkeepsie
 •Rensselaer
 •Rome 
•Rye
•Salamanca
•Saratoga
 •Schenectady
•Tonawanda
•Troy
•Utica
•Vernon Verona Sherrill
•Watertown
•Watervliet
•White Plains

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