“was almost three times
greater than the
comparison percentage
of other districts similar
to New York City in their
wealth. Since State aid is
highly equalizing with
respect to wealth, but
less well equalized with
respect to the
concentration of
disadvantaged pupils,
the unusually high
concentration of
disadvantaged pupils
places it at a funding
disadvantage.”
Although the distribution of 10.4 billion dollars in State aid “was
found to be highly wealth equalized” when it was “recalculated on
a poverty-weighted pupil basis, the desired equalization of the
current aid distribution diminished significantly.”
The same conclusion was reached by the Regents' Proposal on
State Aid to School Districts for the School Year 2000-01.
According to its foreword:
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