POSITIONS
 
MONROE COUNTY
SALES TAX

NO CHILD LEFT
BEHIND

NO CHILD LEFT
BEHIND
(Joint Statement)

Asking the impossible

NYS public education:
Constitutional mandate

Promoting math, science,
technology (M,S,T)

Protecting programs
for our neediest students

What do we want
for our kids?
 

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     Education Coalition

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our schools as an economic force

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(contact info)

Monroe County Legislature
 & Our Students  

The Monroe County Legislature has singled out school districts to absorb
the budget crisis of Monroe County by reducing the portion of sales tax revenues distributed to suburban schools by 50%.  

Our suburban member districts will lose nearly $29 million
during the 2008-2009 school year.
During the current 2007-2008 school year districts will lose almost $14,000,000.

        Since school districts have not been included in any community
        discussions about how to resolve any sales tax distributions issues,
        they had no option but to refer the matter to the courts. 

       View an interview with former County Executive Lucien Moran discussing the County's F.A.I.R. plan at
       http://rochesterhomepage.net/content/fulltext/?cid=13333.

       To witness testimony MCSBA members gave to the County Legislature on its sales tax legislation, go to
       http://youtube.com/user/stlo7

       To send a fax to the County Legislature against its FAIR plan, go to www.unfairtokids.org.
 
       To view a public service announcement about the effects of the county's action on our schools and their
       children, go to http://spamtest4.monroe.edu/mail/af203ad2a7d518d474572a0780adbe2fc2400841/MCEC_TV07_01.mpg  
         Access the PSA script here.
         
       View an interview with West Irondequoit Superintendent Jeff Crane, East Irondequoit Superintendent
       Susan Allen and East Irondequoit Deputy Superintendent John Abbott on the sales tax issue at
       http://boces.streaming.monroe.edu/movies.py?idnum=800159
 

      NCLB & Our Students

The federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was created to insure that all children
in every American school were successful learners.
   The law's method for insuring this success is to penalize schools
in which all children are not always successful.
   Federal funds were promised to cover the expenses of annual assessments
and the services needed for academic interventions.   
These funds have not materialized.

 Since every student GROUP must demonstrate adequate yearly progress,
every school in our nation will be labeled as needing improvement by 2014,
which was the deadline established by the law for every student to be successful. 

     To learn more about how this law affects your children and what changes should be applied
     to the law before Congress re-authorizes it as scheduled for this year, read these documents:
 

       Refine NCLB so No Child is Left Behind
      This statement by Monroe County School Boards Association compares the intended benefits
     with actual results, and recommends changes to improve the law.
 

 The address and phone number for MCEC are identical to those
for the Monroe County School Boards Association.