Representing 60,000 Members

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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?
 

 
   


  MCEC
 Member
Groups
 

  
  
Genesee Valley 
   PTA
 		  
  
Monroe County
   Federation 
   of Teachers
  		  
  
NYSUT
(NYS United Teachers)
  		  
  
Monroe County Association 
   of  School 
   Business Officials
  		  
  
Monroe County Council
of School Superintendents
  		  
  
Monroe County School
Boards Association
  		  

Rochester City
School District
  		  
  
School Administrators
   Association of NYS
  		  
   

   About
MCEC
   
 Purpose of the
     Monroe County
     Education Coalition

     Members of the
     MCEC Steering
     Committee

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

 
    
MCEC Bulletins  
on current issues
 		 MCEC Brochure
schools as economic engines
 		 NYS officials
(contact info)
 

Monroe County
& its suburban school
districts settle lawsuit
 

In July 2008, Monroe County
and its suburban public schools
reached an agreement out of court
to restore the sales tax revenue taken
unilaterally by the county in September 2007. 

             According to the agreement, the county will restore
             the former sales tax distribution formula, and fund
             schools according to the existing Morin-Ryan Sales
             Tax Distribution Plan with its 2009 budget, and will
             pay back the $29 million it owes its districts for 2008
             over a multi-year period, beginning with the 2010
             county budget.

             The agreement will allow districts to control their
             dependence on property taxes, while opening door
             to collaboration among all sales tax partners to seek
             a resolution to the gap between expensive mandates
             imposed by state and federal governments and the
             ability of local taxpayers to pay for them through
             property and sales taxes.
 
             Follow these links to learn more -
               Special Edition MCSBA Newsletter  - 07-09-08        
             Financial Impact on Schools
             Special Edition  MCSBA Newsletter - 10-04-07
             Companion lawsuit on legality of MC action
             Q & A: Behind the myths to the facts

Click here to learn how our public
schools serve our community
 

 

      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 created by this law.   
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, read these documents:
 
      Joint Organizational Statement on No Child Left Behind Act (March 2007)
     Hundreds of national/federal groups--education, civil rights, faith-based, children's advocacy, and disability--
     have signed a statement describing ways in which the NCLB law must be changed.
 

       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.