on track to receive a smaller increase than expected<\/a> after changes made to the formula last year turned out to be bad news for local schools.<\/p>\nHalimatu Dukuray, a mom of three sons living in a Bronx shelter, knows how difficult it can be to get her children to school.<\/p>\n
Before a recent transfer, her family was first placed in a Brooklyn shelter, from which her two school-aged kids had to travel two hours and across boroughs to get to the classroom. The older of the pair once fell asleep on the subway, waking up at the end of the line. The youngest, a teenager, had two hip surgeries and fell during a bad-weather day.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes, if outside\u2019s very cold or there\u2019s snow outside, he\u2019s not able to go to school,\u201d Dukuray said. \u201cIf we are close to the school, that made them easy to go to the school.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only thing I want is a permanent place to live, me and my children. To live our life.\u201d<\/p>\n
About 18% of families in the city\u2019s shelters are not placed in the borough of their youngest child\u2019s school, according to city data.<\/p>\n
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Both the state Senate and Assembly have proposed adding a weight for students in temporary housing in their one-house budgets; plans city Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels has publicly backed in recent budget hearings. The Daily News reported last week the head of the upper house\u2019s New York City Education Committee, state Sen. John Liu (D-Queens), expected some version of the proposal to be included in the final state budget.<\/p>\n
The Assembly\u2019s plan, in particular, would funnel $486 million into local schools, according to an analysis by the city\u2019s Independent Budget Office. A similar proposal in the Senate, which suggested a smaller weight, would send an estimated $93 million to the city.<\/p>\n
Any changes to Foundation Aid must also be negotiated with Hochul, who did not push for education funding reforms in her January plan. Pressed on further improvements, the governor, the first to fully fund the formula, frequently points to her record on education funding, including a $2.2 billion increase in Foundation Aid for the city since she took office.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in some ways, the problem of homeless students not receiving a quality education is growing worse.<\/p>\n
The share of students living in shelters who transferred schools mid-year was 1.5% higher in 2024-25 than it was the previous year, even while the rate for students with stable housing stayed the same, according to the report.<\/p>\n
On both English and math exams, the proficiency rates of students living in shelters were less than half those of their classmates. The results were an improvement compared with their test scores the prior school year. But because all proficiency rates went up, the reading gap between students who were and were not homeless actually grew larger, from 24 to 27 percentage points.<\/p>\n
There was no progress in closing the 26-point achievement gap in math, either, the data showed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Mamdani administration is expanding outreach programs we know work,\u201d Jenna Lyle, a spokeswoman for the mayor said in a statement. \u201cWe must ensure every young New Yorker has a real chance to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will work to tackle those longstanding issues head-on,\u201d Samuels said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs chancellor, I have made my position clear \u2014 I strongly support an additional weight to the Foundation Aid formula specifically for students in temporary housing and foster care, as well as increased weights for our multilingual learners and students with disabilities. I commend our partners at Advocates for Children for supporting these asks.\u201d<\/p>\n
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