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According to a new report, the New York City Department of Education is spending more despite declining school
enrollment.
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New York City is spending billions more on its public schools despite falling enrollment, notes a new
Citizens Budget Commission report , headed to a jaw-dropping $39,304 per-pupil in Fiscal Year 2025.

Enrollment in Department of Education schools dropped by roughly a tenth from FY 2020 to ’23, when
DOE costs per student went over $37,000, with a slight bump up in ’24 thanks to illegal-migrant kids.

Crucially, the United Federation of Teachers-inspired class-size mandate is pushing outlays ever higher, Browse Covers
forcing the hiring of another 17,000 teachers at a yearly cost of $1.9 billion — even though the city’s
lower-performing schools largely already meet the law’s standards, so the real impact will be to leave
fewer seats in the better schools.
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We’re reminded of old TV pitchman Crazy Eddie, whose price were “INsane” — because they were
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fraudulent .

At least Eddie was promising low prices: Under Albany’s lash, the DOE’s outlays are insanely high , and
for reduced quality.

And the City Council is hoping to jack up education spending above what’s in the final budget negotiated
with the Adams administration, which already ups city outlays $2.1 billion to offset the end of $2.4 billion in
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Meanwhile, DOE test scores remain mediocre at best; none of the voices howling to spend ever more
even really pretend it will improve the systems’s results.

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Frozen Puck
12 hours ago
The city of Rochester has just passed a $1 billion budget with an almost identical cost per
tudent as NYC. Deplorable. These underwhelming student results could be better served by
schools.
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Horace Mann
11 hours ago
Generally, the schools charge taxpayers about as much per kid as the good, non-elite
rivates that operate in the same region charge in tuition. However the schools deliver a
lower quality by comparison (e.g. ridiculously high class sizes). In the case of
ed, MORE than the elites .

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Libby Clauwnz
10 hours ago
gangsters in Rochester go to school? lol, why?
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That One Dude

12 hours ago
The school spending debate has been a thing since I was a kid at least, probably longer. If
nything were proof that throwing billions of dollars at something doesn't help, it would be
I haven't been in school for 20 years now, so I wouldn't know firsthand, but from all
they've on...
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Frank Gerrard
9 hours ago
$39,000 is more representative of the pork of teacher and administrators' salaries than it
epresents services to students. The absence of achievement, drop-out rates, and low rates of
and graduation prove that this money does not go into the classroom. Public
as originally co...
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