Glen Cove schools excel in state budget

The Glen Cove City School District is part of a collection of districts known as New York’s “Harmed Suburban Five,” alongside Ossining, Port Chester, Riverhead and Westbury. The defining characteristic of this group is that they all receive roughly 50 percent or less of the maximum potential Foundation Aid funding provided by the state, which is significantly lower than the state average of 80 percent. Foundation Aid is money provided to a district by the state that goes toward the district’s many programs.

However, things will be looking up for Glen Cove schools during the 2019-20 school year from a budgetary perspective. Thanks in large part to the lobbying of Superintendent of Schools Dr. Maria Rianna and Sen. Jim Gaughran, a Democrat from Northport, the district will receive just over $9 million in Foundation Aid funding, over 13 percent more than the expected amount of $7.8 million tabulated in the state’s school budget formula at the end of January. The distrcit will now receive 52 percent of its maximum potential Foundation Aid.

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