An independent guide to New York education
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NYFERA’s reference for New York school budgets, spending, aid, and resource allocation.
Per-pupil spending and total school budget are different measures. Per-pupil spending divides a defined set of expenditures by enrollment, while a total budget is the full sum…
Inflation adjustment converts raw school spending figures into comparable dollars, but the result depends on which price index is used and which month of the school year…
Per-pupil spending figures differ between sources because each source builds a ratio differently: which dollars count in the numerator, which students count in the denominator, which year…
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