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CBC Releases "Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget: NYC Department of Education Overview"

May 22, 2023

CBC's new Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget: NYC Department of Education Overview chartbook shows: 

  • The DOE’s total fiscal year 2024 budget is $37.5 billion; 
  • The fiscal year 2024 budget is nearly $500 million below the current projection for fiscal year 2023—$300 million less federal pandemic aid and $300 million less City funds, offset by $100 million more State aid; 
  • In fiscal year 2024, K-12 DOE school spending is budgeted at nearly $37,500 per student;  
  • The fiscal year 2024 budget for Carter Cases and contract schools is likely $400 million less than needed; and
  • The latest DOE Program to Eliminate the Gap (PEG) will not affect services; 94 percent of the savings are from re-estimate of fringe benefits, which still are budgeted to increase 10.9 percent in fiscal year 2024.