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Positive aspects of the executive plan for the Department of Education
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Council Member Joseph highlights the improvements in the executive plan compared to the preliminary plan. She notes the restoration of funding for various programs and the baselining of crucial initiatives.
- The DOE's fiscal 2026 budget in the executive plan is $860.3 million more than in the preliminary plan
- $192 million is baselined for early childhood education, including 3-K seats, preschool special education, and extended day programs
- Formerly federally funded programs have been restored with city funding, including arts funding, community schools, and high-impact tutoring
Rita Joseph
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I'm pleased to see that the executive plan addresses a lot of uncertainty we saw in the preliminary plan.
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However, there continue to be issues with this plan including gaps in transparency, accelerating due process costs, as well as ongoing funding risk from state and federal levels.
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While many council while many council priorities are funded in fiscal twenty twenty six, the council still seeks to better understand ongoing issues with implementation and how changes in the state and federal budget may impact education in the future.
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DOE fiscal twenty twenty six budget in the executive plan is 860,300,000.0 more than it was in the preliminary plan.
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This is due to the restoration of funding for multiple programs that previously were not fully funded past the past current year.
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This includes funding for early childhood education, 112,000,000 for three k seats, 55,000,000 for preschool special education seats, 25,000,000 for the council's extended day extended day pilot, and 5,000,000 for outreach and marketing.
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192,000,000 of this funding is baseline which means parent can rely on thousands of extended day seats made possible through the council's extended day pilot and the additional preschool special education seats without having to worry if these programs will be funded in the following year.
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Additionally, many programs that were formally funded with federal stimulus dollars and replaced with city funding for fiscal twenty twenty five have been restored in fiscal twenty twenty six and beyond.
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This includes 41,000,000 in arts funding, 14,000,000 to fund over 80 community schools, 10,000,000 for affinity school networks, and 4,000,000 for high impact tutoring.
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This is a victory for our students, teachers, and communities.