Greetings everyone. My name is Christy Angel. I am the co-president of the citywide council for district 75. I want to thank you for giving your time today because I know as district 75 parents, our time is limited. And with that, we do have Molly Sak here
from CIDNY and her different partners that may be able to jump in. As we discussed the NYC and New York State education budget briefings, as you may or may not know, there are a lot of changes and a
lot of deadlines that are happening. There's $350 million at stake. There are items that we that have never been adjusted in about 15 years that we need voices on. And the bigger voices that we
have means that they're you, they're me. We are our voices that supersede our district, our um central offices, and we are the people that elevate to our legislators. So, we are here today
to learn how to lobby appropriately to know the information that we need to make the changes with our voices that we can. With that being said, Molly, thank you so much for being here today. Thank you for allowing this recording to be
present on YouTube and social media and to live in posterity for people to and parents and caregivers to know how we can functionally make an effective change. Guys, we can talk about this all day, but if we don't move to affect laws, it
doesn't matter. So, today is a space where we get to figure out how we can make change. And with that being said, I will pass it over to Molly to further move us into a space of education. Thank you so much, Molly. Thank you so much, Christie. That introduction was
wonderful. So, um, as Christie said, my name is Molly Senak. I am officially with Center for Independence of the Disabled New York, but I am also a member of the Coalition for Equitable Education Funding. Um, we're going to be giving a presentation today on both the
city budget and the state budget. It is going to be a lot of information, but we hope that we will be able to explain it in a way where it makes sense. Um, if you have any questions, like please put them in the chatter,
save them for the end. Heads up, I'm not going to be able to see the chat while we're presenting. So, if anything is like technically wrong, like if people are having trouble hearing, I would say maybe someone could monitor I would ask maybe if like Christie or someone could monitor the chat to let us know. But
other than that, if you have questions, we'll try to I'll do that. Awesome. Thank you so much, Christie. Okay, so to get us started, I'm actually going to pass it to my colleague, the beautiful Tanisha. Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for having us. My name is Tanisha Grant. I
am a mother of three and a grandmother of four children that um receive special services. They are all babies. Um one just turned three and my grand twins will be three um in July. I am also the
executive director and founder of Parent Support and Parents New York. um we do everything parents and children and families and we are also a part of the chief coalition. So um with saying that
we will go into our presentation. So this is the New York State coalition. I'll go back Molly just so this is the New York City and New York State Education budget briefing and um we've created it. is up tod date April 2025. Next
slide. So we are the coalition for equitable education funding. Um we have over 100 um education groups and advocates um education advocates that um contribute to this coalition. Next
slide. Uh so last year uh many important education programs were at risk um the ending of 2024 because they were funded with expiring federal stimulus um funds and expiring city funds um them federal
funds that came from COVID 19. Um the city continued funding for many key education programs that were at risk of ending. Um, some programs were continued using one-year city funding, meaning the funding would expire in June 2025 unless
extended. Um, other programs were continued long-term using state foundation aid formula funding. Slide. So, the city budget, next slide. So, these are the programs that was
continued through the one-year city dollars. Um them programs included early childhood education, um things like 3K, preschool special education classes, extended day seats, outreach, um summer
programming, um arts programming, community schools, um learning to work, restorative justice programs, teacher recruitment, um mental health continuum, immigrant family communications and outreach, high impact tutoring, and
student success centers like vital things. Um the mayor's preliminary budget extended funding for two of them for one more year. So in his initial budget it was only funding for summer
program and learning to work and it was only for one year. Uh so in April, the mayor announced long-term funding for 3K and preK special education classes. So as you see
highlighted there, uh which means the following programs are once again at risk of significant cuts at the end of June. So we're talking about the early childhood education, the extended day seats. We
need about 25 million for outreach. We need about 5 million arts programming, 41 million. Um, community schools, 14 million, restorative justice, 12 million. Teacher recruitment, 12
million. Mental health continuum, 5 million. Immigrant family communications and outreach, 4 million. High impact tutoring, 4 million. And student success centers, $3.4 million.
So, while the mayor announced continued funding for 3K classes, last year's budget also included 25 million for early childhood extended day seats for one year only as well as 5 million for
community outreach. School partners with community- based organizations to provide students and their families with comprehensive wraparound services like afterchool programs, medical and dental
care, and adult education classes. Expiring one-year funding supports more than 50 community schools. Restorative Justice Program, $12 million. This program allows more
schools to use alternatives to suspensions. We know that black and brown children are suspended at a exceedingly high rate. Um, and this keeps our students in the classroom while helping them build and repair
relationships, which is very important for, you know, things like social emotionally learning. Um, one year funding represents the majority of the city's investments in restorative justice practices. Um, we want our children to learn how to, you know, deal
with their issues um, in a healthy way. And so that money is vital. I just, you know, I'm going off script here because, you know, restorative justice programs are vital. Um, and they should we should replace punitive, you know, things like
suspension and and just the authority of, you know, I can put you out of school days. We we need to leave those behind. So, yeah, next slide. Thank you, Mommy. Um so this helps students with significant uh the mental
health helps students with significant mental health needs access expedited mental health care currently serving thousands of students at 50 highne schools but funding will expire in June.
Um, every child should have um access to uh competent um comprehensive culturally responsive um mental health services um in school. It makes a difference. Next slide. Um immigrant family outreach $4
million. It strengthens communications with immigrant families, many of whom would otherwise be left out without important information about their children's schools. Critical for this initiative to continue given the
increase in the number of newcomer immigrant families in New York City, as well as changes in federal policy. um we need a plethora of of um language access. Um and that looks different,
translation looks different for a lot of different um people in our immigrant um community. So um it's very important. Next slide. Student Success Centers
um allows trained youth leaders to build a culture of collegegoing and helps their peers with the college admissions process in more than 30 New York City high schools. So, we have arts programming at $41
million, teacher recruitment at $10 million, high impact tutoring at $4 million. Teacher recruitment, I'll just say if I know y'all know how important paras are, right? And how much that
affects our children if if they don't have good paras. Um, teacher retention is an issue um in our New York City schools and is something that we need to fight for and make sure that we're funding. Um, so yeah, high impact
tutoring. All of our children learn at different our children are not a monolith and you know, our children in D75 need way more support. Um, my oldest grandson is um nonverbal. um and high on
the spectrum, but that doesn't mean that he is not a very smart little boy, right? Like we have to adapt to our children and how they learn because each one of them are amazing.
And then art program in in my personal business, anytime that we have an event, we have some type of arts and craft component in it. And um we feel every school should too. And a lot of our schools, our children don't even have
art programs. And um when we're like nurturing, you know, our children's imaginations, um art is definitely something that we need to fight for. Next slide. So these are our recommendations
um that we have thought about and we have crafted out over time. So, it includes long-term funding um for these important education programs in the executive budget. Parents, students, and
educators need to know that they will be able to rely on these programs next year and beyond. Baseline, that's that's our one of our favorite word. We want all of these things baseline. That means included in the budget. Um, the city
should also make additional investments because we're always fighting to put money back in the budget, y'all. You know, and it prohibits us for fighting for more money because it's not enough. So, while we're fighting for this money to be put back in the budget, we also
have to think like this is not enough and we need a bigger budget anyway. Um, the city should also make additional investments that are needed to support students with a focus on those who have the greatest needs. So, this is the timeline, y'all.
So, the mayor releases his preliminary budget in January, January 16th. Um, May 1st is the deadline for the mayor to release his executive budget. and um cuz you know they wangle back and forth. So
he he releases his primarily a budget and then city council chimes in and then he looks at what city council is, you know, um asking for it and then he comes back on May 1st and releases his e executive budget if he if they're on
time. And then June 30th, the city budget deadline. That's the deadline, but we know that we're still waiting for our state budget 3 weeks after the deadline. So, next slide. So, these are the actions that
you can take. So while we like learning together, we also want to be able to take action and you know sending letters and you know getting our peoples to send letters and things like that. They matter because they're counted and you know don't nothing move with the
legislators unless the people move them, right? So, you can take out your phone and here's the QR codes called QRQ QR codes to email the mayor, Mayor Adams, and to sign up and get updates from us
from Chief and to get involved when you can, wherever you can. And I will turn the next section over to my lovely co-host, Molly. Thank you so much, Tanisha. Um, so now we are going to be pivoting to the state
budget. So with the city budget, we were talking about obviously a lot of programs but very specific programs. Now we are going to be talking about something where the programs are a little bit broader but the money stream
is very specific because we are going to be talking about foundation aid. Now to start off what is foundation aid? Simply put, it is the largest source of funding from the state to New York City public
schools and to other school districts. It is distributed to New York City and other school districts through a funding formula that provides funding for each student. So again, this is not what necessarily determines how the money
gets spent even though there are a few parameters. This is a formula to determine how much money gets spent. We'll get a little more into this in a second, but basically what it is, it's a per pupil fund formula. So what it does is it essentially determines how much
money a student is worth and then multiplies it by how many students there are. This formula is currently being re-examined for the first time since 2007. Also, for the record, I know that I
speak really, really fast. If anyone needs me to slow down, please put it in the chat and then I'll have Christie let me know. Um, I did have someone at a presentation recently ask me if I was being chased. Um, pardon me. So, how
much money does foundation aid funding actually provide? It provides $24.9 billion to districts across the state, at least this year. and it provided $9.9 billion to New York City public
schools. So that is about 25% of New York City public schools budget. Now how is it used? New York City public schools use the funding in many ways including school budgets and education programs. So, as Tanisha said in the very
beginning, a lot of the programs that we were fighting to keep were either paid for by the city budget or through foundation aid. And all of the fundings that were baselined, as Tanisha said, word of the hour, word of the day, word
of the year, word forever, all of the programs that were baselined in the city budget counted on their dollars coming through foundation aid. So, these programs that were previously funded with expiring federal funding and
are now funded through this long-term foundation aid dollars include certain preschool special education supports in 500 school social workers and psychologists, over a 100 community schools, around 100 shelterbased
coordinators, literacy and dyslexia programming, bilingual programming, translation and interpretation services, and career pathways program. So, just to be clear, I do not think that anybody is currently looking at our schools going,
I think we have plenty of school social workers. I really don't think we need anymore. We are not even talking about getting more school social workers. We are talking about losing what we already have. Nobody is saying that these programs are perfect. We are saying that
unless this funding is continued and increased, it's going to get worse because we are going to lose these things or they are going to get rolled back. So, like I said, we're going to talk a little bit more about how it works. And remember, I said it was a per
pupil funding formula, which means that first they establish how much a student is worth and then it's multiplied by how many students there are. So how that is done is first the formula sets the base amount per student how much it
supposedly costs to educate a student. Then that base amount is adjusted to account for inflation regional cost differences and student needs with added weights for students living in poverty, students with disabilities and English language
learners. So essentially, if students are any of those three things, they get a little bump in the formula. New York State then determines what a district's minimum local contribution is, and then that amount is subtracted. So, how did we get here? I'm
not going to go through every single one of these numbers because there are a lot, but the big ones that you need to see are this started in 1993. So we have been fighting for this for quite a long time. From 1993 to 2006
2007 parents and advocates were fighting for a more equitable formula. in 2006 2007. That is when they they won their case and the formula was essentially
created. Between 2007 and 2023, we were fighting to get the funding from the formula. The first time that this formula was actually used and
all of the money that the formula said we should get is what we actually got was 2023. So while we do sincerely appreciate that the governor and the New York State legislature did fully fund the formula back in 2023, they were
still using the formula from 2007. State funding for public education has not kept up with rising costs and changing student needs. In 2002, New York City and New York State contributed
around the same amount to New York City's education budget, but now the city contributes 57%. And the state only contributes 37%. So, we're going to talk a little bit about why it's time for a change, but just to rehash some of what we already
talked about, if any of that formula sounded complicated, that's fine. It's supposed to. It is a complicated formula. But just because the formula itself is complicated does not mean that you do
not have the like right to say that it's not fair. It's a formula that was meant to establish equity and it is not doing that. It is not doing that because first of all whether or not it was e actually
equitable in 2007, it's certainly not equitable now because things have changed since 2007. What I always say when it comes to this formula specifically is you do not need to know how to build a house to know that the roof is leaking. So let's talk a little bit about why it's time for a change.
So, just as a little refresher of what it was like in 2007, which is when the formula is from, Barack Obama launched his first presidential campaign. Barack Obama was not president yet. He launched
his first presidential campaign. This was during the Bush years. This formula is from the Bush years. The iPhone that is probably sitting next to all of you right now was first released in 2007, the year this formula
is from. Twitter was still called Twitter and was only a year old back when this formula was relevant. So what has changed in New York City schools since there was only one version of the iPhone, Twitter was a
year old and Bush was still president. For starters, CO 19. There has been a youth mental health crisis. There has been a rise in student homelessness. There has been an increase in community schools. New learning
standards have been set. Technology has changed somewhat. There is a new class size law. We have added 3K and preK. And we have had more children diagnosed with autism. So why now? Why are we looking at
changing this formula? The state is re-examining the formula for the first time in over 15 years. Last year, the New York State budget funded the Rockefeller Institute to study the formula and to recommend changes. Now,
these changes could have a major impact on how much education funding New York City and other school districts get from New York State. So the Rockefeller Institute study for the record was over 300 pages long and
it was released in early December. Now that study included a menu of possible changes to the foundation aid formula of which the governor could select some, all or none. What the governor actually selected I'm going to pass to Tanisha to
tell you about. Yeah. So this was the governor's budget proposal. Um so the governor's proposal would short change New York City schools. Um Governor Hoel proposed only
a few changes to the foundation aid formula. The changes that she pro proposed would result in New York City schools getting nearly $350 million less than they would
without these changes. So the executive budget proposal check for a replace reduced price lunch metric with broader measure of economy disadvantaged students. Um this change
would bring more resources to New York City schools by better counting the number of lowincome students. Red flag. replace 2000 census data with three-year average small area income and poverty
estimates is called SAPE. This change would decrease funding for New York City schools. What is SAPE? It's another census measure um that uses the federal
poverty guidelines. currently just $32,150 for a family of four. It makes no adjustment for local cost of living. It, as everyone on this call knows, costes more to live in New York City
than I want to say any other city in the state. Um it includes students in public and private housing like as one um and it's
not an adequate way to measure student poverty. Next slide. So impact on New York City schools. So overall New York City will see an increase in foundation aid because of other parts of the
formula. But the increase will be nearly $350. $350 $350 million less than it would be without the governor's proposal to the formula. Um so the impact on New York
City schools, New York City schools will lose funding intended for lowincome students. Even throw though 146,000 New York City students experienced homelessness last year.
700,000 New York City students are economically disadvantaged. 44% of New York City families with children have trouble affording food in
2023. And I'mma turn it back over to Molly, I believe. Oh, the last one. Uh, I did this one, right? I know. Okay. So, more impact. Um, New York school, New York City needs are too significant for
our schools to miss out on funding. Around 50,000 newcomer immigrant students have enrolled since 2022. New state law requires New York City to lower class sasses classes. And
um New York City has been paying for 3K almost entirely on its own. And federal stim stimulus funding used to pay for key programs um staff and services those expired in
2024. And now I turn it over to Molly. Awesome. Thank you so much, Tanisha. So now I'm going to talk a little bit about what our state leaders can do because we don't want to come in with just a problem but no solution. And for anybody who is thinking, well, if New York City
is still going to be getting a essentially an increase in foundation aid, what is the big deal if it is $350 million less? In addition to the fact that just as a rule, we do need more
funding. A lot of schools are having issues making their budgets because imagine if your boss told you that next year you were going to get a raise and then told you actually your raise is going to be $350 million less than they
had initially told you. It would severely impact your ability to budget. So, state leaders recognize this and are proposing certain changes to ensure that New York City is not negatively impacted by changes to the foundation aid
formula. So, in order to ensure that these schools don't lose again hundreds of millions of dollars due to changes to the foundation aid formula, the changes that are actually made to this formula
need to actually better capture student needs and account for variations in cost in different parts of the state. So, like Tanisha said, the governor did make a good change by expanding essentially the number of students who would qualify as economically disadvantaged. That's
great. More students would be included in that funding. However, the change to use federal poverty guidelines to measure poverty would is ultimately what is going to be costing New York City so much. And one of the ways to offset that
is by updating the regional cost index. So what the regional cost index is is essentially a measurement that accounts for differences in salaries in different regions of New York state. This number has not been updated since
2006. So that is before the formula even came out. This change was recommended by the New York State Board of Regents and the state funded Rockefeller Institute study. So again, this would help offset the negative impact of the governor's proposed
changes. Now, the Assembly and the Senate both included this change. The Senate's budget proposal increases the regional cost index for New York City from 1.425 to 1.464. It is okay if you do not remember
that number. The number that you should remember is that $288 million would be restored to New York City schools if this change was made. The assembly's budget proposal suggests a slightly smaller increase for
the rci, but it would restore about $200 million to New York City schools. However, the assembly budget also says that they should in that there should be an increased weight for English language
learners. Um, this would drive about $152 million into New York City schools. Now, obviously that does not cover everything. Some things that we were still recommending were adding a
weight for students in temporary housing and students in the foster care system. And we would also like the state to consider additional ways of measuring poverty such as using higher weights for higher concentrations of poverty or adding a new cost of living adjustment.
Um we would also like to frankly increase the weight for students with disabilities. So, none of those things were included in either the Assembly or the Senate's budget proposal, and it obviously wasn't included in the governor's, but those are still changes that we'd like to see, especially given
that, as Tanisha said, um 146,000 students are currently experiencing homelessness, 5,000 are in the foster care system. Factoring in a higher concentration of poverty would do a lot. And also one in five students in the New
York City public school system have disabilities. Most likely much more because as we all know diagnostic process in New York City public schools could do with a little improvement. But again just because something isn't perfect doesn't mean that we should let it get worse in the hopes that
eventually it will get better. So that said some other things that are missing. We would like to include funding for students in 3K and preK and for students with disabilities through the school year they turn 22. As
we all know, the law changed. Now students are entitled to a public education through the school year. acknowledged that that is now different but still did not recommend increasing the funding for students through that
same school year. We would also like them to reexamine the base amount for each student because what it takes to determine school success has also changed a little bit and it probably takes a little bit more money to give
students what is considered an actual fair and good education. We would also like to include funding for class size because as we all know we are required to reduce class sizes. However, that funding for that endeavor was not
included. And then obviously and the big one we would like an ongoing review of this formula so that 18 years from now we are not having the same conversation. So here is a timeline that looks a little bit different from the timeline Tanisha went over for the city
budget. The governor's budget was released on January 21st. On March 11th, the Senate and the Assembly budget proposals were released and the state budget deadline was April 1st. For anybody thinking that they're losing their mind, yes, you are correct. It is
currently April 25th, but the state budget has not been released yet, which means there is actually still time to do something about this, but not a lot of time. The state budget is probably going to be released within the next week. So,
we are asking please, please, please to call on the governor and the New York State legislature not to short change New York City schools. State leaders must ensure that any updates to the formula drive more resources to New York City schools and certainly do not result
in our schools receiving less money than they otherwise would. So, our asks are very simple. We want you to call state legislators legislators. Call the governor. Email the governor. Email the legislators saying that the final budget should
include again two things. The senate's proposed increase to the rci which just as a refresher $288 million and the assembly's increase to the English language learner weight which is about $152 million. For anybody
doing quick math, that would do more than the $350 million, which is what we want. So again, two things. The Senate's proposed increase to the RCI, the assembly's increase to the ELLL weight. If you were like, but where are
those numbers? What is that email? Scan this QR code to email. It is literally just one click. We already have the email set up for you. All you have to do is hit send and it is going to email key legislators and the governor. It will also give you a call script for you to
call. If you are like, I can maybe make a couple phone calls but I can't call everyone, call the speaker, pardon me, call Speaker Hasty in the assembly. Call um Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins and call the governor. Three
phone numbers. The call script is so short, so scan that QR code, do it. Um, and then if you sign up using the blue QR code, you can sign up for updates and to get involved because also even though the state budget is about to close, city
budget fight is going to be tough and it is going to be ramping up in the next two months. So like please stay updated with us and we'll update you on everything. So I am going to stop screen sharing so that I can see if there are any questions. We've got plenty of time
to answer them. So, thank you so much. And guys, forgive my whole I'm looking crazy because I'm going through a day, but don't we all? Molly, thank you so much. Tanisha, thank you so much. Guys, I have been screenshotting for my life because I want to make sure that our
parents have this information to advocate for themselves because our voices matter on a higher level. I will be sending this information out. I have cheat notes, scripts, and better. If there's anything Molly or Tanisha, you guys can give me in addition, I will
send that out. I want to make sure our parents are empowered. I am very grateful to CBNY, Molly, Tanisha, everybody else in the background who may not be here who has pulled this together because it matters. If we do not speak, we cannot be mad about what happens
next. You have to speak. You have to reach out. lobbying and changing laws is how we move things forward. So, please take this as a gift in hand to say, "Hey, click the QR code, scan it. This
is your script. This is who you need to call. Copy and paste and please move forward because we need you. We need our children, District 75, Special Education. We need you. So, please know that we will support you on this end with the information that they've given.
If you guys can share the PDFs, whatever you can share, we will make sure to move that forward. And now I will give the floor back to Molly and Tanisha for any following uh Q&A so that we can continue to move forward. Thank you guys again so much. Thank you. It was our pleasure. And like
I said, I know that was a lot of information to get through and a lot of it is a lot of it just has so many numbers and it can be so complicated. So if anybody has any questions like please there is no such thing as
like a silly question here right I just want to say that it's you know it's even more important in the um political atmosphere around the federal government. Um it is very imperative
that we press our state and our city um legislators um not just on education, you know, but everything because um you know, last year our budget for our state was $230 billion with a B. Last year's
city budget was 120 and change billion dollars with a B. Um, we live in a very, we have over 120 billionaires that call New York State their home and I think we just got 14 more. We have over 700
multi-millionaires that call New York State home. So, you know, when we a lot of push back and I feel like a lot of times we do the work like and we say here like this could come out of there and there and that but the at the end of
the day um like our our people Sakia says you know we have to stop thinking like scarcity because there is a abundant amount of resources here for all of our children. Yeah, that's a a lot of fantastic
points, Tisha. And we have been seeing a lot of politicians when it comes to funding have that scarcity mindset and be like, we have to try to we don't know what's coming, so we need to save this
money. And I would say that is a very scary attitude. like now is not the time to be cutting funding. If we don't know where our funding is going to keep coming from, the idea that we would cut even more to try to preempt more
cuts, it is going to cost our students and it is going to have a compounding effect. Um, especially when we're looking at foundation aid. Again, those dollars don't necessarily dictate like what programs get spent,
which students get helped. that funding even though it is determined by the students goes to all of the students those dollars get spent on every single student. So it is it's just it's so
crucial it's so crucial that we don't lose money. Um and I know that we have been talking oh my god thank you. I'm seeing notes about email sent. Wasn't it so easy? Um and all like keep doing it like you can do this every day. Like don't like it's not a oneanddone thing.
I've been emailing every day and then you get like six email notifications saying that your message has been received. When you call their office like just like say the script the only thing that like they'll ask you is like name, zip code. Um like call your own
legislators. make sure that this is on the top of everyone's list. And because the thing is quantity matters like at the end of the day like if you're like I am like what good is it to call with a um like a pre-written script if they're
like they're not even going to listen. Maybe they won't. Doesn't matter because I'll tell you what they will do. If that subject line says foundation aid, if they get a bunch of calls where they say foundation aid is the subject, then they go back to their bosses and they say, "Hey, we have gotten like calls from thousands of our constituents saying
that they need foundation aid. I think that this is an issue that people care about. The reason most people haven't heard about foundation aid is because I don't think they wanted us to. Like they made it complicated on purpose. If if
the government has taught us anything, the way they fear education should let us know how important education is. When people are informed, people make smart choices. Like make these phone
calls. Yeah, exactly. We don't care about what they want. We want care about what our parents and our students need. And I would just like to say one last thing. I'm an advocate. This is advocacy. Um,
you know, uh, we we're not lobbying, right? Because, um, we're 501c3s around here. So, we advocate like when you're giving your time like y'all are, this is advocacy. lobbying is them
people that we got to fight who actually get paid lots and lots of money to come against the things that the people are advocating for just you know on on the record. Exactly. But we're not saying and I'mma piggyback that we as parent
advocates we don't get paid. So Miss Grant is right. So at the end of the day when it comes to it they listen to us more than they listen to anybody else. Your biggest sword, your biggest weapon is your voice. Use it. Wear them out. Be
the squeaky wheel that they wish had oil and help other people get a little bit of oil on them, too. We need each one to teach one, each one to reach one. If they don't know how to advocate, they can't advocate. They have made CIDNY has
made this very simple. We want to make sure that we push these simple tactics, measures, uh, screenshots, photos, whatever you have that can be a a brevity. Please look for district 75 to move this onto our social media. Copy,
paste, share. Yeah, we will make it individual um pertaining to districts how much the districts would lose um if we don't get these f this funding. So, um, we can also send those as well.
Everything that you have to send, I'm I'm looking crazy on the backside, but everything that you have to send, guys, please do send. Um, I I don't know Tanisha personally, but I know her in this work. We have done digital advocacy together. I know that she is boots on
the ground in Brooklyn. She got us just like Molly has us, just like District 75 has us, just as parent advocates do. So in this space, whether you're here now, whether you're catching the recording later, please know that we need you. We need your voice. We need you to uplift
this now. This is a now thing. This is a, you know, people are still waiting to turn things in. Our voices can still be heard. We can still make shifts and changes. And while we can, we need to be empowered to move forward. Don't be scared. Don't don't don't worry about
what you sound like. Hit that QR code. Take what they have and what they've given you. And if you can say more to the heart and the compassion of what you have for and the passion that you have for this, say it. We We voted for the people that we're talking to for change. If they don't do what they need to do,
vote them out. They They are here because we voted them in. So you make sure they do their job. Period. The end. We need what we need. I don't care if 36% of our of the budget comes from the state. We want all our pennies.
So, let's do this work. Um, I know I'm going a little bit on my soap box. Sorry, but not We love a soap box. Yeah. We want to make sure that we have for our children. You know what I mean? Yes. Yes. And we have to understand that like you said, the parents have the power.
Like, you know, I spend a lot of my time like trying to tell parents like it's you. like if we stood up with the you know almost million kids that we have in this public school system like you know again and I'll say again with what's
going on with the this man wrote a executive uh uh action to dismantle public education 60% of schools na nationwide are title one schools so yes
this is this is like very important for every every parent to stand on their square and say, you know, give us our money in in the richest, you know, city definitely in the world, you know. So, yeah. And state. I don't know if it's the richest state, but we up there with
a $230 billion state budget. I I ain't heard no other state that has a budget, a state budget like like we do. Molly, sorry. I was responding to something in the chat. Did I Did I miss an out loud question? If I didn't miss an out loud question.
Um, I don't think you missed anything. Tanisha brought it home. Uh, she said, "Fantastic." Listen, listen. She brought it home. Guys, know that we have CCD75 outreach on YouTube. This will be available as a recording for you to share. Please effectively share it or
take the screenshots. I'm going to make sure that you guys have a lot of different versions of what you need um to move forward and then please listen to Molly and Tanisha. Listen to this recording. Play it over again. If you don't understand something, email us
d75ccounsel@nyc.gov. We will copy in Tanisha and Molly and you will always have the support that you need um to make sure that we keep uplifting our community. I'll give it back to uh Molly and Tanisha to close us out. The only thing that I will say because Tanisha
always brings it home and Tanisha always opens it well and does great things in the middle. Tanisha knows I love her so much. Um there is so much parent power. Call every single person you know. Like
just be like, "Hey, do you have a second? Send an email. Please send this email. Please make this phone call." Like the more parents you talk to, the better. And tell them to contact every parent they know. Like there is power in numbers. So like please, please, please,
if you have never sent a chain letter before, let this be the first time. Um and if you'd love to send chain letters, great. you're in the right place. Um, but so yeah, so that is all I need to say. I will make sure you guys have the PowerPoint. I will make sure you guys have the QR
codes. Like please, thank you so much to everybody who's already emailed and called. Yes. And I'll just end with like that's why we have a choice, right? Cuz I'm not a phone person. I'm not I'm not calling anyone, but I'm emailing, right?
So if a person, you know, give people choices like you can, you know, are you the person that will call or are you more comfortable with just sending an email like just everybody do something. Um, and you know that everybody doing
something equal to a lot of us doing a lot of things at the same time. Thank you so much for having us and we appreciate your support. Thank you guys so much. as they said with everybody doing something for those of us that are here it doesn't matter what the number
is where one or two are gathered okay we can get the work done so realistically as we as a council whether Christy Angel or anybody else that was in this council was here or not our council in the district will continue to move forward with the support of our children which
means our committees are always online you do not have to show up in person you can serve you can learn you and advocate and do your part. I encourage you to sign up for our legislative committee. Email us CCD I'm giving you the whole
Lord. Give me the website. Email us at d75 counsel at schools.nyc.gov. Just say hey legislative committee. How can I help? There is no prerequisite. There's no requirements. However you can show up, we appreciate it. We want you to be
active in the spaces that you can and we will empower you to do so. So, thank you guys again for coming to this lunch and learn with our budgets. We're going to give you your time and your days back. We do hope that you have a very great and restful weekend because sometimes we do need a break. You can't advocate all
the time, but please do in the meantime of today when we send this information out and the information that you do have, hit up the legislators. Make make the people that you voted for do their work. Make your voice count and we will make sure that you have this information. Thank you again for
joining. Thank you CDNY. Thank you Miss Grant. Thank you Miss Sak. And we will continue to be in collaboration with you. And everyone have a great afternoon. Thank you so much everyone.