As state budget negotiations remain stalled, the Governor submitted a 4th budget extender to the legislature today, which funds the state through Tuesday, April 15th. Both the Senate and Assembly immediately passed the extender, before leaving Albany until presumably next week.
During the week, legislative leaders expressed frustration with the Governor’s insistence on inclusion of a number of outstanding policy proposals. The Governor stressed the importance of her proposals, and suggested she’s willing to continue negotiations for as long as it takes.
With the Passover, Good Friday and Easter holidays all approaching, it seems unlikely that a finalized state budget would be realistic in the near future. As such, NYSSBA joined with our Educational Conference Board (ECB) partners to issue a memo this week to state policymakers reminding them of the impact an untimely state budget has on the local school district budget development process. You can read that memo below.
ECB Memo on an Untimely State Budget
Protect School-Based Health Centers
On May 1, 2025, the State is planning to require School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) to be moved into Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) for how they receive Medicaid payments. This proposed shift from SBHCs receiving direct payments for services provided through the State Health Department, to needing to contract with, bill, and hope for payments from managed care plans could force SBHCs to close or reduce services. Please join the New York State School-Based Health Alliance, whose efforts NYSSBA routinely supports, to urge state lawmakers and Governor Hochul to stop this carve-in through the final budget before it significantly disrupts care for vulnerable children.
Protect School Based Health Centers
2025 Resolutions Process
On Wednesday, all NYSSBA members were sent our annual Resolutions Kit. The Kit contains results of the recent resolutions survey and detailed instructions on the resolution submission process for 2025. To review our current position statements, you can find them here. Please note, all 2020 positions will be sunsetting and must be resubmitted for a vote at the Annual Business Meeting if they are to remain as official NYSSBA positions. Questions that received at least a 2/3 ‘support’ or ‘oppose’ response in the resolutions survey will likely be submitted by the NYSSBA Board of Directors on behalf of the membership, but can also be submitted by a member board.
Here are a few important dates for the process:
July 18, 2025 @ 5pm - Deadline for Submission of Proposed Bylaw Amendments and Resolutions
September 8, 2025 - Distribution of Proposed Bylaw Amendments and Resolutions Book
September 19, 2025 @ 5pm - Deadline for Submission of Amendments, Rebuttals, and Endorsements
September 29, 2025 - Distribution of Voting Delegates’ Guide
October 16, 2025 @ 4pm - Annual Business Meeting