N-SSBA in the News Archive
2024-2025 School Year
Newsday, Heat wave 2025: Some Long Island schools close early as real-feel temperatures rise above 100, June 24, 2025
Newsday, 19 Long Island school districts again beyond legal limit for cash reserves, state records show, June 23, 2025
Newsday, Elwood, Shelter Island school budget re-vote: Here's what you need to know, June 8, 2025
Newsday, NYS school cellphone ban: Some Long Island educators say rollout could pose logistical challenge, June 2, 2025
News 12, What to know as people head to the polls to vote on school budgets across Long Island, May 20, 2025
Newsday, LI pre-K: Millions unspent as parents seek slots, March 25, 2025
Newsday, As the Navy ramps up submarine production, West Islip High students are getting hands-on training in the industry, March 23, 2025
Long Island Radio, March 21, 2025 - Listen online
Newsday, Linda McMahon confirmation hearing: Long Island educators hope for details on U.S. Department of Education's future, Feb. 13, 2025
Newsday, Long Island schools: 11 schools, 11 districts cited by state as needing improvement, Feb. 13, 2025
Long Island Radio, Feb. 6, 2025 - Listen online
Newsday, Trump wants to abolish the federal education department. What could it mean for Long Island schools?, Feb. 5, 2025
Newsday, School aid on Long Island: Hochul proposes 4.6% increase for 2025-26 school year, Jan. 21, 2025
Newsday, NYS issues guidance to schools, citing 'threats of increased federal immigration actions', Jan. 18, 2025
Newsday, School property tax hikes on Long Island capped at 2% for 2025-26, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says, Jan. 15, 2025
Newsday Opinion, Education issues, like politics, are local on Long Island, Jan. 7, 2025
NYFocus, ‘In a Bind’: New Yorkers Rejecting Transition to Electric School Buses, Despite Mandate, Dec. 18, 2024
Newsday, 12 Long Island school districts have been flagged for too much money in reserve, audits say. A think tank has proposed solutions, Dec. 16, 2024
Newsday, Long Island school districts hiring recently retired educators far more since New York suspended waiver, Dec. 1, 2024
Newsday, Long Island test results: English, math scores are down for students in grades 3-8, Nov. 24, 2024
Newsday, Long Island schools may turn to reserves, borrowing to cover cost of sex abuse lawsuits, Nov. 11, 2024
South Shore Press, Regents Exams are one Step Closer to Being History, Nov. 11, 2024
Long Island Press: Changes To Foundation Aid Spell Big Trouble For LI Schools, Oct. 7, 2024
South Shore Press: New York to Require a Student Representative on Every School Board - Some in Suffolk County Ahead of the Game, Sept. 21, 2024
News 12: What happens behind-the-scenes before community is notified of a potential school threat, Sept. 19, 2024
Newsday: East Quogue school switches to armed guards, Sept. 12, 2024
Newsday: Syosset voters to weigh in on school bond proposals totaling $143.8M, Sept. 10, 2024
Newsday: Long Island school officials welcome new law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul giving students a seat on school boards statewide, Sept. 6, 2024
South Shore Press: Put the Brakes on Electric Mandate, Sept. 3, 2024
South Shore Press: Emergency Responders Concerned About Fires Breaking Out in Electric School Buses, Sept. 2, 2024
South Shore Press: Can The Grid Handle Charging Electric School Buses?, Sept. 2, 2024
Newsday: When does school start in my district? Schools on Long Island open as early as Aug. 28, August 11, 2024
Newsday: School lockdown drills: New state rules win praise, but some controversy remains, July 27, 2024
Newsday: School aid in focus at public hearing on Long Island next week, July 24, 2024
Newsday: Summer school takes on new meaning: drones, swimming, robotics, July 21, 2024
2023-2024 School Year
Newsday: New York near top in Advanced Placement test rankings, June 8, 2024
Newsday: School budget elections: 122 districts pass, 2 fail, May 30, 2024
WCBS 880: On the Record with Steve Scott: LI Armed Guards, May 19, 2024 (mp3)
Newsday: Armed guards: More Long Island districts are starting to use them, May 19, 2024
Newsday: Long Island schools get $205.6 million boost in state aid, April 20, 2024
News 12: State budget tentative agreement allows school boards to move forward, April 16, 2024
Newsday: Regents exam results: See how students in your school district fared, March 2, 2024
Newsday: Student enrollment on Long Island falls 7% in decade, Feb. 12, 2024
Newsday: Some LI school districts could lose state aid under Hochul's proposed budget, Jan. 17, 2024
Newsday: Hochul's budget includes cutting aid for some NYS school districts, Jan. 16, 2024
Newsday: School property taxes capped at 2% for 2024-25, comptroller says, Jan. 12, 2024
Newsday: Long Island education: The top issues for schools in the year ahead, Jan. 7, 2024
Newsday: The tech boom in Long Island schools was fueled by COVID-19, Nov. 3, 2023
Newsday: Long Island Manufacturing Day to introduce students to employers in October, Oct. 6, 2023
2022-2023 School Year
Newsday: Students' cellphone use has some school districts considering restrictions, June 10, 2023
Newsday: School elections show power of teacher unions, observers say, May 18, 2023
Newsday survey: School spending would go up 6%, taxes an average 2%, May 15, 2023
News 12: Long Islanders prep for Super Tuesday, May 15, 2023
Newsday: School board races: Toned-down rhetoric ahead of Tuesday's elections, May 12, 2023
Newsday: Long Island school taxes to rise an average of 2.2%, March 21, 2023
Newsday: Coming to Long Island schools: record-breaking $775M increase in state aid, Feb. 4, 2023
Newsday: The state should support free school meals for all LI students, Jan. 4, 2023
In June, federal funding that had provided free meals for all students during the COVID-19 pandemic expired. This loss hit New York hard, but Long Island has borne the brunt of the impact, with nearly 250,000 students losing access to meals they need to succeed.
Governor Hochul can fix this by funding free school meals for all New York students in this year’s State budget. This would benefit all New Yorkers, but the impact would be especially significant on Long Island, where roughly 90 percent of schools would benefit.
Learn more about the quiet crisis of child hunger in our schools, and how New York can take the lead on fixing it, in this insightful Newsday op-ed by Rebecca Sanin, Chief Executive Officer of the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island and Bob Vecchio, Executive Director of the Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association.
#Meals4AllNY