Assemblyman Finch
  Assemblyman
GARY D. FINCH
Working to provide a quality education for every child.



Assemblyman Gary Finch
"After ensuring the protection and safety of all New Yorkers, I feel educating our children is the most important issue a New York state legislator can address. I feel that creating an environment which best provides opportunities for our children to succeed and reach their full educational potential is the first step in the educational process that is currently in need of a revolution, not a process of evolution."
-Assemblyman Gary Finch



Assemblyman Gary D. Finch...
...Working to create quality education for our children
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Success
  • The 2006-07 Legislative Budget includes record aid for education:
    • Increases money for Teacher Centers by providing $6 million in funding for a total of $37 million;

    • $1.1 billion increase in aid for a total of $17.36 billion. This includes $466 million in additional general support for public schools;

    • Gary Finch’s New Edison Project:

      • Adds $1.5 million for math and science initiatives.

Problems
  • Graduation rates in Gary Finch’s Assembly District range from 62% to the low 80s;

  • New York state spends 48% more per pupil than the national average, yet ranks 24th in academic achievement among the 50 states;

  • New York state average spending per pupil was $12,879 compared to the national average of $8,618;

  • Students struggling with their class work have difficulties long before they enter the ninth grade;

  • Elementary and middle-school teachers will readily tell you they can predict which of their students will probably never earn their diploma.

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New Ideas
  • Assemblyman Finch is proposing to raise the minimum age for a child to drop out of high school to 17;

  • Assemblyman Finch is proposing new enrichment programs for children in elementary and middle school;

  • The proposed enrichment programs are aimed at creating new innovative opportunities for younger children before they reach their high school years.




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Assemblyman Gary D. Finch

Albany Office: 718 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12248 • (518) 455-5878

District Office: 69 South Street
Auburn, NY 13021 • (315) 255-3045



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