While states often make cuts to their higher ed budgets during economic downturns, those effects are usually delayed because of the timing of state budget cycles, she said.
Advocates, nonprofits and students have rallied in recent weeks and months to scale back cuts to the programs, arguing they provide vital support to the city’s most vulnerable students.
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“But in the absence of support from the state and federal governments, we’re still facing tough choices.”. President Trump's new budget proposal calls for nearly an 8 percent cut to education. Community Schools will instead be cut by $3 million, officials said. building permit fees endangering some after-school programs. Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza announce an independent report found the Community Schools initiative at PS 67 in Brooklyn in January. “That $10 million ... that’s a gut punch, a real big gut punch,” said Fernando Tineo, Division Director at Good Shepherd. But officials said Thursday the initiative will be slashed by $10 million instead. “The cuts are especially devastating now, two months into the school year, when students who struggle most with remote learning need resources such as counseling and career planning to stay on track to graduate,” said Michelle Yanche, the Executive Director of Good Shepherd Services. The Trump Administration’s proposed “Budget for America’s Future” drastically cuts safety net programs by $2 trillion, including $6.1 billion in cuts to education.
“We are in conversations with impacted organizations and groups to work through some savings that were unavoidable given the current health and fiscal crisis," said O’Hanlon. And in the Northeast, Harvard University reported a $10 million deficit.
Education Department officials said the projected amounts of the budget cuts were never final, and an agency spokeswoman said the city was able to reshuffle funds to reduce the cuts. Advocates have been especially vocal about the fate of the Learning to Work program, which was slated to lose all $30 million of its funding this year amid steep cuts to the Education Department budget. (Photo by... [+] The Washington Post via Getty Images Each year, President Trump has proposed a …