What services do taxpayers provide to private school students through state and local property taxes?
NYS taxpayers pay for text books, computer software, library books, transportation, health services and special education services for students attending private and parochial schools. To help control these costs, BOCES (boards of cooperative educational services) handle the purchase of learning materials and provide for the special services to students. Districts work together to provide the required transportation in the most cost effective way possible. State law requires this support for non-public students but does not fully fund it. Therefore costs for these items are partially borne by local property taxpayers.
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