Albany High graduates

Contract for Excellence: 2024-25

The 2024-2025 Contract for Excellence plan of the City School District of Albany will continue efforts to improve student achievement.  It also will build capacity to serve students in high-needs schools across the district.

The total contract amount is $6,108,505 for 2024-2025 which is the State required amount due to the full phase-in of Foundation Aid implemented in 2023-2024.  Seventy-five percent (75%) of the total must be allocated to the below identified schools.  

Our full 2024-2025 contract spending plan and performance narratives are available for download.  


Targeted schools

The contract plan targets students with the greatest educational need as identified on the Educational Need Matrix provided by the State Education Department. 

The 2024-25 contract supports programs and services for students at the following schools:

Social-emotional support services

Special Education services

ENL, literacy and math

Timeline

Contract for Excellence regulations indicate that the contract plan should result in at least a 10% gain in the percent of the target group students achieving the state standards. The target group students are those at the identified schools that did not meet their benchmark for annual progress, denoted by the State Education Department as Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).

The timeline of our 2024-25 Contract for Excellence activities is available for download.


Public hearing

You are invited to share your questions, concerns, or comments regarding the 2024-25 Contract for Excellence either in writing by Aug. 28 or at a public hearing on Thursday, Aug. 8 from 5:30-6 p.m. at Harriet Gibbons Student Services Center, 75 Watervliet Ave.

Please submit written comments by Aug. 28 to:

Superintendent of Schools
1 Academy Park
Albany, NY 12207

You can also submit your comments via our online contact form, linked below.