The Beauty of the New York State Goverment

Pecorella, Robert F. Governing New York State. Albany State Universtiy.: New York Press, 2006. netLibrary. 2006. 23 June. 2010.

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American culture is grounded in notions of individual political rights and personal economic achievement is a statement that Robert F. Pecorella strongly believes in. Communities in which people live emulate their economic achievement is a perspective of Pecorella. Pecorella states, “After all, the legitimacy of a social system based on economic disparities rest on the shared belief in the concept of equal opportunity.” Percorella means, government cannot take away difference in individual students when it comes to economics, but what it can do is strive to give equal opportunity education. New York State allocated nearly $13.7 billion in general education spending, while the local school districts spent $15.98 billion of their own dollars on education in the year 2000, is a fact Pecorella wanted to be made to illustrate how important the public education system is to the state of New York. Pecorella states how New York was one of the first sates in the nation to establish a free and universal public school system in 1784 and as a result Article XI of the New York State Constitution is the basis for the state government’s role in New York’s education system. Pecorella believes he knows the New York State perspective on public education by saying, that New York state rejects the notion of school funding inequities, instead state policy has sought to move to an increased spending equalization in school districts around the state by using the resources of the state to counterbalance uneven the local tax capacities.

Pecorella’s overall view of the New York State government is a defense to my question because his views on the New York State government lend good view points on how the New York State government operates, and how the New York State government came to be the way the New York State government is today. Pecorella’s beliefs in the New York State government help to solidify issues that are being made in my question. Pecorella’s statement of how American’s mimic their economic achievement only furthers issues in my controversial topic depending on where parents may stand economically. Praise is given to the government by Pecorella for setting a standard with education that says no matter the economic achievements of parents, students from all aspects will be taught equally which sets an equal playing field for all future generations. Pecorella’s number’s of how much the New York State government spent on education alone is a building ground for the New York State government to say they allocate enough money into their budget for education. Pecorella defends the New York State government by saying the New York State government does all it can to equalize the public schooling within the state of New York, which defends my controversial question.