Home Rule Request

Home Rule Request.  Entered into public comment record Mar 7 meeting of Albany Common Council

Asked Council to send a Home Rule Request to State Legislature by March 21 requesting State Legislature to amend state law to provide:

1. for disbanding the Albany City School District/Schoo Board ; shifting responsibility and accountability for Albany public schools to the Mayor and Common Council

2. for school budget votes to be presented to city voters at November General Elections, with results being binding. No reruns.

3. shifting school funding from the property to sales/income taxes so that all pay their fair share of pulic school support.

Sending this Home Rule Request by March 21 will afford the State Legislature adequate time to evaluate and act on these amendments to state law, this session.

Should the Common Council fail to adopt and transmit this Home Rule Request, they will answer to city voters in the September primaries and November General this year.