A coalition of more than 100 education organizations says proposals in the city and the state budgets could endanger the future of popular programs like 3-K and leave the city with less education funding.

As parents around the city prepare to finalize their applications for the 3-K program — hoping to get a coveted seat close to home — education advocates say the budget proposed by Mayor Eric Adams shortchanges the program by $112 million.

“This is not the entire budget for 3-K, but it is a significant portion, and losing this funding could mean that thousands of 3-year-olds who would have had the chance to attend three K next year would instead miss out,” Randi Levine, policy director of Advocates for Children, said.

The money was included in last year’s budget as a one-year expense, and isn’t in this year’s proposal. It’s one of a slew of education programs members of the Coalition for Equitable Education Funding argue should be baselined into the budget to allow providers more stability in planning.

Another example: last year’s budget included $55 million dollars to help try to meet the city’s commitment to providing a special education preschool seat to every child who needs one — but that money is absent in the proposed budget for next year. The funding was meant to add about seven hundred seats this school year, though the city still has not gotten all of them up and running.

“There are hundreds of children with disabilities waiting for those classes to open right now who have a legal right to be in those classes right now. And it is harder to open those classes right now when the D.O.E. doesn’t know if the funding will continue next year. It’s harder to convince a school to do the work needed to open a new class. It’s harder to find a teacher for that class when we don’t know if the funding is going to continue,” Levine said.

Without action, the budget would also be missing:

• $25 million for early childhood extended day seats
• $41 million in arts programming
• $14 million for community schools
• $12 million for restorative justice programs
• $10 million for teacher recruitment, and more.

There are also concerns at the state level: the governor’s budget proposal includes changes to the formula that awards education funding to school districts like New York City. But it includes a change in how poverty is measured that could cost the city big bucks.

“New York City schools would get nearly $350 million less than they would without these changes,” Levine said.

Neither the city nor the state budget are yet finalized. In the city, there will be two rounds of City Council hearings before an agreement, which must be reached by the end of the June. An agreement on the state budget must be reached by April first.