The House GOP proposal would add $ 20 million to current state school funding levels for cities and towns and set up a $ 90 million «hold harmless grant to ensure no municipality loses [educational cost sharing] aid compared to the current fiscal year,» according to the plan's summary. (courant.com)
«NYSUT believes strongly that the tax cap undemocratically deprives taxpayers of their constitutional right to determine local school funding levels, while exacerbating existing funding inequities that harm the state's neediest and most vulnerable students,» the union said in a statement. (nystateofpolitics.com)