The Assembly's plan, the first under new speaker Carl Heastie, proposes $ 24.95 billion in total school aid for the 2015 - 2016 fiscal year. (politico.com)
Major spending increases under Cuomo's proposal include the school aid hike — $ 991 million in the coming year to bring total school aid to $ 24.8 billion — and $ 900 million for transportation projects and repair. (newsday.com)
It increases total school aid funding by 6.5 % over the previous year, boosts spending for charter schools by about $ 430 per student and freezes tuition at CUNY and SUNY. (nydailynews.com)