Both candidates agree that the smaller upstate school districts are more negatively affected by the cuts. (wamc.org)
And finally, to the benefit our funding - deprived upstate schools, I will fight for our schools to no longer rely on property taxes for the bulk of their funding. (saraniccoli.com)
Jim Tallon, a former assemblyman and chair of the Board of Regents» state aid committee, expressed broad criticisms of Cuomo's budget proposal, arguing the spending plan should have included more information about the distribution of funding and more money for pre-K for upstate school districts. (nystateofpolitics.com)