«Sadly Governor Cuomo's budget abandons the state's Campaign for
Fiscal Equity commitment despite real and measurable progress in closing the gaps in educational opportunity.»
Not exact matches
The foldout also includes
commitments to «support our public schools» and to «close the $ 4.4 billion annual gap in funding owed by the state to public schools» — a figure apparently derived from the Court of Appeals» 2003 Campagn for
Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State decision, which ruled Albany had shortchanged the city billions in education funds.
«It is not obviously the same as addressing the core inequality as created by the absence of a resolution in the Campaign for
Fiscal Equity case, this is not a follow - through on that
commitment by the state, but it does look like a substantial step forward for school aid,» Mr. de Blasio said.