Sentences with phrase «school aid cut for»

The average proposed School Aid cut for the same districts under the Governor's budget is over $ 1,438,000.

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Look it up for yourself: the GOP has cut school lunch programs, Aid to dependent children, Planned Parenthood health care which provides medical care for expectant mothers (under the guise that they perform a limited number of abortions annually), Medicare programs which provides health care to the children who were born in the past because they weren't aborted, WIC which provides food to Women, Infants and Children... one could go on.

-- $ 600 million — including $ 177 million for New York City — of the Governor's $ 1.4 billion in devastating school aid cuts is restored, providing direct classroom support and property tax relief to working families throughout New York State.

The Syracuse Republican insisted the conference had to remain united on the minimum wage vote, which was packaged with a boost in school aid and an elimination of education cuts GOP lawmakers had pushed for since last year.

ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson has reportedly put off what would unquestionably be a bloody fight with lawmakers over cuts to school aid — at least for the moment.

«As always, you have to make decisions about how much you can afford to do in school aid and how much money you have to put aside for the potential impact of federal cuts in Medicaid and in health care,» Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle (D - Irondequoit) said last week.

Cuomo mentioned the salary of a Syosset schools superintendent, Carole Hankin, who earns $ 386,868 a year, as an example of where education officials might consider cutting to make up for the loss of state aid they are expected to suffer during this budget cycle.

The governor's budget, which includes a 3.1 percent increase in school aid, a two - year property tax freeze and phased - in business tax cuts, offers something for everyone in a year where Cuomo and all 213 members of the legislature are up for reelection.

The governor's budget, which includes a 3.1 percent increase in school aid, a two - year property tax freeze and phased in business tax cuts, offers something for everyone in a year where Cuomo and all 213 members of the legislature are up for reelection.

The $ 145.3 billion spending plan increases school aid next year by just under $ 1 billion (which school boards say is not enough) and over the next five years commits to build thousands of units of affordable housing for the homeless, contribute $ 8.3 billion to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, spend $ 22 billion on upstate roads and bridges, cut taxes for small businesses and create a rebate for Thruway toll payers.

ALBANY — After a two - hour debate that touched on climate change and several anti-Semitic incidents at the City University of New York, Republicans in the state Senate endorsed a one - house budget resolution that shifts costs to New York City, increases aid for public schools and cuts taxes for middle - income New Yorkers.

The poll cited seven different possible rationales for rejecting Cuomo: the Moreland Commission scandal, cuts in school aid, tax cuts, his alliance with a «shadowy» group called the Committee to Save New York, his donations from Republicans including the Koch Brothers and Ken Langone, his support for charter schools, and his «values,» which show he «caters to the wealthy and corporations.»

Randi Weingarten, president of the United Federation of Teachers, criticized the Senate version of the bill for cutting about $ 40 billion from money «targeted to help states avoid drastic education cuts and teacher layoffs,» as well as $ 20 billion from construction aid to schools and colleges and $ 1 billion from new aid for Head Start and other early childhood education programs.

I believe if we continue doing what we're doing the state goes down the road to ruin,» Cuomo said during a speech formally announcing the austere plan, which also calls for a massive government restructuring, the merger or consolidation of 11 state agencies into four, and a 10 percent cut in aid for SUNY and CUNY schools.

Sixty - eight percent said his cuts to school aid and tax cuts would convince them to oppose him, while 67 percent said the Committee to Save New York would keep them from pulling the lever for Cuomo, after the pollsters» described the group as a «shadowy» organization «that raised more than $ 17 million from Wall Street, real estate moguls and other business interests to promote his agenda of education cuts and tax breaks.»

It is expected to call for thousands of layoffs and massive cuts in school aid.

Ultimately, the measure was tucked into a massive education bill that included spending increases for school aid and an end to education cuts under the Gap Elimination Adjustment, a long - sought goal for Senate Republicans.

The Education and Labor Committee made deep cuts in programs that it knew were politically sacred: Head Start and impact aid for local schools, and care for the elderly.

The council questions Cuomo's claim that schools have received «tremendous» increase in funding over the past decade, noting, for example, that aid increased 1.9 percent in 2009 - 10 largely because federal stimulus cash averted the need for layoffs that would have been caused by the $ 1.1 billion worth of cuts proposed by then - Gov.

Bloomberg will likely issue a plea for lawmakers to restore some of NYC's $ 300 million in aid to localities Gov. Andrew Cuomo axed in his 2011 - 2012 spending plan and also ask for the repeal of «last in, first out» rule when it comes to laying off public school teachers, which he says the governor's cuts will force him to do if they're allowed to stand.

If the Budget Director applied this rationale to the State budget, $ 3.5 billion in State closing funds balances from this year would obviate the need for any school aid cuts, statewide.»

The Republican - led Senate's riposte to Cuomo's proposed budget laid bare some of the biggest points of contention in their education agendas — restoring cuts in school aid and the creation of a tax credit for school donations.

Republican lawmakers were clearly less than impressed with Malloy's proposals for municipal and school aid cuts, several of which were rejected by the legislature last year.

Billy Easton, with the Alliance for Quality Education, says last year, Cuomo presided over a budget that cut $ 1.3 billion dollars in aid to schools.

Morris Peters, a spokesman for the Budget Division, acknowledged that poorer districts rely on state aid for a larger share of their operating budgets, but said the cuts were structured «progressively, accounting for each school district's wealth, student need, administrative efficiency and tax burden.

Billy Easton, with the Alliance for Quality Education, says last year, Cuomo presided over a budget that cut $ 1.3 billion in aid to schools.

The superintendents said schools would be limited in their ability to raise taxes to make up for any state cuts in school aid.

The Fiscal Policy Institute joined with the Alliance for Quality Education and other groups to publicize the grim truth about Governor Paterson's $ 2.5 billion in school aid cuts.

«The governor moved more than anyone could have anticipated,» said Billy Easton of the Alliance for Quality Education, one of the groups pushing to restore school aid and social service funding cut over the last three years of fiscal crisis.

The 31 - page document, apparently drafted after the Senate and Assembly approved one - house budget bills of their own last week, lays out in intricate detail where each chamber and the governor stand on dozens of outstanding budget issues, from billions of dollars in school aid to cuts in welfare checks to rules for marine fishery licenses.

The plan proposes new spending cuts in programs such as Care4Kids, magnet schools, and reducing municipal aid for the Elderly Circuit Breaker program.

Since then, Democrats, Republicans and Malloy have been unable to reach a consensus on taxes, aid to municipalities, school funding, support for UConn and cuts in state services, among other things.

The vetoes also include $ 419 million in restorations of Paterson's more than $ 1 billion in cuts to school aid and $ 106 million for community colleges and the Tuition Assistance Program.

Senate Republicans have pointed out their efforts in the majority have provided for a end to the education cuts under the gap elimination adjustment and helped approve record amounts of school aid.

Flanagan defended the overall budget deal, arguing that Republicans were able to secure an extra $ 155 million in state operating aid for Long Island schools and a tax cut for households earning up to $ 300,000.

«The state's budget includes a $ 248 million increase in school aid, $ 212 million more for the state takeover of Medicaid, and $ 60 million in additional tax revenue — calling this significant increase a cut is disingenuous and the city should check its math.»

«Angle's radical plans to eliminate the Department of Education would cost Nevada college students more than $ 500 million in financial aid like Pell grants, and hundreds of millions for our state's elementary and secondary schools — all at a time when our students can least afford such draconian cuts,» Reid campaign spokesman Kelly Steele said in a statement.

ALBANY — The Republican - led Senate's riposte to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget laid bare some of the biggest points of contention in their education agendas — restoring cuts in school aid and the creation of a tax credit for school donations.

In interviews with over a dozen state committee members, Capital heard common frustration with Cuomo's fiscal record — he blocked an income tax hike on wealthy city residents, cut corporate taxes, reduced school aid in 2011 (and slowly dialed it back up), reduced pensions for newly hired public workers and pushed for a cap on local property tax increases.

In 2011, Cuomo decided to cap growth in education spending at the rate of New Yorkers» personal income growth, and he cut state aid accordingly for the 2011 - 12 school year by $ 1.3 billion.

Mr. Spitzer, readying for a fight over the health care cuts and school aid, told lawmakers on Wednesday morning that he would take his case to the public.

While it would be the third consecutive aid boost for schools, many are still struggling to recover from several years of cuts and a state - mandated property - tax cap.

And so the comptroller says it should not be used for recurring expenses, like tax cuts or increased school aid, as some legislators have suggested.

Cuomo said it would finance middle - class tax cuts approved by the governor and state Legislature last year and help pay for a billion - dollar increase in school aid.

Credit for sparing midyear state aid cuts to schools goes not just to state Assembly and Senate lawmakers but to UFT and community members who bombarded the governor and their local legislators with 5,710 faxes each, demanding that Albany protect the classroom.

The governor's budget, which includes a 3.1 % increase in school aid, a two - year property tax freeze and phased - in business tax cuts, offers something for everyone in a year where Cuomo and all 213 members of the legislature are up for re-election.

«For months now, we have faced the prospect of big cuts in aid from Albany that would have meant fewer new school seats and more overcrowding,» Walcott said in a statement.

Cuomo says it would finance middle class tax cuts approved by the governor and legislature last year, and to help pay for a billion dollar increase in school aid.

Deutsch, with New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, points out that Senate GOP Leaders in the past also said they were against taxing the wealthy, but ultimately agreed to the taxes when faced with steep school aid and other cuts.

We need to end the property tax cap and the Gap Elimination Adjustment, which has balanced the state budget on the backs of our children by cutting state aid to schools for the last five years.