Sentences with phrase «state aid proposal»

The New York State School Boards Association said Cuomo's state aid proposal «falls way short of the mark,» and New York State United Teachers, a union, called the aid proposal «woefully inadequate.»

«We call on the governor to amend his executive budget proposal to include a state aid proposal that allocates and distributes to school districts the approximate $ 1.1 billion school aid increase cited in his State of the State address,» they wrote.

Long Island public school districts would gain an additional $ 75.3 million in combined operating assistance, or a hike of more than 2.8 percent, under the state aid proposal for the 2017 - 18 academic year released by Cuomo's office.

«For our schools to continue to improve and provide our students with the best education possible, they must have proper and equitable funding — our State Aid Proposal is aimed at making that happen,» State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said.

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Aiding the possibility of this proposal actually being written into law in the fact that one of New York's top state prosecutors, District Attorney Charles «Joe» Hynes of Brooklyn has come out in support of its passing.

Some of the proposals go beyond what Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has sought when it comes to nuclear power (the state is closing the Indian Point facility in Westchester County while another in central New York will remain open with the aid of subsidy), though many of the issues Nixon has raised are in line with what the state has done.

Cuomo's amended budget proposal didn't include the much - needed $ 12.5 million in state aid for the city of Albany on which Mayor Kathy Sheehan is relying to balance her own spending plan.

The Business Council of New York State strongly opposes the Executive Budget proposal which would eliminate all $ 35.1 million in funding for the Direct Institutional «Bundy» Aid program (Bundy Aid).

The Governor prioritized education spending in his budget proposal, including growth that is twice what would be allowed under the cap.9 To truly prioritize education the State should reform the Foundation Aid formula to ensure the highest needs districts are properly funded without unnecessarily sending aid to the wealthiest districAid formula to ensure the highest needs districts are properly funded without unnecessarily sending aid to the wealthiest districaid to the wealthiest districts.

The budget proposal redirects formula and reimbursement aid into competitive grants in a number of areas and encourages community solutions rather than State mandates.

«New York's students deserve the best education possible and our State Aid request and legislative proposals will ensure schools continue to improve and better prepare our children while also acknowledging the state's fiscal realities,» State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia State Aid request and legislative proposals will ensure schools continue to improve and better prepare our children while also acknowledging the state's fiscal realities,» State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia state's fiscal realities,» State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said.

The Legal Aid Society challenged the state's new familial DNA testing proposal, saying the move is an abuse of power.

But Cuomo was unsparing in describing the impact to be felt by the federal fiscal proposals, arguing that the state faced a $ 4 billion deficit in the short term, and $ 2 billion in cuts in federal aid.

«We look forward to the Governor's State Aid and budget proposals, which we hope will include a level of education funding sufficient to meet the needs of every student throughout our State, particularly those in schools with the greatest needs.»

ALBANY — Several education groups are criticizing Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal that New York's largest school districts submit school - level funding plans for state approval or risk losing increases in aid.

Cuomo would increase education aid in the state budget by as much as $ 1.1 billion, but much of the funding is linked to his policy proposals, which also include a strengthening of the state's charter schools.

But the report then lists several «concerns,» including some proposals that would increase the state's already large debt burden, and reliance on temporary one shot revenues and federal aid that the report says might not materialize.

Members of both the Senate Republican and Assembly Democratic conferences have said in recent weeks that they opposed making a state aid increase contingent on the enactment of Cuomo's education reform proposals.

The Buffalo News reported in January that Cuomo's 2016 - 17 state budget proposal was the first in years that did not cut aid to the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo.

Speaker Silver says while his Democratic members feel strongly about offering tuition aid to children of immigrants, they do not have a consensus on a proposal by Governor Cuomo, to offer free college to inmates in state prisons.

The budget proposal increases school aid by $ 991 million in the coming fiscal year; it would channel that increase through several formulas but does not completely cover the Gap Elimination Adjustment, whose demise is a major priority of Republicans in the State Senate.

The Legislature today, led by the Assembly, reached an agreement on a package of education proposals that will immediately increase state aid to schools, provide that teachers are evaluated on more than a single student test score and ensure local oversight of struggling schools,» United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said.

Late last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration broke with the longstanding tradition of providing school districts across New York State with «runs,» the projected aid increases, based on the governor's education funding proposal, which district officials use to help shape their own budgets.

Cuomo is also backing the so - called Dream Act that would extend state financial aid to students in the country illegally as part of his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year.

The proposal also comes with an ultimatum: If the IDC refuses to accept, the state party would aid primaries to IDC members.

Cuomo's budget provides 4.4 percent more aid to schools and would fund his proposal from the State of the State address for longer school days and school years.

The IDC's budget proposal, introduced in January, «included a $ 1.47 billion investment in the Foundation Aid formula for the first year with a multi-year commitment to achieve complete funding,» Alcantara told parents earlier this week, adding that as an IDC member, she has «a voice at the budget table» and is «confident that the end of this year's budget process New York state will have invested a record amount of funding in education.»

As local school districts await word from Albany on state aid, some are developing multiple budget proposals based on best, worst and most likely scenarios.

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 152.3 billion executive budget proposal includes a $ 1 billion increase in state education aid and the beginning of an income tax cut for middle class New Yorkers, he announced last night as the deadline for submission of his fiscal plan loomed.

In his budget proposal, Cuomo said state aid to municipalities and cities, which hasn't increased since 2008, would remain flat at $ 715 million for the upcoming fiscal year, and instead offers competition funds.

Those extra expenses would not be covered under Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Excelsior Scholarship proposal, which would pay only the difference between financial aid and tuition at State University of New York or City University of New York campuses for full - time students from families earning $ 125,000 or less.

He said the state aid agency is working with «corporate relocation specialists» to vet the locations before narrowing its selections and submitting «a proposal to Amazon with multiple sites.»

The proposal was strongly supported by organizations of state and city judges as well as the Legal Aid Society and most advocacy groups at the four - hour hearing in Manhattan.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo put a number of progressive issues into his state budget proposal, including early voting measures, reforming the criminal justice system to end cash bail and the Dream Act to give college aid to the children of undocumented immigrants.

Malloy offered his own deficit reduction proposal Monday, and it included major cuts in state aid to cities and towns as well as a range of sometimes dramatic state agency spending reductions.

There is precedent for projecting aid or other funding even though certain proposals or reforms haven't been adopted by the state Legislature — or approved by voters.

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.

To get state legislators on board with his agenda, Cuomo tied the proposals to a large increase in state school aid.

After all, the group said in a paper backing up its aid proposal, «New York's fiscal outlook has improved substantially» and «state budget surpluses are projected through 2018.»

Saying it will be a «challenging year» as the state confronts a $ 4.4 billion deficit, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Jan. 16 called for a 3 percent boost in school aid in his $ 168 billion executive budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year.

He said the 1967 convention produced unrelated proposals for changes to the state constitutions, including one that would eliminate a ban on direct or indirect state aid to religious schools.

Speaking about Cuomo's proposal to implement state takeover of failing schools, «that hit me more than anything else,» said Mulgrew, who went on to talk again about the lack of school aid offered up by Cuomo.

The proposal to provide additional state aid to communities like Cortland that host four - year SUNY colleges has now been introduced in the State Sestate aid to communities like Cortland that host four - year SUNY colleges has now been introduced in the State SeState Senate.

The district is pressing state legislators to add $ 12 million to its estimate of the governor's aid proposal.

Last week, Mr. Cuomo proposed major cuts to Medicaid, school aid and the state work force, while inviting unions to come to him with their own proposals to save money.

If they fail to reach agreement by Monday, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vowed to introduce legislation that would extend the current budget, a backup plan that would leave out popular proposals to increase college tuition aid or invest billions of dollars in the state's aging water infrastructure.

The state aid increase should not have been tied to the governor's teacher evaluation proposal, which in turn should not be increasingly based on test scores, said David Gamberg, who is superintendent of both the Greenport and Southold districts.

And two Hudson Valley state assemblymen say they have secured enhanced full - day kindergarten aid in the budget proposal.

Under the budget proposal presented by Cuomo, $ 23.14 billion would be set aside in education aid, an increase of $ 1.06 billion to all districts, if his education reform proposals are approved by the state Legislature.