Money the Syracuse Common Council
added to Mayor Stephanie Miner's budget for a
new downtown senior center, a small business
loan program and teaching assistants may never get spent, despite Miner saying she'll sign the budget as passed.
In light of last spring's passage of the historic Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act — which enhances student
loan forgiveness
programs for those who enter public service, similar to what is already done for
new doctors willing to work in urban hospitals — the recent study of California's teaching fellowship
program could cast considerable light on the value -
added benefits of utilizing bonus pay to attract
new talent to troubled schools.