Sentences with phrase «additional school aid»

The budget includes $ 1 billion in additional school aid spending, bringing the state's total to more than $ 26 billion.

He ultimately agreed that just $ 50 million dollars out of a total of $ 800 million dollars in additional school aid would be awarded competitively.

Easton suggested gaining $ 400 million for additional school aid by scrapping Cuomo's proposed property tax freeze and $ 100 million by preserving the 18A surcharge on utility bills.

Then the Republicans will have to explain to their constituents why they didn't deliver on that key issue — not to mention additional school aid — both of which are hot topics on Long Island and in the suburbs north of NYC where there are competitive Senate elections.

The UFT sent more than 1,100 members and public school parents to Albany on March 19 to urge state lawmakers to provide additional school aid.

Mulgrew said that the governor's ploy to hold desperately needed additional school aid hostage unless lawmakers passed his education proposals was tantamount to an «extortionary scheme.»

The new teacher evaluation law ties additional school aid increases to compliance with the November deadline.

In a blog post on their website, the Heartland Institute went on to quote Connecticut's Yankee Institute for Public Policy opposing additional school aid for Connecticut's public school children and supporting the «money follows the child» funding scheme that would divert even more scarce public funds to privately owned and operated charter schools.

The spokesman, Scott Reif, noted that resolution provided hundreds of millions of dollars in additional school aid, more than what Cuomo proposed in pre-K spending and an expansion of the EPIC prescription drug program for seniors.

The Board of Regents has asked the governor for a $ 2 billion in additional school aid, a request Cuomo dismisses as more «political correctness.»

And legislative leaders add the $ 805 million dollars in additional school aid was directed at the poorest schools who need the money the most.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican from Long Island, said the additional school aid would flow through both the foundation aid formula — which favors urban districts — and to alleviate the gap elimination adjustment, which would benefit wealthier, suburban districts.

The final budget is expected to include $ 1 billion in additional school aid, $ 250 million in new money for the New York City Housing Authority, and a fee on for - hire cars that travel into congested parts of Manhattan.

Heastie says that's an improvement over the governor's initial plan, which directly linked school aid increases to the new plans, and would have held up the additional school aid until the teacher reviews were completed.

They are calling for about $ 2 billion in additional school aid.

The Senate's version of the bill includes a proposal to modify the «last in, first out» teacher firing policy as well as $ 280 million in additional school aid — about 9 percent more than Cuomo's proposed budget, State Sen. Liz Krueger said.