Sentences with phrase «agree local school budgets»

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While only 22 % percent of New Yorkers think the recently enacted state budget is either excellent or good for the people of the state, at least 71 % agree that creating a $ 2.5 billion clean water infrastructure fund, increasing aid to local school districts by $ 1.1 billion, allowing ride - sharing services to operate in the state, and making SUNY / CUNY tuition free for families making less than $ 125,000 will make New York better, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters released early Monday morning.

Additionally, the General Assembly should fulfill its commitment to funding other education grants at the levels agreed to in the bipartisan budget, including grants for Priority School Districts, magnet schools, state and local charter schools, the Connecticut Technical High School System, and the Open Choice program.

While legislators are going into special session, cities and towns across Connecticut are cutting local public school programs as a result of the inadequate education funding that is part of the state budget that was agreed upon in a deal between Governor Dannel Malloy and Democratic legislators earlier this month.