Under the plan prepared by the Governor's Commission on Excellence in Education — a 30 - member panel of school - board members, teachers, school administrators, and representatives of higher education, business, and government selected by Gov. Robert Kerrey — the state would provide at least 50 percent of the total cost of public education and would develop a new state -
aid distribution formula...
Following the 1988 Armenian earthquake there was an influx of
aid and inappropriate
distribution of infant
formula resulted in an immediate and extended decrease in breastfeeding rates: from 64 % of babies exclusively breastfed to 4 months, down to 59 % 2 years on and down to 20 % 6 years on from the disaster.
The existing Foundation
Aid Formula does not properly calculate the local contribution and has too many floors, ceilings, phase - ins, and add - ons that distort the final aid distribution, driving too much funding to wealthy districts.5 The Executive Budget imposes an additional calculation on top of the existing distributions and increases funding to all districts including those that are affluent and not in need of further State suppo
Aid Formula does not properly calculate the local contribution and has too many floors, ceilings, phase - ins, and add - ons that distort the final
aid distribution, driving too much funding to wealthy districts.5 The Executive Budget imposes an additional calculation on top of the existing distributions and increases funding to all districts including those that are affluent and not in need of further State suppo
aid distribution, driving too much funding to wealthy districts.5 The Executive Budget imposes an additional calculation on top of the existing
distributions and increases funding to all districts including those that are affluent and not in need of further State support.
Spitzer proposed a
formula to distribute
aid by need rather than political power; Bruno wanted a separate
distribution for Long Island, which has eight Republican senators.