Sentences with phrase «aid to school districts»

As a result, a $ 310 - million increase in state aid to school districts that had been proposed by the legislature will not be made.

Advocates estimate the state still owes $ 4.3 billion in foundation aid to school districts across the state.

Instead of $ 250 million for those grants, they agreed to $ 50 million, freeing up $ 200 million to put back into the basic operating aid to school districts.

As the state came out of the financial crisis both state and local aid to school districts grew, with some record state increases.

This bill increases state aid to school districts for special education and school age parent's programs provided by the school district to no less than 33 percent of the school district's certified, eligible costs.

Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick announces that Erie County is calling on New York State to finally end the Gap Elimination Adjustment Law that drastically reduced the amount of aid to school districts for the past six years.

This helps us hold the line on property taxes as well as generating more financial aid to school districts so they can provide the best education possible to each and every one of our children.»

New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine has proposed a fiscal 2007 state budget that calls for nearly level funding of direct aid to school districts.

To see where the public stands, we asked questions about visa programs for highly specialized workers, federal aid to school districts impacted by immigration, and the desirability of instructing immigrants and students with limited English proficiency in their native language.

But faced with tight state revenues, he has proposed making funds available for these initiatives by increasing basic per - pupil aid to school districts by only 1.6 percent in the 1989 - 90 school year, and not at all the following year.

Former Governor George Pataki's School Tax Relief (STAR) program, passed in 1997 and fully phased in by 2002, actually does reduce most homeowners» tax bills, through the mechanism of sending added aid to school districts that are required to use the money to finance a partial homestead tax exemption.

Nixon has long been a spokeswoman for the AQE, and said at her press conference that she backed a plan by Assembly Democrats to direct $ 1.5 billion in additional aid to school districts.

The law, which was passed in 2010, withheld aid to school districts to help close New York State's multi-billion dollar deficit.

«The cap has successfully helped limit the burden of local property taxes, but makes it all the more important for the state to provide necessary aid to school districts,» Fahy wrote in the email.

Oral arguments were heard today in an Albany County Court on the lawsuit that challenged Gov. David Paterson's delay of state aid to school districts late last year, with much of the debate revolving around whether a hearing was even necessary in the first place.

Gov. David Paterson calls a special session of the Legislature for Nov. 15 to allocate federal stimulus aid to school districts and other matters.

This bill authorizes DPI to pay unexpended sparsity aid to a school district that qualified for sparsity aid in the previous school year but, because of an increase in the school district's membership above the existing 725 - member cap on sparsity eligibility, does not qualify in the current school year.

In school year 2013 - 14 alone, New York State invested $ 1.26 billion in school facilities aid to school districts where charter schools operate without public facility funding.

In a special summer session, legislators approved categorical aid to school districts for gifted education: $ 4 per pupil unit in FY2006 and $ 9 per pupil unit in FY2007 and beyond.

Although Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget released in January cut state aid to each school district in Southold Town, the state Legislature was successful in restoring those funds and even secured additional aid for Riverhead and Shoreham - Wading River.

State foundation aid to school districts is based on a formula from the State Education Department.

To address this wealth disparity problem, the state uses an equalization aid formula to calculate financial aid to school districts.

In the two most recent state biennial budgets, the state's resources identified as supporting schools in Wisconsin have been steered into levy credits as opposed to direct aid to school districts.

It could also help Rhode Island reach its goal for aid to school districts for the first time.

«The state aid formula drives a certain amount of aid to every school district, then a deduction takes place that takes money away from that state aid formula to pay the state's debt,» Kremer said.

A Cuomo aide laughed at the idea that her comments would derail negotiations, and said that the governor has sent more state aid to school districts than any of his predecessors.

But 64 percent oppose Cuomo's proposed $ 1.5 billion reduction in state aid to school districts, and 56 percent oppose his 10 percent cut to SUNY and CUNY.

But the Legislature does not seem in any hurry to move, and billions in aid to school districts, homeowners and municipalities are at risk.

Extra state aid to school districts and libraries doled out by the majority parties that control the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly.

She said she will fight to end unfunded state mandates, bring more aid to school districts and reinstate the STAR tax rebate checks.

Answer: State aid to school districts (he's an Albany school board member)

More State aid to school districts is critical to keeping our local property taxes down.

More state aid to school districts is critical to keeping our local property taxes down.»

The two mayors issued a statement Monday calling for implementation of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity decision, a 2006 Court of Appeals ruling that state aid to school districts should be calibrated according to need and ability to pay.

«But state aid to school districts should not be held hostage to education reforms.

State aid to school districts is expected to remain at about $ 175 million, although the education department is seeking some refinements in the way the money is distributed...

For nearly 20 years Pennsylvania was without a functional school finance formula to adequately and equitably distribute state aid to school districts.

Relating to: the payment of state aid to school districts and payments to operators of independent charter schools and private schools participating in a choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program.

The state voucher system is paid for by reducing state aid to school districts — about $ 16.1 million this year.