Sentences with phrase «at unfunded state mandates»
School districts, teachers unions and local government officials are concerned that the cap was passed without a real effort at chipping away at unfunded state mandates, while the Cuomo team argues that once the cap is in place, governments and school boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential services.
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«At the same time,» McMahon said, «we will highlight obstacles to greater growth and prosperity in the Empire State, including high taxes, excessive spending and debt, unfunded liabilities, and costly public - sector collective bargaining mandates.»
«The state has frozen aid to municipalities for the eighth year, and at the same time continue to pass down unfunded mandates at record levels,» she said.
The Team, established by an Executive Order announced by Governor Cuomo at his State of the State of Address, is charged with reviewing existing unfunded and underfunded mandates imposed by the New York State government on school districts, local governments, and other local taxing districts.
The Governor has claimed to have done everything he can at the state level to lower taxes yet unfunded mandates continue to burden counties.
Acquario appeared with budget director Megna at a forum on the rising costs of unfunded state mandates for local governments, sponsored by SUNY's Rockefeller Institute.
At last count, New York State public schools» unfunded mandates numbered more than 150 — 150 unfunded mandates that cost schools money in time and resources — yet most of us get our budgets passed while staying under our tax caps.
«At a time when the city is being forced to do more with less, it is outrageous that the state would create a new unfunded mandate that will benefit a politically powerful special interest group,» said Bloomberg spokesman Mark Botnick.
Rockland County was hit with an additional $ 33 million in unfunded state - mandated costs for 2013, including $ 16.7 million in increased pension costs, $ 5.6 million in increases at the county jail and $ 2.7 million in Medicaid increases.
The suit, which he said at the time was «imminent,» would argue that the department was illegally imposing unfunded mandates on the state, in violation...
For many years, unfunded mandates coupled with legislation including Act 388 have placed increased financial burdens on county governments and school districts throughout our state, putting county governments at odds with local school districts as to which entity is most entitled to state and locally generated revenues.
I should clarify districts may get some money for the state but it never covers all the unfunded state and federal mandates and to pull off all the test prep, testing, software, hardware, etc... there will be cuts and it is never at the top... always the front line workers, including paraprofessional, secretaries, aides, etc..
Vance County Schools Superintendent Anthony Jackson, who took part in the panel at the Governor's Commission meeting to explain how his district is struggling with high teacher turnover rates and unfunded mandates, said that when it comes to funding students with special needs, it's time for the state to provide funding based on the needs of students.