Sentences with phrase «education aid»

To repeat, I will not sign a budget without real ethics reform or agree to a dramatic increase in education aid without education reform that provides accountability, performance and standards.

The spending plan closes a $ 4.4 billion shortfall amid risks to federal aid and includes a $ 1 billion increase in state education aid.

«We understand we have to increase education aid,» she said.

Both Legislative houses, in their one - house budgets, called for education aid to be increased.

He gave the state 180 days to propose reforms leading to a rational, equitable and verifiable distribution of education aid and school construction funds.

He refused to comment on whether his chamber would be able to swallow the deep education aid cuts, saying he needed to look more closely at the numbers.

That's the amount the governor has proposed in cutting from education aid.

Given recent trends, it is not surprising anymore to hear that the amount of debt from higher education aid is increasing.

The budget includes additional funding for local education aid, as well as nearly $ 5 million for a school breakfast program.

If the State addresses these shortcomings, education aid easily could abide by the growth cap while ensuring all districts have adequate resources.

He thinks it's up to the state, not the courts, determine education aid.

He and others said the next state budget — education aid makes up one - third of it — could face stiff pressures, especially with commitments to make required state pension contributions.

Yet this formula is neither fully funded nor used by the state legislature to allocate education aid to municipalities.

Responsibilities include setting up plan structure & billing, preparing plan documents & provider education aids, and auditing contract loads to ensure adherence to reporting standards.

The deadline for approving a teacher evaluation deal, and tapping into $ 250 million in state education aid, is approaching.

Lawmakers are close to a $ 1 billion increase in education aid, but that is not the $ 1.5 billion hike education advocates are seeking.

The cuts would offset billions of dollars worth of proposed property tax cuts and increased education aid.

In a mix of frenzied bill passing and sitting around throughout the day and night Friday, state lawmakers early Saturday adopted a new state budget that hikes state education aid by more than the inflation rate, rejects hundreds of millions in tax increases proposed by Cuomo and sets new policies for the handling of workplace sexual harassment cases.

In case you're curious, Astorino was in town to lobby state lawmakers on more education aid for Yonkers along with the city's mayor, Phil Amicone, (a fellow Republican).

Cuomo wants to boost education aid by as much as $ 1.1 billion, with the funding strings attached to backing the reforms.

NY stills spends way more than any state on education aid for children.

The pro-Cuomo Committee to Save NY is backing up a recent TV spot supporting the governor's proposed education aid cuts with a mailer that accuses school superintendents of going behind closed doors and «taking money out of classrooms — but putting hundreds of thousands of dollars in their own pockets.»

It's a safe bet that both the Assembly and the Senate will include additional education aid in their respective one - house budget proposals.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called for a $ 1 billion increase in state aid to public schools while proposing a change to the formula used to distribute education aid statewide.

Keep in mind: We're not sure how much of the $ 270 million worth of restored education aid will be heading in NYC's direction.

As the Obama administration prepared to spend $ 80 billion in education aid as part of the economic stimulus program, Duncan and Schnur diverted $ 4.3 billion to the contest aimed at encouraging cash - strapped states to overhaul their public schools.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a $ 1 billion increase in state aid to public schools while proposing a change to the formula used to distribute education aid statewide.

The Legislature will not return to Albany this week despite Gov. David Paterson's call for lawmakers to come up with a plan for allocating $ 600 million in federal education aid passed by Congress last week.

The Republican - led Senate's one - house budget resolution calls for a $ 1.9 billion increase in education aid over last year, with a full restoration of the cuts under the GEA.

«To address this crisis, I have advanced legislation to delink this essential state education aid with the implementation of a new teacher evaluation policy.»

When the Democrats revealed their budget proposal, it included $ 45 million for Hartford and $ 115 million for the XL Center, as well as reduced education aid for many towns.

The governor vetoed $ 419 million in education aid restorations Monday that Sampson's members see as a valuable tool in the fight to keep their narrow majority in this fall's elections.

The Coalition for Student Achievement, which represents more than 80 education groups that organized to monitor the use of education aid under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as the stimulus law is formally known, wants the department to post all of the state applications online, even before they're approved.

(Districts incurred $ 1.63 billion in special education costs in 2015 - 16, and received just over $ 600 million in state and federal special education aids and other offsets (e.g., Medicaid).

One of the largest numbers in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive budget is for the state's commitment to fund education aid: over $ 25 billion.

New York State is investing more in education than at any other time in history, bringing the new education aid total to an historic $ 25.8 billion.

Cuomo proposes a $ 1.1 billion increase in education aid if lawmakers agree to major policy overhauls; without changes, his aid proposal drops to $ 377 million.

The ruling overturns Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher, who had ordered the state to submit proposed reforms to the court to revamp its formula for providing education aid to cities and towns, develop a statewide high school graduation standard such as a test, make eighth - graders show they have acquired the skills to move on to high school, and replace what he called a weak statewide system of teacher evaluation and compensation.

A vote on a separate piece of legislation Paterson will be sending up to delay $ 1.5 billion worth of education aid payments to school districts could be more problematic — particularly since this is an election year and few lawmakers are going to want to take that potentially troublesome vote.

«Education aid at a record amount, tax relief and that's really because of the Senate Republicans.»

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Majority Leader Ron Canestrari are apparently not on the same page when it comes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to put education aid and Medicaid funding on a two - year track.

As for the governor, he made no appearances yesterday, but issued yet another lengthy statement insisting he won't sign off on more state education aid unless the budget includes reforms that address «accountability, performance and standards.»

RHINEBECK >> School district trustees are bracing for a return to an era when Albany lawmakers held education aid hostage as part of political battles that left local budgets with great uncertainty.

Senate President Stan Rosenberg, who is backing the bill, says the state also made a seven - year commitment to ramp up education aid after passing the 1993 Education Reform Act, which called for all districts to reach a minimum level of funding.

There is a project called Emergency Education Aid, it is courses where senior students help freshmen learn complex subjects to successfully pass the first examinations.

Speaking of fiscal sustainability, Jeff Bennett at New Jersey Education Aid does a deep dive on Lakewood's budget «disaster,» which threatens to raise class size to 40 children.

As policy it is kind of a no - brainer that money called education aid should go to education and not tax relief, but that hasn't been the case in Wisconsin because tax credits were counted as part of the 2/3 funding when that % was statutorily required and continue to be counted as such in most calculations (including the maintenance of effort calculations in the ARRA and Race to the Top paperwork it is worth noting).

The answer is through the next iteration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA); by attaching the mind - set of RttT and i3 to the billions of dollars of annual education aid to states, we can use incentives to encourage the right behaviors quickly and inexpensively.