Sentences with phrase «education aid hostage»
In the meantime, Mr. Cuomo is holding state education aid hostage until lawmakers approve his Draconian teacher evaluation plan, which ties 50 percent of a teacher's annual evaluation to that test I just spoke of.
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Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Thursday weighed in on the education funding discussions in the state budget, saying in a statement school aid should not be «held hostage» in the ongoing effort instill education reforms.
Mulgrew said that the governor's ploy to hold desperately needed additional school aid hostage unless lawmakers passed his education proposals was tantamount to an «extortionary scheme.»
But Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins characterized the education measures, which were negotiated by Republicans who lead the Senate, as holding school aid «hostage» to the teacher evaluation changes.
«He laid out his dangerous scheme with a budget proposal that holds hostage much needed education aid,» Magee says in the video.