Sentences with phrase «education aid restorations»
There were still plenty of small things for the governor and legislative leaders to bicker over - education aid restorations, for example - but nothing that appeared to threaten to hold up the process.
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Meanwhile, the governor issued yet another budget veto, striking legislation that he said lawmakers altered in a backdoor effort to enact a $ 600 million restoration to education aid.
-- open to entertaining the restoration of education aid proposed by both the Senate and Assembly in their respective one - house budgets (recall that just yesterday he insisted there's «flexibility» in his executive budget proposal), he basically accused districts that say they can't afford to cut back of playing politics with kids.
To make sure New York's students receive the first - class education, a broad coalition will urge key individual senators who have not committed to restorations of school aid to fully fund education.
The cuts to education aid from the Gap Elimination Adjustment will be cut by «well over 50 percent» and a full restoration will be made next year, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on Monday told reporters.
Stec was he was encouraged to see an increase in education foundation and library aid, funds to combat opioid abuse and the restoration of a funding stream to ensure the maintenance of local roads and bridges.
They also pushed for the full restoration of Teacher Center funding and more state aid to allow for the expansion of the UFT's Community Learning School Initiative and the Positive Learning Collaborative, a joint UFT - Department of Education program to create safe and supportive learning environments by providing educators with strategies to respond to challenging student behavior.
In a society where advanced degrees are required in a large and increasing number of fields, restoration of the in - school interest subsidy would help increase the affordability of, and access to, graduate and professional education, while serving the aims of the federal aid system and benefitting society in the process.