The governor signed into law a $ 25.8 billion
state education spending plan that includes a $ 129 million boost in funding for Long Island, and a $ 386.8 million bump for New York City.
Congress opted last week not to pass a final fiscal 2001
education spending plan until after Election Day, leaving education groups fretting that proposed record - breaking funding increases for schools may slip through their hands.
Lawmakers on the House panel that oversees the Department of Education's budget criticized President Bush's fiscal 2007
education spending plan at a hearing last week.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday signed into law a $ 25.8 billion
state education spending plan that includes a $ 129 million boost in funding for Long Island, and a $ 386.8 million bump for New York City.
According to Schools Week, protection for schools» per - pupil funding against currently unfunded pressures, at a cost of # 3.3 billion, is included in the party's
education spending plans.
The U.S. Department of Education's bottom line would shrink under President Bush's proposed 2007 fiscal budget, but he made room in
his education spending plan for several new initiatives, some of which have failed to win congressional approval in the past.
Protection for schools» per - pupil funding against currently unfunded pressures, at a cost of # 3.3 billion, is included in the party's
education spending plans.
The education spending plan will go to a full appropriations committee to be considered next week.