This year's focus on public schools, which includes $ 649 million in new per - pupil funding, comes after three budgets that cut or
froze public school spending, and expanded the number of families who could enroll children in private schools through taxpayer - funded vouchers.
Not exact matches
As I wrote in my DN column this morning, the teachers and the
public employee unions aren't sold on Cuomo — largely due to proposals that are unpopular with the leadership like
spending and property tax caps, wage
freezes and support for charter
schools.
The budget
froze spending on
public schools, which is better than the $ 127 million cut proposed by Gov. Scott Walker.