Sentences with phrase «in 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.

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 president of the state's teachers union today will call for a $ 1.5 billion boost in education aid for schools, an increase from the $ 769 million proposed in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget, in order to maintain existing school services.

The governor's newly released budget includes serious cuts, including $ 518 million less in education aid for the city.

In New York, for example, some of the largest increases in education aid in the state's history took place between 1995 and 2001, well before the first court decision declaring the system unconstitutional.

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.

The schools were supposed to get about $ 5.5 billion more in education aid after the state Court of Appeals ruled in 2006 in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, or CFE, case.

«I want to be very clear on this because there can be no dispute about it — New York City will get $ 579 million less in education aid than it did in last year's budget.

The deal makes only modest ($ 270 million) restorations in education aid, which has been a big issue for many protestors, and does not include their top priority: Extension of the millionaire's tax.

The schools were supposed to get around 5.5 billion more dollars in education aid, after the Court of Appeals ruled in 2006 in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case.

Unlike Senate Republicans, who had to accept a minimum wage increase to $ 15 in the New York City area, Democratic lawmakers in the Assembly are largely happy with the final agreement, which also includes a 12 - week paid family leave program and a boost in education aid by $ 1.5 billion.

He added later: «On the legislative agenda side, we'll reduce middle class taxes, we'll have a historic high in education aid.»

The Mayor's budget assumed a double - digit percentage increase in education aid even though the city received a year - to - year cut in last year's budget.

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 governor is also expected push for a tougher teacher evaluation system by linking some, if not all, of the promised 4 percent increase in education aid while also overhauling the state pension system — two moves that will put him on a collision course with powerful labor unions.

Flanagan pointed to a few of the chamber's major victories, like the historic increase in education aid included in this year's budget, along with movement on the Women's Equality Agenda.

In his 2015 speech, Cuomo set a harsh tone by saying he wouldn't move forward with major increases in education aid unless lawmakers approve a controversial teacher evaluation plan.

Paterson, who on Monday vetoed $ 419 million in education aid added by the Legislature, issued more vetoes yesterday, including extra community college and tuition assistance cash.

And he offered quite a stick: if legislators failed to act, Cuomo said, he would offer a $ 377 million increase in education aid instead of the $ 1.1 billion number he proposed.

Under the budget proposal presented by Cuomo, $ 23.14 billion would be set aside in education aid, an increase of $ 1.06 billion to all districts, if his education reform proposals are approved by the state Legislature.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed cutting more than $ 1.5 billion in education aid statewide for the 2011 - 2012 fiscal year.

The new deal, which still must be passed by both houses, includes restoring $ 272 million in education aid from the $ 1.5 billion that had originally been slashed across the state.

Funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, passed one year ago by Congress, is causing states to make structural changes in their education aid and in services they provide to disadvantaged students that will have consequences long after the money runs out, according to researchers studying...

So far, about $ 69 billion of the nearly $ 100 billion in education aid contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has been awarded by the department to states.

Budget proposal calling for increase in education aid represents Governor's «investment budget,» which would depend on tax plan calling for a record $ 1.35 billion in new revenues; Governor has vetoed budget approved by legislature on the grounds that it did not provide enough for education.

The Boston Municipal Research Bureau, a nonprofit watchdog that tracks city finances, said that if Baker's budget is approved, the amount of money the city receives in education aid would have risen by 5.5 percent going back to fiscal year 2013.

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 today said he is «cautiously optimistic» a budget deal will be in place by Friday's deadline that will include a hike to the minimum wage, the creation of a state paid family leave program, and a significant boost in education aid.

The superintendent of Rockville Center schools, who earns $ 310,000 a year, thinks Cuomo's cap is a «distraction» from the fight over $ 1.5 billion in education aid cuts.

In the report, the group takes issue with how Cuomo interprets the decade - old ruling for education spending and the governor's rhetoric touting increases in education aid over the years.

Walcott followed the mayor's script, saying layoffs were «unavoidable» and blaming a hard - times state budget that cut more than half a billion dollars in education aid to the city.

Sean has successfully fought for billions more in education aid, to help school districts hire more teachers, lower class sizes, and actually make investments in arts, music, and sports.

Congress's bipartisan repudiation of the ecia rules could mean that state and local education agencies, only days away from the start of the new school year, will have no formal guidelines by which to spend nearly $ 3 billion in education aid for disadvantaged children and for the new education block - grant program.

New York's 2015 - 2016 budget includes a $ 1.6 billion increase in education aid over last year.

Cuomo proposed a $ 960 million increase in education aid, but lawmakers back more than $ 1 billion in school spending.

«I'm curious how the Senate plans to pay for a lot of the things they say we should have without the millionaires tax,» Heastie said, pointing to expected increases in education aid the Senate will likely back.

School districts are due to adopt the new teacher evaluation criteria by November or miss out on a boost in education aid.

Cuomo has proposed a $ 960 million increase in education aid, but typically lawmakers successfully add even more spending for schools in the state.

The budget also includes a number of landmark policies that will strengthen opportunity for working and middle class families and a record $ 24.8 billion in education aid.

Leaders of both parties said they are working for financial responsibility in town, especially after the state budget uncertainty, which had threatened more than $ 20 million in education aid to the town.

Cuomo has proposed a $ 990 million increase in education aid and a partial end to the cuts in the Gap Elimination Adjustment.

Assembly Ways and Means Chairman Herman «Denny» Farrell Jr. has signaled his support for extending the so - called millionaire's tax as a means to «erase» the governor's proposed $ 1.5 billion in education aid.

The Board of Regents had initially called for a more than $ 2 billion increase in education aid.

«Governor Cuomo's budget does not cut $ 1.4 billion in education aid to New York City,» Megna declared.

City schools are set to receive $ 319.5 million in new state funding for the coming school year, part of a statewide 4.9 percent increase in education aid that is the largest since the 2007 recession.

Earlier, the mayor had warned that stripping $ 1 billion in education aid could force the city to fire up to 21,000 teachers — roughly equivalent to every new teacher hired over the past five years.

This could mean no serious boost in education aid and a straight extension of expiring tax rates on millionaires — an ox gored for Assembly Democrats and Senate Republicans alike.

«Governor Cuomo's budget does not cut $ 1.4 billion in education aid to New York City.