It's still not known whether the governor would get his wish to have greater control over the exact school aid distributions for New York City schools and
large upstate school districts, including Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse.
Not exact matches
King recently expressed extreme frustration with the teachers union and
school administrators in several
large cities downstate and
upstate, over what he said was a failure to come up with a teacher evaluation plan by a December 31 deadline, to meet requirements for the federal Race to the Top grant awards.
Two independent expenditure committees funded in part by wealthy supporters of charter
schools are wrapping their spending sprees on Senate Republican candidates with
large ad purhcases in two state Senate races
upstate.
To prevent the impending lapse of mayoral control over New York City
schools, the state Legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo passed a two - year extension Thursday as part of a
larger omnibus bill, which included a pension enhancement for certain uniformed workers, special recognition for former Governor Mario Cuomo, and several benefits for
upstate areas.