Coupled with the $ 724 million school tax relief program, (which is a funding shift from local to state) this is
the largest school aid increase ever proposed by a Governor.
«Forces driving the need for
a large school aid increase» - New York State Council of School Superintendents
Not exact matches
ALBANY — Several education groups are criticizing Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal that New York's
largest school districts submit
school - level funding plans for state approval or risk losing
increases in
aid.
«Although
school aid is statutorily capped at the annual growth rate of personal income, the projected
increase for next fiscal year is a much
larger 7.5 percent,» the budget watchdog wrote.
Meanwhile, on the thorny issue of charter
school funding — a tuition
aid un-freeze that would see
aid increase by $ 1,500 per student paid out by a
school district — a potentially
large hit for any locality, including $ 200 million for New York City — the proposal would be to have flat funding for charters this year.
The mayor's team could also celebrate a smaller victory: though the budget sets aside a
large lump sum to
increase aid to charter
schools across the state by $ 430 per student.
For New York City, the State's
largest school district, a four - percent
increase in State
aid is worth approximately $ 300 million.
For New York City, the State's
largest school district, a four percent
increase in State
aid is worth approximately $ 300 million.
To get state legislators on board with his agenda, Cuomo tied the proposals to a
large increase in state
school aid.
According to the Governor's budget proposal, the Homer Central
School District would see the
largest increase in
aid.
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, the
largest since the last recession began in 2007.
In his first budget address to the legislature, Murphy said he would use the extra revenue to ramp up state
aid for
school districts,
increase funding for the beleaguered NJ Transit and a make a
larger payment into the cash - strapped public worker pension system.
In addition, the Budget puts forward the state's
largest investment in education to date, including an
increase of more than 5 % in
school aid; statewide, universal full - day Pre-k; a bond act to modernize classrooms; as well as signature reforms to fix Common Core implementation and protect students from unfair high stakes test results; and strengthen and support Charter
Schools.
While this is not as
large as the 6.5 %
increase to
school aid, and will not remedy the fundamental district - charter inequity, it is real progress.
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.