Sentences with phrase «local government and school district spending»

«We've reigned in state spending, we now have to reign in local government and school district spending.

We now have to rein in local government and school district spending,» he said in Lake Placid.

Unlike the gimmicks that preceded it, such as the state - subsidized School Tax Relief (STAR) program, the cap has slowed the growth of local property taxes across the board, putting a speed limit of sorts on local government and school district spending.

Not exact matches

The concern is that without serious changes to how local governments and school districts are forced to spend their money, which the cap is meant to address, the measure will be overridden.

School districts, teachers unions and local government officials are concerned that the cap was passed without a real effort at chipping away at unfunded state mandates, while the Cuomo team argues that once the cap is in place, governments and school boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential serSchool districts, teachers unions and local government officials are concerned that the cap was passed without a real effort at chipping away at unfunded state mandates, while the Cuomo team argues that once the cap is in place, governments and school boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential serschool boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential services.

Nevertheless, school districts and local governments continue to point to the outsized spending requirements from Albany.

With the ceiling on school and local property taxes in effect, a consortium of groups representing school districts, business and local governments today renewed calls for sweeping changes to required state spending.

Early next year, newly inaugurated Gov. Andrew Cuomo will have to set forth an austere budget, cutting more than $ 10 billion from projected state spending — cuts that will send shock waves through local governments and school districts, themselves reeling from declining revenue and recession - related spending demands.

A controversial proposal to change how local governments and school districts are compensated for state - owned lands in the Adirondacks and Catskills by utilizing a payment - in - lieu - of - taxes system was not included in the final spending plan, a decision roundly praised by local stakeholders.

School districts and local governments have voiced concerns that a 2 percent cap as proposed by Cuomo — and approved by the Republican - led Senate in January — would be too difficult to live within because of required spending for debt, health care administration and distribution and pensions.

Under Cuomo's plan, local governments and school districts would be allowed to increase spending up to the current tax cap limit of two percent a year.

February 13 interview discussed the fiscal crises of upstate local governments and school districts, universal pre-K, full employment instead of public worker layoffs, and military spending and drone wars: Play

But in exchange, local governments and school districts would have to stay within the state - imposed 2 percent cap on spending growth as well as consolidate or share services in long - term savings plans approved by Albany.

Still, Cuomo remains proud of the property tax relief enacted under his administration, including the property tax cap that, while good for taxpayers, has left some local governments and school districts scrambling to constrain spending despite rising health care and pension costs.

In 23 states, state and local governments are together spending less per pupil in the poorest school districts than they are in the most affluent school districts, putting the children in these low - income, high - need schools at an even further disadvantage.

Zac Morford has spent the past 20 years assisting local governments and school districts from Serbia to Washington, D.C., in using data to improve the outcomes of citizens and students.

The data comes from the 2009 Census of Government Finances and covers public school spending during the 2008 - 2009 school year and revenue from federal, state and local sources in districts with enrollments of 10,000 or more.