Plainfield Superintendent Kenneth DiPietro presents a list of
proposed school budget cuts, at a Plainfield Board of Education meeting on Dec. 13.
Isn't there ANY independent, honest, and believable source of analysis that can cut through all this hooha and simply lay out the truth about the impact of state aid to education and
proposed school budget cuts??
Not exact matches
Proposed Harrisburg
School District
budget could
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But beyond personal choice, the Guardian reports that she started education advocacy work «in the early 2000s, when then New York mayor Michael Bloomberg
proposed cutting the
schools budget.»
Gov. David Paterson
proposes a $ 5 billion deficit reduction plan to address this year's
budget gap, including a $ 223.2 million
cut to New York City
schools.
Iannuzzi has been one of the few outspoken critics of Governor Andrew Cuomo and his
proposed budget, which
cut state aid to
schools by 2.7 % or about $ 1.3 billion.
The unusually high percentage of
school budgets that passed yesterday in spite of dire predictions by everyone from Gov. David Paterson on down has become fodder for the teachers union and its allies in the fight to restore $ 1.4 billion worth of education
cuts proposed by the governor.
The average
proposed School Aid
cut for the same districts under the Governor's
budget is over $ 1,438,000.
«The Mayor has threatened to lay off a quarter of the teaching force, but Governor Cuomo made it clear today that there is nothing in the
proposed state
budget that would require local layoffs,» he said in a statement, adding that the governor's planned
cut to city
schools amounts to only about three percent of the city's
school's
budget.
MANHATTAN — Gov. Andrew Cuomo
proposed a plan to slash billions from the state's
budget, including a 2 percent
cut in Medicaid spending, a $ 1.5 billion reduction in
school aid and nearly 10,000 state worker layoffs, according to a plan unveiled Tuesday.
In announcing his $ 68.7 billion
budget proposal, Mayor Bloomberg
proposes cutting early childhood and after
school programs — for the fifth straight year.
The Republican - led Senate's riposte to Cuomo's
proposed budget laid bare some of the biggest points of contention in their education agendas — restoring
cuts in
school aid and the creation of a tax credit for
school donations.
This year, the state
budget impasse, the
proposed $ 1.4 billion
cut in
school aid and the lack of a state
budget forced
school districts and taxpayers to absorb cost increases alone.
Local advocates have estimated that over 2 million dollars stand to be
cut directly from local programs, with over 47,000 children in northern Manhattan losing child care and after
school programs under the
proposed budget after August 30th.
Hill noted that while the discussion in light of Mayor Bloomberg's
proposed cuts on recent
budget cuts has focused on after -
school programs, three daycare service providers — the Washington Heights Day Care Center, Quo Vadis Daycare, and La Familia Day Care — may be forced to close.
In announcing his $ 68.7 billion
budget proposal, Mayor Bloomberg
proposed cutting early childhood and after
school programs — for the fifth straight year.
The
proposed cuts, part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's expected 2013 executive
budget, would take $ 170 million from after -
school and child care programs, leaving nearly 50,000 students without those programs across the city.
While Mayor Michael Bloombergâ $ ™ s $ 68.7 billion
proposed budget poses no threats to teaching positions, the
cuts to firehouses, after -
school programs and the libraryâ $ ™ s
budget have some in Queens rallying for another fight.
State Sen. Jim Tedisco lauded the district and its administrators for spending the funding on hiring more teachers and expanding programs aimed at needy children and
proposing a
budget that
cuts school taxes.
The event will be held at the Lovinger Theatre at Lehman College (250 Bedford Park Boulevard) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Governor Paterson has recently been in the news for withholding $ 750 million from
schools and local governments due to the state deficit and for
proposing to
cut the MTA
budget.
ALBANY — The Republican - led Senate's riposte to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
proposed budget laid bare some of the biggest points of contention in their education agendas — restoring
cuts in
school aid and the creation of a tax credit for
school donations.
He
proposed the slimmest
budget Albany has seen in 15 years — one that reduces overall year - to - year spending and makes tough decisions to
cut funding for health care and
schools and close half - empty prisons.
Under the shadow of $ 223 million in
proposed state midyear
cuts to New York City
schools, the UFT surveyed its chapter leaders in October about the impact of the $ 400 million in city
budget cuts that city
schools already absorbed this fall.
The district is
proposing a $ 145,297,379
budget for the 2014 - 15
school year and must
cut $ 2,244,606.
The
budget also
proposes cutting the
budgets for 66 «Beacon
Schools,» which provide tutoring, after -
school and weekend programs to kids in high - risk neighborhoods.
State Sen. John Flanagan (R - East Northport), chairman of the Education Committee, said in talks leading up to the
budget presentation, that Republicans who control the Senate told the governor that any
proposed cuts to
school aid should to be «fair and equitable.»
Silver wouldn't say how much of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
proposed cut to
school funding would be restored in the
budget.
Although Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
proposed budget released in January
cut state aid to each
school district in Southold Town, the state Legislature was successful in restoring those funds and even secured additional aid for Riverhead and Shoreham - Wading River.
Fiscal watchdogs and independent
budget analysts have estimated those
proposed cuts — which include a shift in how the City University of New York
schools are funded, city assumption of its own growth in Medicaid costs, and a state clawback of savings the city achieved through a debt refinancing — would cost the city nearly $ 1 billion in the coming fiscal year, an amount that would increase with each passing year.
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- After closed - door negotiations with Governor Andrew Cuomo Friday, New York's legislative leaders said they will restore some of the
school funding that Cuomo
proposed cutting from the state
budget.
The hearing marked a major departure from the
budget process under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, when Council members fought
cuts Bloomberg repeatedly
proposed to fire houses, libraries, and after
school programs.
«In fact, the
proposed budget includes additional
cuts of thousands of after -
school program slots.»
Mayor Bloomberg's
proposed education
budget for next year does almost nothing to make up for years of
cuts to programs and staff, even though the state increased
school funding to city
schools next year by more than 4 percent, UFT Vice President Karen Alford testified at a City Council Education Committee hearing on March 21.
UFT members from Districts 13, 14 and 17 as well as high
schools from those areas heard UFT President Michael Mulgrew speak about the
proposed federal education
budget cuts, the attack on unions by far - right privatization advocates, the dangers to hard - won benefits if a state constitutional convention is held in 2018 and other pressing issues.
Although the administration has
proposed cutting the U.S. Department of Education's
budget by 13.5 percent, it seeks a $ 1.4 billion federal investment in
school choice.
West, Shavar Jeffries, Randi Weingarten, and Lindsey Burke discussed Trump's
proposed budget cuts, plans to expand
school choice, ESSA, and more.
In «Harmful Polices, Values, and Rhetoric,» Jeffries contends that Trump's policies have harmed students and
schools, particularly through poor oversight of key provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act, failure to enforce federal guarantees of educational equity, and billions in
proposed budget cuts.
But the governor surprised the district (and
school districts throughout the state) in March 2011 when he
proposed a state
budget that
cut support for basic education by nearly 10 percent.
President Clinton again thrust
schools to the top of his agenda last week by sparing education from across - the - board spending
cuts he is
proposing in a 10 - year balanced -
budget plan.
Gov. Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey
proposed a
budget last week that increases state aid to poor
school districts while
cutting funds for wealthy suburban districts.
The
cuts to education
proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to help plug a huge hole in California's fiscal 2009
budget won't be as deep as the $ 4.8 billion originally projected for K - 12
schools, under a revised plan he announced May 14.
The average New York State
school district will have to increase property taxes by almost one - fourth and lay off 7 percent of its certified work force if
budget cuts proposed by Gov. Mario M. Cuomo are enacted, a survey of local
school officials indicates.
Alexandria, Va., (March 16, 2017)- NSBA Executive Director & CEO Thomas J. Gentzel today released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's
proposed budget: «The Administration's
proposed $ 9 billion
cut to the education
budget is irresponsible, and it would put programs and needed support services provided by
schools at risk if it is adopted by Congress.
Of course,
proposing a
budget that
cuts most departments but increases funding for public
schools requires leadership and tough choices.
But several of the most promising state charter
school proposals already before the State Department of Education would never see the light of day if the committee's
proposed budget cuts won out.
Fast - forward to his
budget speech of February 2015 where Malloy
proposed the deepest
cuts in Connecticut history to the state's public
schools while calling for a nearly 30 % increase in funding for charter
schools.
State Superintendent Tony Evers also criticized the expansion of voucher programs at a time when Walker's
budget proposes cutting public education by $ 800 million and reducing how much
schools can raise from property taxes.
Finally, the governor had
proposed in his revised May
budget a provision for
schools with $ 60.7 million to backfill the looming sequestration
cuts to IDEA money that districts face in the 2013 - 14 fiscal year.
In Connecticut,
schools, parents, and children are still fighting the
proposed $ 11 million dollar
budget cuts to the charter
school community.
Malloy's
proposed budget cuts tens of millions of dollars to public
schools including the following programs;