Sentences with phrase «school aid»

That new awareness set the stage for the $ 1.6 billion increase in school aid in the state budget.

The governor recommends increasing school aid by $ 1.3 billion next year.

And exact numbers for school aid distribution are yet to be determined.

It is an open secret that the state's stew of school aid formulas is as much political as it is mathematical.

«Under either scenario, current law school aid formulas remain in place,» the board wrote.

Local educators have been trying this year, so far without success, to get lawmakers to restore $ 30 million in state school aid cut last year.

Earlier this year, the conference approved a package of education policy changes opposed by the state's teachers unions, but linked to a spike in school aid funding for the new year.

In recent years, the state has increased spending on school aid.

But one area of disagreement is the governor's decision to withhold state school aid runs until a budget agreement is reached.

The leaders of school districts, teachers unions, and parents are presenting a united front in calling for $ 2.2 billion dollars more school aid next year.

Money to pay for voucher students would come out of public school aid.

Boards of education also are bound by laws such as the property tax act, election code, teacher tenure act, state school aid act, child protection law and employment laws.

The budget includes $ 1 billion in additional school aid spending, bringing the state's total to more than $ 26 billion.

The governor is in full reelection mode, pitching the state's investment in school aid as the highest ever.

The governor had wanted to reserve $ 250 million dollars of promised new school aid for competitive grants.

The governor's 2015 - 17 spending plan holds general school aid and revenue limits virtually flat over two years.

This could mean less money for costly items in the spending plan like school aid, which increased this year by more than 6 percent.

The leaders of school districts, teachers unions, and parents are presenting a united front in calling for $ 2.2 billion more school aid next year.

One was an education plan that would increase state aid to schools by $ 7 billion annually within four years and throw out the complex formula used to distribute school aid around the state.

In 2002, the court ruled that the state's school aid system was unconstitutional.

The extra school aid could be used for teacher pay, guidance counselors and remedial programs, officials say.

In a break from previous years, the governor's office did not release school aid runs, which break down the projected aid districts can expect to receive from the state.

The delays include more than $ 500 million in scheduled school aid payments and $ 112 million to cities and counties.

The point, they said, is that what matters with school aid is the impact on each individual district.

«If you use some of that money for school aid today, you're going to have a hole down the road,» the comptroller warned.

Not a word of support for private schools aid appeared in his position paper on education.

Other school aid and credit programs that do not consider relative property wealth have contributed to the problem.

That bill would have provided $ 1,000 to the families, on top of their regular school aid, to pay for educational supplements such as tutoring, text books, or online courses.

And, although school aid will likely be increased by 4 %, there could be disagreements over how the extra money is distributed.

They said since school aid is the largest portion of the state budget, that could adversely affect the flow of money from the state to local districts.

Sources familiar with the discussion say a final school aid figure could be north of $ 1.4 billion.

Currently, the budget projects school aid to increase by 1.7 % next year.

The growing pink bars show how retirement funds are increasing, meanwhile the dark purple general fund bars are shrinking and the blue school aid fund bars remain almost stagnant.

What is worse from their perspective, they said, is that the bill might even be interpreted to let municipalities use school aid to pay for services not related to education.

But with the current Republican leadership targeting school aid for unprecedented cuts, such visits this year are taking on greater urgency.

Changes to the summer school aid formula will assist those districts that have students who need extra time to achieve at high levels.

While the majority conferences of both houses share the goal of increasing school aid, they disagree on how to do it.

He has long been at war with teacher unions and his handling of school aid and pushing charter schools have brought opposition from school districts as well as teacher unions.

Such a move could include freezes on pay for public employees, including school workers, and on school aid.

He ultimately agreed that just $ 50 million dollars out of a total of $ 800 million dollars in additional school aid would be awarded competitively.

This disparity is part of the debate over school aid funding.

It is because choice students aren't counted in the state's school aid formula.

Lawmakers would be forced to increase state school aid for the current fiscal year if the measure passes.

This position has become the norm for Republican presidential candidates — the party's five preceding candidates also endorsed private school aid.

If the $ 1 billion number holds for school aid, it would be a 4 percent increase in spending, though how the money will be distributed has not yet been decided.

They say since school aid is the largest portion of the state budget, that could adversely affect the flow of money from the state to local districts.

It is expected to call for thousands of layoffs and massive cuts in school aid.

The representatives estimate that it would increase state school aid from its current level of $ 503 million to $ 815 million...

Republicans in the state Senate, who joined Cuomo for lunch, already explained that the budget would increase public school aid by $ 1 billion and include $ 163 million to fund the new tuition subsidies.