Sentences with phrase «school aid proposals»

He said he views his school aid proposals with the most optimism because powerful teacher unions will make the case on both sides of the aisle.

See pages 33 through 37 for FPI's analysis of the Governor's school aid proposals for 2005 - 2006.

The Senate reiterated its stance in its analysis, after Cuomo called in his school aid proposal for eliminating the total $ 434 million over a two - year period instead of one, with $ 189 million going toward it in 2016 - 2017.

The total school aid proposal is nearly $ 21.9 billion.

We support the State Assembly's plan to increase Governor Cuomo's direct school aid proposal by an additional $ 400 million.

The total school aid proposal is nearly $ 21.9 billion, including $ 100 million for pre-K.

Not exact matches

This may be why he all but ignores evidence, such as recent legislative efforts to guarantee parental religious liberty through parochial school aid or school choice proposals, that strengthens his thesis.

And in 1986 proposals for church - school aid passed in South Dakota and Utah.

A Cuomo administration source on Thursday said the proposals include linking charter school funding to traditional public school aid.

School aid, up $ 202 million over the governor's original proposal for next year, and $ 2.2 billion across the four - year plan, accounts for most of the difference.

And whatever financial problems schools are having this year might be exacerbated next year as critics say Cuomo's spending proposal calls for essentially eliminating future increases in a key aid category.

«For our schools to continue to improve and provide our students with the best education possible, they must have proper and equitable funding — our State Aid Proposal is aimed at making that happen,» State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said.

«New York's students deserve the best education possible and our State Aid request and legislative proposals will ensure schools continue to improve and better prepare our children while also acknowledging the state's fiscal realities,» State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said.

Proposal # 1 will also deliver more than $ 35 million a year for schools, property tax relief and aid to local governments in the Capital Region including extra funds for hosting casinos

The Democrats decided to stay in the chamber and debate anyway, saying they needed to get their proposals, including increasing school aid, across.

For instance, Nick Clegg has made a great deal of his proposal of free school meals, shouted his pro-European credentials and is now showing his vigorous support for a private member's bill that seeks to enshrine in law the United Nations overseas aid spending target.

«We look forward to the Governor's State Aid and budget proposals, which we hope will include a level of education funding sufficient to meet the needs of every student throughout our State, particularly those in schools with the greatest needs.»

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.

The governor's Executive Budget proposal would increase school aid by $ 1.07 billion.

Cuomo would increase education aid in the state budget by as much as $ 1.1 billion, but much of the funding is linked to his policy proposals, which also include a strengthening of the state's charter schools.

Public schools in the city of Yonkers will get an additional $ 25 million dollars in aid, but Cuomo had to abandon a last minute proposal to give an additional $ 75 million dollars to struggling upstate schools.

Under the proposal, municipalities and school districts that stay within the two - percent cap would then be eligible for a certain amount of aid to lower their tax levy to prior year levels in the program's first two years.

Either option for the school aid increase would be higher than the $ 1.1 billion Cuomo proposed in his executive budget, and higher than what was announced earlier this month when lawmakers were given a preliminary sketch of how much additional funds above Cuomo's proposal would be available for each area of the budget.

Assembly: Increases school aid $ 334 million over Executive budget proposal.

The budget proposal increases school aid by $ 991 million in the coming fiscal year; it would channel that increase through several formulas but does not completely cover the Gap Elimination Adjustment, whose demise is a major priority of Republicans in the State Senate.

And he opened the door to increasing school aid funding beyond the governor's $ 769 million proposal.

The Legislature today, led by the Assembly, reached an agreement on a package of education proposals that will immediately increase state aid to schools, provide that teachers are evaluated on more than a single student test score and ensure local oversight of struggling schools,» United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said.

Late last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration broke with the longstanding tradition of providing school districts across New York State with «runs,» the projected aid increases, based on the governor's education funding proposal, which district officials use to help shape their own budgets.

The bills were based, by law, on the spending plan Paterson first proposed in January, but they restored some of his school aid cuts, eliminated his tax cap and took out a proposal to allow SUNY and CUNY the ability to raise tuition unilaterally — basically all the stuff that might possibly have compelled any of the members to explain anything difficult to their constituents.

Cuomo's budget provides 4.4 percent more aid to schools and would fund his proposal from the State of the State address for longer school days and school years.

Typically, schools use the governor's budget proposal as a working point for crafting budgets, but this year Cuomo has proposed tying $ 1.1 billion in school aid increases to his education reforms, including teacher evaluations.

Long Island public school districts would gain an additional $ 75.3 million in combined operating assistance, or a hike of more than 2.8 percent, under the state aid proposal for the 2017 - 18 academic year released by Cuomo's office.

Both proposals are more than Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan of a $ 1.1 billion spending hike for education aid, with much of that money tied to approving the governor's policy proposals, including bonus pay for high - performing teachers and a strengthening of charter schools.

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.

When New Yorkers vote next week, they will see this proposal on the ballot, «The purpose of the proposed amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the Constitution is to allow the Legislature to authorize and regulate up to seven casinos for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.»

As local school districts await word from Albany on state aid, some are developing multiple budget proposals based on best, worst and most likely scenarios.

Jim Tallon, a former assemblyman and chair of the Board of Regents» state aid committee, expressed broad criticisms of Cuomo's budget proposal, arguing the spending plan should have included more information about the distribution of funding and more money for pre-K for upstate school districts.

Under the details of the governor's proposal for the 2016 - 17 school year, aid would increase by $ 991 million, or 4.3 percent, to a total of $ 24.2 billion.

Remember last year, when Cuomo was in full - on war mode against the teachers unions, and trying to force education reform down the Legislature's throat by inserting it into his budget language and tying his proposals to a boost in school aid?

Long Island immigrants facing the threat of deportation soon will have a new resource to aid their defense, as Hofstra University's law school is opening a clinic to help some make their cases before immigration authorities and to craft proposals that could influence the policy debate.

He jettisoned contentious policy proposals — revival of the 421 - a housing subsidy program, raising the age of criminal responsibility and distributing school aid to public and charters schools — that have tripped up negotiations.

Astorino, who was the 2014 Republican gubernatorial candidate, says the proposal could mean the loss of federal aid to New York schools that have test opt - out rates higher than five percent.

Republican lawmakers were clearly less than impressed with Malloy's proposals for municipal and school aid cuts, several of which were rejected by the legislature last year.

And he opened the door to increasing school aid funding beyond the governor's $ 769 million dollar proposal.

Other outstanding budget issues include the amount and type of public school aid, as well as a slew of proposals to build infrastructure that Cuomo is touting.

«We call on the governor to amend his executive budget proposal to include a state aid proposal that allocates and distributes to school districts the approximate $ 1.1 billion school aid increase cited in his State of the State address,» they wrote.

The 2017 NYS Senate Majority budget proposal would have taken 16 years to fully fund Ossining schools, while the Governor's proposed budget would have eliminated Foundation Aid in its entirety.

In other areas, such as a proposal to change seniority rules for school teachers or allocate $ 500 million next year in competitive school aid grants, a column titled «Compromise (if any)» is left blank, suggesting more distance between the three leaders at the time the memo was prepared.

The House GOP proposal would add $ 20 million to current state school funding levels for cities and towns and set up a $ 90 million «hold harmless grant to ensure no municipality loses [educational cost sharing] aid compared to the current fiscal year,» according to the plan's summary.

To get state legislators on board with his agenda, Cuomo tied the proposals to a large increase in state school aid.