Sentences with phrase «state aid increase»

The governor's proposal goes further, attaching the requirement for those specified districts to state aid increases contingent upon state approval.

For the 2013 — 2014 school year, state aid increases depend on a new evaluation system being in place.

SUNY approved the fifth consecutive year of tuition increases under its five - year plan to raise rates $ 300 a year — and proposed a 17.5 percent state aid increase next fiscal year.

The districts will see an average state aid increase next year of 3.45 percent in money for programs and services under a state budget deal approved early Saturday morning, according to documents provided by the State Legislature.

Local school districts are preparing for another tight budget season this year, with minimal state aid increases projected in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tentative spending plan and a cap of less than 2 percent on tax levy growth.

State aid increases continue to be linked to compliance with the teacher and principal evaluation process; districts will be ineligible for school aid if they have not fully implemented the teacher evaluation process for the 2013 - 14 year by September 1, 2013.

«Rising graduation rates show the positive effects of strong state aid increases that are coupled with tremendous work by educators and staff,» NYSUT President Andy Pallotta said.

State aid increases hang in the balance for school districts.

«State aid increases over the past few years have improved or at least stabilized the financial condition of most school districts,» said the group's deputy director, Robert Lowry.

Although state aid increases did not hit the astronomical spending targets proposed by the court, education spending in New York City still increased by nearly 30 percent since the ruling and in other large urban cities similarly.

''... A $ 1.00 increase in per pupil state aid increases aggregate per pupil housing values by about $ 20.00, indicating that potential residents value education expenditure.»

Poloncarz encouraged districts to take advantage of a 40 percent state aid increase, and a 30 percent hike in building aid.

School districts, in particular, should not expect anything approaching a repeat of this year's record $ 1.5 billion (6.5 percent) state aid increase — although advocacy groups will surely demand it.

And of the 15 school districts in Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's district, which encompasses portions of Long Island, only two districts have approved plans — the remaining 13 are at risk of losing a combined $ 73.7 million in state aid increases, according to NYSSBA.

Members of both the Senate Republican and Assembly Democratic conferences have said in recent weeks that they opposed making a state aid increase contingent on the enactment of Cuomo's education reform proposals.

«If we rewind back to the first year of implementation, districts had to put these plans in place under threat of losing a state aid increase,» said David Albert, spokesman for the New York State School Boards Association.

«Since a state aid increase such as the one that was received last year may represent upwards of $ 500,000 or more there is no way a district can trim that much from the budget after years of already cutting the expense side of the budget.

In Central New York, state aid increased an average of 6.4 percent in Oswego County, 4.1 Percent in Onondaga county, 5.6 percent in Jefferson County and six percent in Lewis County.

If school districts go off the text of the budget bill and assume there will be no state aid increase, they may need to issue layoff notices before the state budget is approved.

At the same time, a state aid increase and use of reserve funds helped the vast majority of school boards stay within the property tax cap.

The report noted that in the past four years, the Troy School District has seen its state aid increase by $ 13.9 million, while Albany has gotten another $ 9.6 million.

The state aid increase should not have been tied to the governor's teacher evaluation proposal, which in turn should not be increasingly based on test scores, said David Gamberg, who is superintendent of both the Greenport and Southold districts.

However, school officials also are starting the next school year without knowing for sure what type of state aid increase they might see because lawmakers are so late in passing a budget, which was due July 1.

Christie had proposed for virtually every district — state aid increase of less than 1 percent overall, equating to about $ 20 per student.