Sentences with phrase «state aid increases»

''... 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.»

«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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

«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.

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 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.

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

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An organization representing the directors of state AIDS programs has also been looking into the price increase, according to doctors and patient advocates.

Food and Drink Industry Ireland (FDII), the Ibec group, has said the increased likelihood of a hard and disruptive Brexit, and a fracture of the single market demands a series of exceptions from EU state aid rules for the Irish agri - food and drink sector.

Although the state has surplus funds, there has been no consideration for increasing state aid to help school districts finance the needed improvements to the school lunch programs.

Local governments had raised concerns with the program as proposed by Cuomo's initial budget presentation, pointing to the costs they've managed to contain over the years as well as the lack of increased state aid over the years.

We announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review that we would increase our overseas aid and that we would use 30 % of that aid to support fragile and conflict - affected states like Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.

As per last year's budget agreement, this year's state education aid is scheduled to increase by 4 percent.

Nevertheless, Cuomo was successful this year in forming a new teacher evaluation system as well as making it harder for teachers to obtain tenure — a move that state lawmakers felt they had no choice but to accept given the policy's linkage to an increase in school aid.

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The foundation aid increase backed by the Assembly stands at $ 1.2 billion, a figure backed by public education advocates who say the state is not spending enough on poor and high - needs school districts.

«The state's rapidly improving economic picture means there's a real opportunity for the state to more fully invest in its public schools, including dedicating new money to Foundation Aid as a way of increasing equity and further helping students to thrive,» said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta.

Instead, member states have shown an increasing tendency to operate on their own or in like - minded groups, and focus on inward - looking aid policiesdriven by national interests and priorities.

Cuomo has proposed a $ 960 million increase in education aid, but typically lawmakers successfully add even more spending for schools in the state.

A key Long Island lawmaker, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, said the state Legislature would «definitely» expand a school - aid package proposed by Cuomo, though he indicated the increase could be a modest one.

Meanwhile, more details on spending are trickling out: The state will increase education spending by $ 1 billion, including a $ 619 million hike in foundation aid and $ 240 million more in expense - based aid.

Cuomo has insisted that extending high rates on wealthy earners is a key piece of his budget, which also includes a $ 961 million spending increase for education aid and a $ 163 million plan to phase out college tuition costs at state and city universities for those who earn less than $ 125,000.

«State operating aid to the MTA last year was $ 4.456 billion, and this year it's $ 4.486 billion — an indisputable fact that shows a $ 30 million increase,» Jon Weinstein a spokesperson for Cuomo told the Voice.

The City of Buffalo will never confront its basic problems when the state increases its aid by $ 52 million, he said, and burdensome labor contracts will continue to hold back municipalities as long as their unions are protected by the Taylor Law.

Over the past four years, school aid has grown at an average annual rate of 4.4 percent, while the Department of Health's Medicaid program has increased 3.3 percent annually on average.5 To maintain overall growth of about 2 percent per year in total state spending, all other spending growth has been held to only 1.0 percent per year on average.

Annual school aid increased $ 5.5 billion or 24 percent from fiscal years 2012 to 2018, while the state share of Medicaid grew $ 3 billion or 14 percent.

Schools Chancellor Joel Klein told City Council members the $ 500 million cut in state aid coupled with increasing costs will leave the Department of Education $ 750 million short in fiscal 2011.

The State Aid subcommittee's recommendations, which are expected to be approved by the full Board of Regents later Tuesday, would phase in, over three years, an annual increase of 7 percent on school funding, for a total of $ 2.1 billion more a year by the 2019 - 20 school year.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders emerged from closed - door negotiations Sunday without a deal on the state budget, but eyeing a $ 1 billion increase in school aid and a package of laws to combat sexual harassment as a Monday night deadline loomed.

He says schools saw a record increase in state aid in the state budget, and no school has been punished with less state funding for not enacting the new teacher evaluations.

The district budgeted for a $ 20 million increase in state aid.

ALBANY — A coalition of major state education organizations is calling on the Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to increase school aid by $ 2 billion in the 2018 - 19 state budget.

The Democratic Caucus has made several trips to Albany since January 1, 2018 to lobby the state legislature for increased Aid to Municipalities (AIM) funding.

Meanwhile, in a recent release, Republican state Senators Kathy Marchione and Hugh Farley announced funding secured in the state budget would ensure a 27 percent increase in VLT host aid for the City of Saratoga Springs and Saratoga County.

The New York State Educational Conference Board's recommendations include a $ 1.5 billion increase in state aid to maintain current services and an additional $ 500 million in targeted funding, according to a report provided to POLIState Educational Conference Board's recommendations include a $ 1.5 billion increase in state aid to maintain current services and an additional $ 500 million in targeted funding, according to a report provided to POLIstate aid to maintain current services and an additional $ 500 million in targeted funding, according to a report provided to POLITICO.

«Although school districts more reliant on state aid derive a greater benefit from the current environment of low levy growth and increased state revenues, property taxes have traditionally been a more stable source of revenue than state aid.

«As the cap fluctuates below two percent, it becomes increasingly difficult to stay under the levy limit while also dealing with increased costs and uncertain state aid.

State aid — the city's second largest revenue source — has not increased with inflation and city expenses, Walsh said.

Governor Paterson's proposed 2009 - 2010 budget features reductions in state aid to CUNY and SUNY, despite a projected increase in enrollment for 2009 - 2010.

«While total state spending has been held to 2 percent annual growth and most state agency budgets have remained flat, school aid has increased by 27 percent over the last five years, proving that it's already a funding priority,» Peters said.

Cuomo proposed increasing state aid by 3 percent, or $ 769 million, to a total of $ 26.4 billion as part of the budget.

Control of the Senate, too, would ease the way for Democratic bills currently blocked by the GOP, including ones to increase firearm restrictions, allow early voting, authorize state financial aid to students who entered the country illegally as children, and extend the statute of limitations on child molestation to allow victims to sue for decades - old abuse.

Third, to ensure ongoing compliance with the implementation of the evaluation system, school districts will continue to remain ineligible for annual state education aid increases if the district fails to implement their approved evaluation system.