The New York State School Boards Association said Cuomo's
state aid proposal «falls way short of the mark,» and New York State United Teachers, a union, called the aid proposal «woefully inadequate.»
«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.
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.
«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.
Not exact matches
Aiding the possibility of this
proposal actually being written into law in the fact that one of New York's top
state prosecutors, District Attorney Charles «Joe» Hynes of Brooklyn has come out in support of its passing.
Some of the
proposals go beyond what Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has sought when it comes to nuclear power (the
state is closing the Indian Point facility in Westchester County while another in central New York will remain open with the
aid of subsidy), though many of the issues Nixon has raised are in line with what the
state has done.
Cuomo's amended budget
proposal didn't include the much - needed $ 12.5 million in
state aid for the city of Albany on which Mayor Kathy Sheehan is relying to balance her own spending plan.
The Business Council of New York
State strongly opposes the Executive Budget
proposal which would eliminate all $ 35.1 million in funding for the Direct Institutional «Bundy»
Aid program (Bundy
Aid).
The Governor prioritized education spending in his budget
proposal, including growth that is twice what would be allowed under the cap.9 To truly prioritize education the
State should reform the Foundation
Aid formula to ensure the highest needs districts are properly funded without unnecessarily sending aid to the wealthiest distric
Aid formula to ensure the highest needs districts are properly funded without unnecessarily sending
aid to the wealthiest distric
aid to the wealthiest districts.
The budget
proposal redirects formula and reimbursement
aid into competitive grants in a number of areas and encourages community solutions rather than
State mandates.
«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
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
state's fiscal realities,»
State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia
State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said.
The Legal
Aid Society challenged the
state's new familial DNA testing
proposal, saying the move is an abuse of power.
But Cuomo was unsparing in describing the impact to be felt by the federal fiscal
proposals, arguing that the
state faced a $ 4 billion deficit in the short term, and $ 2 billion in cuts in federal
aid.
«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.
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.
But the report then lists several «concerns,» including some
proposals that would increase the
state's already large debt burden, and reliance on temporary one shot revenues and federal
aid that the report says might not materialize.
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 Buffalo News reported in January that Cuomo's 2016 - 17
state budget
proposal was the first in years that did not cut
aid to the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo.
Speaker Silver says while his Democratic members feel strongly about offering tuition
aid to children of immigrants, they do not have a consensus on a
proposal by Governor Cuomo, to offer free college to inmates in
state prisons.
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.
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.
Cuomo is also backing the so - called Dream Act that would extend
state financial
aid to students in the country illegally as part of his budget
proposal for the coming fiscal year.
The
proposal also comes with an ultimatum: If the IDC refuses to accept, the
state party would
aid primaries to IDC members.
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.
The IDC's budget
proposal, introduced in January, «included a $ 1.47 billion investment in the Foundation
Aid formula for the first year with a multi-year commitment to achieve complete funding,» Alcantara told parents earlier this week, adding that as an IDC member, she has «a voice at the budget table» and is «confident that the end of this year's budget process New York
state will have invested a record amount of funding in education.»
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.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 152.3 billion executive budget
proposal includes a $ 1 billion increase in
state education
aid and the beginning of an income tax cut for middle class New Yorkers, he announced last night as the deadline for submission of his fiscal plan loomed.
In his budget
proposal, Cuomo said
state aid to municipalities and cities, which hasn't increased since 2008, would remain flat at $ 715 million for the upcoming fiscal year, and instead offers competition funds.
Those extra expenses would not be covered under Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Excelsior Scholarship
proposal, which would pay only the difference between financial
aid and tuition at
State University of New York or City University of New York campuses for full - time students from families earning $ 125,000 or less.
He said the
state aid agency is working with «corporate relocation specialists» to vet the locations before narrowing its selections and submitting «a
proposal to Amazon with multiple sites.»
The
proposal was strongly supported by organizations of
state and city judges as well as the Legal
Aid Society and most advocacy groups at the four - hour hearing in Manhattan.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo put a number of progressive issues into his
state budget
proposal, including early voting measures, reforming the criminal justice system to end cash bail and the Dream Act to give college
aid to the children of undocumented immigrants.
Malloy offered his own deficit reduction
proposal Monday, and it included major cuts in
state aid to cities and towns as well as a range of sometimes dramatic
state agency spending reductions.
There is precedent for projecting
aid or other funding even though certain
proposals or reforms haven't been adopted by the
state Legislature — or approved by voters.
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.
After all, the group said in a paper backing up its
aid proposal, «New York's fiscal outlook has improved substantially» and «
state budget surpluses are projected through 2018.»
Saying it will be a «challenging year» as the
state confronts a $ 4.4 billion deficit, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Jan. 16 called for a 3 percent boost in school
aid in his $ 168 billion executive budget
proposal for the upcoming fiscal year.
He said the 1967 convention produced unrelated
proposals for changes to the
state constitutions, including one that would eliminate a ban on direct or indirect
state aid to religious schools.
Speaking about Cuomo's
proposal to implement
state takeover of failing schools, «that hit me more than anything else,» said Mulgrew, who went on to talk again about the lack of school
aid offered up by Cuomo.
The
proposal to provide additional
state aid to communities like Cortland that host four - year SUNY colleges has now been introduced in the State Se
state aid to communities like Cortland that host four - year SUNY colleges has now been introduced in the
State Se
State Senate.
The district is pressing
state legislators to add $ 12 million to its estimate of the governor's
aid proposal.
Last week, Mr. Cuomo proposed major cuts to Medicaid, school
aid and the
state work force, while inviting unions to come to him with their own
proposals to save money.
If they fail to reach agreement by Monday, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vowed to introduce legislation that would extend the current budget, a backup plan that would leave out popular
proposals to increase college tuition
aid or invest billions of dollars in the
state's aging water infrastructure.
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.
And two Hudson Valley
state assemblymen say they have secured enhanced full - day kindergarten
aid in the budget
proposal.
Under the budget
proposal presented by Cuomo, $ 23.14 billion would be set aside in education
aid, an increase of $ 1.06 billion to all districts, if his education reform
proposals are approved by the
state Legislature.