Sentences with phrase «state aid reductions»

At a time when Connecticut's towns and cities already face the potential for significant state aid reductions based on Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed budget, is it any wonder that the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities testified in favor of delaying a system that is proving costly and problematic elsewhere?»

These state aid reductions will have the most devastating effect in our poorest school districts.

Not exact matches

After these reductions, which represent $ 2.85 billion of gap - closing benefit for the State Fiscal Year, School Aid will continue to represent the largest State - supported program, accounting for 29 percent of General Fund spending.

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.

Many schools plan to add new student programs and services next year, aided by millions of dollars in fresh financial assistance from Albany, as well as reductions in state pension costs.

House and Senate Republicans offered two different versions of no - tax - increase budget plans Tuesday that they insist can solve the state's projected two - year, $ 5 billion deficit without savage reductions in state aid to cities and towns and school funding.

State Budget Director Bob Megna issued a statement yesterday rejecting the mayor's claim that the city stands to lose $ 2 billion if Cuomo's spending plan is enacted as - is by the Legislature and also insisting the mayor has more than enough stashed away to make up the difference of whatever the final aid reduction might be.

But 64 percent oppose Cuomo's proposed $ 1.5 billion reduction in state aid to school districts, and 56 percent oppose his 10 percent cut to SUNY and CUNY.

Yes she did, she supported the reduction of school aid, but that only shifted the burden from the state to the school district and did nothing to reduce expenses at the state level.

Combining this loss with reductions in state aid, increasing costs and a shortfall carried over from a 2008 restoration that was not continued in successive year budgets, results in a total recurring budget shortfall nearing $ 7 million.

MANHATTAN — Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a plan to slash billions from the state's budget, including a 2 percent cut in Medicaid spending, a $ 1.5 billion reduction in school aid and nearly 10,000 state worker layoffs, according to a plan unveiled Tuesday.

The loss of these local funds triggers a reduction of an additional $ 2.8 million in State Library Aid as well as the loss of other library operating revenue.

As with all governments, at any level, and even families that have had to tighten their belts, I understand the 2 % reduction of funding for Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM), which reflects the Governor's need to lower state spending.

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.

«Despite reductions in the tax revenue forecast and minor reductions in state aid, the budget adds more than $ 700 million in new agency needs in fiscal year 2018,» Kellermann said.

While hard - pressed localities will see no relief in the short term from Tier 6, they will be affected by loss of state services, downsizing and consolidation of vital facilities, along with other aid reductions and a further erosion of their middle class as workers get squeezed or have their jobs eliminated.

While some have taken notice of Mr. Astorino's anti-common core platform, a simple scratch beneath the surface reveals a candidate who puts all his faith in charter schools and would further decimate schools through a reduction of state aid.

The cap, which enjoys broad popular support, faces its biggest hurdle among those in the base of the Assembly Democrats, who say a cap would harm school districts who are already facing deep cuts due to a reduction in state aid.

The legislation adjusted aid calculations so the amount received by districts would be less than the amount promised, with the reductions going to fill the hole in state fiscal planning.

The package, including $ 55 million in reductions to Medicaid services and $ 260 million in across - the - board cuts in state aid to local governments, was intended to cover shortfalls in tax revenue during this fiscal year that have emerged since the budget was passed.

«How long before the simple math of reductions in state aid, and the tax levy [increase] limit, make it impossible for us to sustain our progress?»

Seward advocated for an increase in state aid to schools this year and pushed for the continued reduction of the gap elimination adjustment which helped improve school finances.

Here's the six school districts in Onondaga County that lost the most aid in last year's state budget because of GEA reductions.

With the $ 600 million in «foundation aid» meant to go to the classroom channeled into deficit reduction instead, and school spending flat this year even as costs rose, speakers charged that the present state education appropriation itself amounted to a cut.

But he's said overall aid reduction was needed to help the state deal with a $ 10 - billion deficit.

But he's called for an average 11 percent state - aid reduction for Long Island school districts.

Because he single - handedly is the one responsible, through his reductions in school aid, for the loss of music and art teachers, remedial programs, enrichment programs, advanced placement courses, even kindergarten and prekindergarten in many schools across the state.

In his presentation, Bloomberg blamed shortfalls in expected state education dollars and a reduction in federal education aid for the layoffs.

Patty Bentley, a NYSUT political action coordinator, said as a county legislator, Jones has demonstrated he understands the funding formula that has led to a reduction of state aid in recent years.

The reductions in state education aid — coupled with cuts approved in two special sessions last year — mean districts will receive about 5 percent less in 2008 - 09 than they did in the previous school year.

A number of states instituted flat reductions in district aid, while others made across - the - board cuts to programs.

The severe cuts are a result of the adoption in 1980 of Proposition 2 1/2, which caps local spending, coupled with steady reductions in state aid to localities, the report says.

After congratulating the nation for working to amass current successes — including financial aid options that have «finally opened the doors of college to all Americans,» state - developed academic standards, the creation of a voluntary national test, technology in the schools, and an emphasis on class - size reduction — Clinton outlined his proposal to drive public education into the 21st century.

The state has been hit particularly hard by the recession, and over the past few years has had to rely on furloughs, reductions in local aid, and various cuts to balance the budget.

The school district will see a reduction in state aid, but they also have fewer students to teach.

The Eau Claire School Board resolution supporting the Voucher Taxpayer Transparency Bill notes that the measure would require that property tax bills include information about any reductions in state aid resulting in pupils enrolling in the private school voucher programs.

Incoming pupils in the WPCP are included in the resident public school district's membership for state general aid purposes, but the resident district may not levy to backfill the aid reduction.

Pupils who begin attending a private school under the WPCP in the 2015 - 16 school year and thereafter are funded with a reduction to each public school district's state general aid.

That money comes through a reduction in the district's state aid.

Opponents of HB 21 have expressed concerns that letting Aid for Tax Reduction the program expire would hurt rural schools in the state that rely heavily on the funding.

Those concessions helped districts offset massive reductions in state aid and taxing authority.

Nearly 40 percent of that money came from a reduction in state aid for public schools in the city of Milwaukee, while the rest came from tax dollars, according to DPI.

State statutes specify that these aid reductions are not shown in DPI's October 15 aid calculation.

Of course, just because Walker is offering state education reporters a much more nuanced and interesting way of covering the aid reductions, it doesn't mean many will take him up on the chance.

These students are ineligible for any federal aid; in a majority of states, they are also ineligible for state aid or the tuition and fee reductions that public colleges and universities offer to in - state residents.

Meanwhile, the same outrageous implementation budget bill includes unprecedented language that allows cities and towns to simply cut their local public school budgets by the amount of any reduction in state aid those schools.

The Wisconsin Voucher Taxpayer Transparency bill would have required property tax bills include information on the amount of any net reduction in state aid to the home district as a result of pupils enrolled in any of the state's school voucher programs.

I used the grant & student loans to pay out - of - state tuition there for 6 semesters before complaining to the financial aid department there & being told that if I took a year off & worked in NC to establish residency I could re-apply & be given in - state status (a MAJOR reduction in tuition costs.)

But does this security issue relate to the main provisions of the climate bill, or more to how much the Pentagon and State Department spend on preemptive risk reduction as opposed to war - fighting, on the scope and focus of American foreign aid, on building prosperity and resilience in Africa and South Asia?

Scientists, environmental leaders and hundreds of thousands of citizens across the country had urged the president to take action to protect critical habitat from oil spills, to aid the transition to a clean energy future and to help the United States meet the carbon reduction goals necessary to avert the worst effects of global climate change.