Sentences with phrase «statewide aid cut»
School leaders on the Island have contended that Albany should concentrate first this year on restoring about $ 1 billion in statewide aid cut in 2009 and 2010 as the result of the recession and its fallout.
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If the Budget Director applied this rationale to the State budget, $ 3.5 billion in State closing funds balances from this year would obviate the need for any school aid cuts, statewide.»
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget will cut $ 518 million in school aid to the city and $ 1.5 billion statewide.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed cutting more than $ 1.5 billion in education aid statewide for the 2011 - 2012 fiscal year.
Statewide, unless education advocates rally and the Legislature intervenes, municipalities and school districts will suffer more than $ 1.1 billion in slashed public school aid — the largest school cut in more than two decades.
The final state budget, which was reached on March 27, adds more than $ 200 million to Governor Cuomo's proposed education budget, though the cut to statewide education aid still totals more than $ 1 billion.
Unveiled Tuesday, Cuomo's plan outlines an average 9 percent cut to schools statewide (not including construction aid).
Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto said that the net impact of the state - aid cuts - the amount of money Long Island schools would lose as a portion of their overall budgets - is closer to 2.1 percent and that the statewide average is 2.9 percent.
In those cases where the local districts don't have to share their money, area charter schools would still get capital aid from the state — $ 50 million in 2017 - 18 that's divided among all eligible charter schools statewide, even those getting a cut of local money.
In the face of a dramatic $ 1.2 billion cut in state aid, school districts held the average statewide property tax levy increase at 3.4 percent under the proposed 2011 - 12 district budgets.
Our schools lost more than $ 11 million statewide during a recent midyear cut and stands to lose at least another $ 15 million in school - aid funding in the next fiscal year.