By contrast, in December, the Board of Regents recommended a $ 2.4 billion
total school aid increase for 2016 - 17 alone.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
«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.
While
total state spending has been held to two percent annual growth and most state agency budgets have been held essentially flat,
School Aid is
increasing by 6.5 percent for the 2016 - 17
School Year and will have
increased by nearly 27 percent since 2011 - 12.
Under the details of the governor's proposal for the 2016 - 17
school year,
aid would
increase by $ 991 million, or 4.3 percent, to a
total of $ 24.2 billion.
Cuomo is proposing a
total $ 1 billion
increase of
school aid statewide to $ 25.6 billion.
Cuomo has proposed an
increase of $ 1.06 billion in
school aid, or 4.8 percent above the current
total.
School aid in the region would
increase by $ 23.6 million while county distribution of new funds would
total $ 27.4 million.
General equalization
aid increases by $ 79.8 M while
School Levy Credits
increase by another $ 75M for a
total of $ 747.4 M and the First Dollar Levy Credit is introduced for $ 75M.