In his State of the State address last month, Cuomo said he would
withhold school aid increases districts that don't have a deal in place soon.
Not exact matches
Cuomo is also trying to shake up education policy, by threatening to
withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in
increases in
school aid from
schools that don't agree on teacher evaluation plans with teachers.
Cuomo threatened to
withhold an
increase to
school aid if lawmakers did not comply with an extensive overhaul of the state's education system.
Nevertheless, the governor is
increasing school aid by just over four percent, though he punishes the city of New York for not meeting a January 17 deadline to complete a teacher evaluation plan, and will
withhold the city's
increase.