{"id":13029,"date":"2015-03-10T13:53:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T17:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=13029"},"modified":"2015-03-10T13:53:57","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T17:53:57","slug":"state-assembly-calls-for-increase-in-education-funding-in-state-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/state-assembly-calls-for-increase-in-education-funding-in-state-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"State Assembly Calls for Increase in Education Funding in State Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The New York State Assembly Chambers<\/p><\/div>\n

ALBANY – Lawmakers in Albany are calling for a significant increase in school aid in the 2015-16 state budget.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the New York Assembly finalized it’s version of the $150.7 billion state budget<\/a> and care calling for an increase of $1.8 billion in school aid \u2013$830 million more than the high end of Gov. Andrew Cuomo<\/a>‘s proposed aid\u00a0increase.<\/p>\n

According to a report in the Albany Times Union, the Assembly released details of its one-house budget proposal Monday, including almost $24 billion in total school aid.<\/p>\n

The proposal calls for $1 billion in foundation aid, $456 million in gap elimination adjustment restoration, and an $80 million increase in universal prekindergarten aid \u2013 which would see funding for U Pre-K go up by nearly 10 percent to $835\u00a0million.<\/p>\n

The Assembly proposal also rejects the governor\u2019s proposal to tie a package of education reforms to a larger school aid increase.<\/p>\n

In January, the Governor said he\u2019d like to see school aid increase by $1.1 billion – if lawmakers agree to his slate of reforms, which include tougher teacher evaluations and a plan that would allow “failing” schools to be taken over by outside\u00a0entities.<\/p>\n

The governor\u2019s aid proposal increase would only be $377 million if his reforms are rejected by\u00a0lawmakers.<\/p>\n

The state Senate is also working on finalizing its version of the 2015-16 budget. Once that is completed,\u00a0 leaders from both the Senate and Assembly will begin the budget reconciliation process with the Governor, in hopes of finalizing and passing a final state budget before the April 1 deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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