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Governor’s Budget Flunks Education, Fails Kids, Says Sheldon Silver and Steve Sanders in the New York State Assembly
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Details are lacking on a plan to comply with CFE decision; budget shortchanges schools $304 million.
This year, one of the biggest issues facing the state is the Campaign for Fiscal Equity ruling, which requires the state to implement reforms to ensure that the necessary resources are available to provide the opportunity for a sound, basic education. While it's encouraging that the governor's budget does not eliminate the Assembly's pre-kindergarten and class size reduction initiatives, as he did last year and in previous years, his budget does not address the CFE decision, and he continues to delay the implementation of a new formula. |