Guv's plan could cost LI schools record $172M in aid
Quick ReadThe plan was widely denounced by local educators Tuesday as unfair to their region.
Photo credit: Newsday/Karen Wiles Stabile | One of the entrances to Roosevelt Junior-Senior high school. Long Island's poorest school districts, like Roosevelt, would get hit next year with steep tax hikes, teacher layoffs or both, if Gov. Paterson pushes his proposed aid cuts. (January 19, 2010)
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ALBANY - Long Island schools would lose a record $172.6 million in state aid next year under Gov. David A. Paterson's proposed budget - a plan widely denounced by local educators Tuesday as unfair to their region.
Under that plan - which requires approval by state lawmakers - the Island would lose 7.2 percent of its school operating aid, compared to 6.7 percent for the state as a whole and...
