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Skelos: LI will get usual share of school aid
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Long Island schools would get roughly their traditional share of state aid under the budget bills to be passed Wednesday by the State Legislature, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said.
Overall, the budget cuts education spending by about $1.2 billion, leaving about $19.6 billion to be distributed across the state. Cuomo proposed even deeper cuts, but the legislature restored about $230...
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