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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Budget Hits New York Schools Hard

02/07/2011 2:44 pm 0 comments

New York – Toddlers in Yonkers, N.Y., may no longer be able to attend pre-K. Schools in Syracuse would only be cleaned every other day. And Oxford schools could lose 10% of their teachers.

Those are just a few of the steps New York superintendents say they’ll likely have to take if Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed $1.5 billion cut in state aid to schools makes it through the legislature.

Facing a $10 billion deficit, Cuomo Tuesday unveiled a draconian budget that would slash $8.9 billion in spending for the upcoming year. The proposal, which amounts to a 7.3% reduction in school aid, comes on the heels of a $1.1 billion cut for the current year. Making matters worse, school districts are seeing most of their federal stimulus money — which pumped $1.3 billion into the schools last year — dry up.

In his budget address, Cuomo suggested schools could handle the cut if they tapped into their $1.2 billion in reserves and froze wages.

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