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The Community New^mper
niursday, February 8, 2007
Governor proposes small increase In state aid
by Laura Schofer
Governor Elioi Spitzer unveiled his proposed 2007 New York State budget last week that included an increase of $1.4 billion in school aid. Last, year's state aid for education was S15.6 billion. This year it could be as much as S17 billion. Thai's the good news but the bad news is that most of that increase will go to New York City schools and disadvantaged school districts throughout New York state.
Governor Spitzer is also proposing to provide SI.5 billion this year to subsidize local real estate levies that will alter the STAR rebate program by offering a tax relief program aimeJ at middle class residents earning anywhere from SSO.OOO to $235,000 a year. The governor says it could potentially help Freeporters reduce their property taxes but state Republicans disagree.
To complicate matters, the average property tax bill for Nassau County households is 87 percent higher than the statewide mean and 24 percent higher than the downstate suburban region.
In Freeport the proposed increase in state aid for the 2007-2008 school vear
SEAGULLS LOOKING for a littiie open water at Milburn Creek between Freeport and Baldwin on Atlantic Avenue. Arctic tennpera-tures this week kept residents indoors but our feathered friends didn't seem to mind the cold.
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is 6.92 percent. There are 56 school districts in Nassau County. Eight school districts received more aid; 47 received less. On average, school districts received about three percent.
"We must look at this figure with caution." said Deputy Superintendent of Freeport Schools Kishore Kuncham. He explained that some of the increase is misleading because programs usually funded separately are now included in the foundation aid package.
"Previously some things were separate. The early grade class size reduction grant and the magnet grant have been collapsed into the foundation aid," said Mr. Kuncham.
Those grants, for $456,000 and S40O.00O respectively, mean that the aid package really includes "5856,000 less since there is one single education aid formula,'" said Mr. Kuncham.
Mr. Kuncham also pointed to the aid for target universal pre-K. 'This was also included for approximately $750,000. We have three funding sources that were [previously] outside of our aid package," said Mr. Kuncham. And budget items for aid to BOCES and transportation are "all expenditure driven. I cannot count on FREEPORT CHILDREN will have more educational support if the governor (continued on page 23) has his way.
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| Title | The-Leader_2007-02-08 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L & M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2007 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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