Libous fights for, and wins, state aid for upstate schools
ALBANY – Senator Tom Libous’ office yesterday released the specific amounts Chenango County’s school districts will receive in the 2012-13 New York State budget agreement announced Wednesday.
The Senator said he fought to replace millions in competitive grants back to the school aid formula in order to help upstate schools. Locally, this added $5,786,719 to the original increase for a total increase of $11,773,855 in school aid to Libous’ district from last year’s budget.
“I worked very hard on the competitive grants to get additional aid to the upstate New York schools districts. I hope it’s the beginning of turning things around in helping upstate do the things that they need to do educationally for their kids,” he said this morning.
The Statewide School Finance Consortium described the allocation of $290 million in new aid and the reallocation of a portion of state monies originally designated for performance grants as “a tiny first step” in the process of sending dollars to school and communities that need them the most.
“State leaders have embraced on a clear, albeit limited, basis the rationale championed for several years by the Statewide School Finance Consortium – that the distribution of state aid must move to a model that sends dollars to schools and communities that need them the most,” a press release stated.
Some additional highlights to this year’s budget are: State spending increases by less than 2 percent; no new taxes or fees; a task force to coordinate job growth by investing hundreds of millions of dollars in upstate roads and bridges, mandate relief for counties through Medicaid reform; increases aid to Broome Community College.
Chenango County Schools:
Norwich
2011 School Aid - $22,846,018
Original Aid for 2012-2013 - $23,241,663
Extra Aid from Competitive Grants - $303,523
Total 2012-2013 Aid: $23,545,186
Afton
2011 - $9,414,880
Original Aid for 2012-2013 - $10,049,303
Extra Aid - $54, 097
Total 2012-30 Aid: $10,103,400
Bainbridge
2011 - $9,991,176
Original Aid for 2012-2013 - $9,855412
Extra Aid - $148,602
Total for 2012-2013 - 10,004,014
Greene
2011 - $15,783,655
Original Aid for 2012-2013 - $15,659,633
Extra Aid - $281,299
Total for 2012-2013 - $15,940,932
Oxford
2011 - $11,139,193
Original Aid for 2012-2013 - $11,576,271
Extra Aid - $85,088
Total for 2012-2013 - 11,661,359
Unadilla Valley
2011 - $13,839,744
(Don’t have numbers for original and extra aid)
Total for 2012-2013 - $14,375.255
The Senator said he fought to replace millions in competitive grants back to the school aid formula in order to help upstate schools. Locally, this added $5,786,719 to the original increase for a total increase of $11,773,855 in school aid to Libous’ district from last year’s budget.
“I worked very hard on the competitive grants to get additional aid to the upstate New York schools districts. I hope it’s the beginning of turning things around in helping upstate do the things that they need to do educationally for their kids,” he said this morning.
The Statewide School Finance Consortium described the allocation of $290 million in new aid and the reallocation of a portion of state monies originally designated for performance grants as “a tiny first step” in the process of sending dollars to school and communities that need them the most.
“State leaders have embraced on a clear, albeit limited, basis the rationale championed for several years by the Statewide School Finance Consortium – that the distribution of state aid must move to a model that sends dollars to schools and communities that need them the most,” a press release stated.
Some additional highlights to this year’s budget are: State spending increases by less than 2 percent; no new taxes or fees; a task force to coordinate job growth by investing hundreds of millions of dollars in upstate roads and bridges, mandate relief for counties through Medicaid reform; increases aid to Broome Community College.
Chenango County Schools:
Norwich
2011 School Aid - $22,846,018
Original Aid for 2012-2013 - $23,241,663
Extra Aid from Competitive Grants - $303,523
Total 2012-2013 Aid: $23,545,186
Afton
2011 - $9,414,880
Original Aid for 2012-2013 - $10,049,303
Extra Aid - $54, 097
Total 2012-30 Aid: $10,103,400
Bainbridge
2011 - $9,991,176
Original Aid for 2012-2013 - $9,855412
Extra Aid - $148,602
Total for 2012-2013 - 10,004,014
Greene
2011 - $15,783,655
Original Aid for 2012-2013 - $15,659,633
Extra Aid - $281,299
Total for 2012-2013 - $15,940,932
Oxford
2011 - $11,139,193
Original Aid for 2012-2013 - $11,576,271
Extra Aid - $85,088
Total for 2012-2013 - 11,661,359
Unadilla Valley
2011 - $13,839,744
(Don’t have numbers for original and extra aid)
Total for 2012-2013 - $14,375.255
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