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On January 8th, in his "State-of-the-State& quot; address, Governor Pataki promised the children of the state that he would provide them with "first-class" schools. Just three weeks later, the Governor broke that promise.
The Governor's Executive Budget proposes to cut school aid $1.24 billion, or 8.5%1 in a period when new federal and state mandates to improve student achievement and the increases in costs to operate schools both strongly argue for a substantial increase in school aid.