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A visit to Albany has given Fulton school district officials some hope that another year of seve stanley cups re cuts to programs and services may not be necessary.Superintendent Bill Lynch a stanley taza nd at least three members of the Board of Education made the trip within the last week. 聽They met with leaders of the state Senate and Assembly and with Governor Andrew Cuomos education representative.They came away believing that a deal to provide more money to poor schools between the Legislature and Governor was possible. 聽It goes like this: 聽If the Legislature will approve the creation of a new public employee retirement t stanley cup ier, Cuomo will allow $200 million in aid to be distributed to the poorest school districts.The new retirement tier, called Tier 6, would lower benefits to retirees and save schools, local governments and the state money. 聽Cuomo has held onto $250 million in proposed state aid for a grant-based competition. 聽The deal would see him converting $200 million of that amount to regular state aid, targeted at so-called high need/low wealth districts. 聽Fulton and most of the schools in Oswego County fall into that category. placement_509781_0_iwidth:100%;margin:0 auto; We expect we will be getting additional state aid, but we dont know what that will look like, said Lynch.Any aid would be very good news.The first draft of Fultons 2012-13 budget shows that state aid cuts have blown another multi-million dollar hole in the spending plan.Total state aid is up about $280,000, but the inc |
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