State Eyes Rewarding Schools for Givebacks ; Aid Would Rise in Return for Salary Concessions
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officials are considering rewarding school districts with additional state aid if they can get their unions to accept salary concessions.
A handful of districts around the state -- including East Aurora and West Seneca -- already have obtained notable concessions from workers, realizing it would be difficult to put budgets with large tax hikes before voters in tough economic times.See the full content of this document
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State Eyes Rewarding Schools for Givebacks ; Aid Would Rise in Return for Salary Concessions
Gov. David A. Paterson, using a model being pushed in New Jersey, said Wednesday he would be open in the ongoing state budget talks to steering more state money to districts whose unions help them save on payroll costs this year.
"It's certainly apt, I think, that we would be trying to reward the dist...See the full content of this document
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