Local schools see some aid restored

April 1, 2011

By CHRIS KNIGHT and JESSICA COLLIER - Staff Writers , Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Local school districts will see some of their state aid restored under the $132 billion state budget approved by lawmakers early Thursday morning, but they'll still be getting less than last year.

The Saranac Lake Central School District will get $7,303,541 from the state, which is $164,000 more than what Gov. Andrew Cuomo had proposed in his Executive Budget, according to state aid projections provided by Dan Mac Entee, a spokesman for state Sen. Betty Little. Still, that amount of aid is about $466,000 less than the district received last year.

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