Maybe some real mandate relief will be enacted by this council and not more busy work for state bureaucrats. The Mandate Relief Council is an eleven-member Executive and Legislative council charged with reviewing and advancing proposals to reduce the statutory and regulatory burden on local governments and school districts. Governor Cuomo signed the law creating the Mandate [...]
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Dispelling Myths on Tier VI
Dispelling Myths on Tier VI On Our previous email the blog mentioned was left off. Please see below for full blog and link. We apologize. Thank You. Dispelling Myths on Tier VI Good afternoon friends. I hope this finds you doing well. Over the past few weeks, you have received a good [...]
To Pay New York Pension Fund, Cities Borrow From It First
Here is a great idea to kick the can down the road to ease the increase pension tax burden on New York State residents. Local governments just borrow the money from the state pension fund, how sustainable is that? No one in Albany wants to tell the truth and explain to the state retirees and current [...]
Statehouse to Schoolhouse, Cyberschool Companies Are Making the Grade
Statehouse to Schoolhouse, Cyber School Companies Are Making the Grade Posted on February 29, 2012 by Anne Sherwood Virtual schools, which offer classes online, have stepped into the spotlight lately as they become the fastest-growing segment of the charter school industry. The New York Times recently published an investigation that explores the controversial and growing [...]
Schools need to cut personnel costs
Recent Guest Viewpoint by Robert Kingsley In a recent Guest Viewpoint, Pete Nowacki, president of the Broome-Tioga School Boards Association, asks: What happens when a school district goes bankrupt? Using scare tactics and the blame game, Nowacki attacks Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the state Legislature and the Education Commission, concluding with the standard coup de grâce [...]
Chicago teachers asking for 30% raises over next 2 years
You can not make up these headlines. Wonder why tax payers and business in all the high tax states are leaving and moving to the lower tax states, read below. California, New York and Illinois need to take to lessons from Texas and Florida, about creating jobs. Any one paying attention in the state capitols why Florida and Texas have had huge [...]
