Tonight, Governor Kathy Hochul said she and the state
legislature have reached a conceptual agreement on the state budget
news. Twelve's Jonathan Gordon has more on what made
the final cut. Jonathan, what are the biggest
takeaways tonight? The deal includes a new plan to
build more housing, there's money to fight crime and
even funds to address immigration, but it might be
the school piece that has many breathing a sigh of
relief tonight, most notably, the agreement guarantees no
school district will see a cut in state aid like
they were previously facing under the governor's original proposal.
But Hole said the formula used to determine how much
aid each district gets will be updated for next year
. In total, the state is investing 36 billion
at his total in school education aid and leaders,
education leaders like Yonkers Federation of Teachers, President Samantha
Rosado Cielo said this should hopefully bring school districts some
clarity as they finalize their budget priorities. In order
to balance a budget, you need to know what
you have in order to determine what you can provide
to students tonight. On the news at 10,
we're going to take a deeper look at the other
pieces of the agreement. And the next steps to
get this budget over the finish line, send it
back to.