John J. Flanagan's posts related to Education

March 5 - Senate Education Committee Meeting

Commissioner John King of the New York State Education Department speaks to committee - March 5, 2013

Senator Flanagan Discusses Education Funding On Capital Tonight

Senator John Flanagan (New York State) joins Liz Benjamin on Capital Tonight to discuss the education portion of the State Budget - March 12, 2013

Times of Smithtown: More state aid for Smithtown, Kings Park schools

Posted by John J. Flanagan on Thursday, April 4th, 2013

By Monica Gleberman & Rachel Shapiro - April 3, 2013

With $1.6 million more in state aid expected for next school year, Smithtown schools Superintendent Anthony Annunziato said he is now proposing only tier one cuts to help eliminate the gap between revenue and expenditures for the upcoming school year.

At Tuesday night's Board of Education meeting, Annunziato said revenue for 2013-14 is now expected to be $224 million, with expenditures at $227 million. To remain within the state-mandated tax levy increase cap of 3.63 percent — which includes exemptions for certain costs — Annunziato said the district would have to cut at least $2.8 million.

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