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Fulton Daily News

Fulton Board of Ed Holds Budget Workshop Tonight; Public Invited

Fulton’s Board of Education tonight holds its second workshop on its budget for the next school year. The public is welcome to attend. The board and district officials are working to build a budget for the 2010-11 school year.  It’s the budget that taxpayers will vote on in May during the statewide day of school budget voting.

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New State Budget Proposal Due Today; Deep Cuts Likely

Governor Paterson holds a news conference folllowing a special session on Race to the Top legislation. Photo provided by the Governor's office.UPDATE, 11AM: The first numbers are out and they are not good news for local governments and school districts.

The Governor’s budget proposes to cut municipal aid to every village, town and city in Oswego County by 5%.  The cut to the city of Fulton would eliminate more than $88,000, while the cut to the city of Oswego would take away more than $133,000.

School aid would also be cut by 5%, though there is no breakout by individual districts to indicate whether the cut is across-the-board or whether some districts will take steeper cuts than others.

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