Chalkbeat: New York lawmakers reached a budget deal Sunday that boosts education funding for school districts across the state by a billion dollars and extends mayoral control of city schools for three years — the longest extension since Mayor Bill de Blasio took office.
The $1 billion increase brings state spending on school aid to $27.9 billion, almost identical to last year’s increase. But, as in previous years, it was still substantially less than what lawmakers and the state’s Board of Regents requested.
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