ALBANY -- City school districts have already begun a rough budget planning season that will force difficult decisions in preparation for cuts in state funding.
Layoffs, fewer field trips and elimination of nonessential spending are all being discussed in local districts as possible casualties of the Wall Street woes that have ravaged the state budget, school officials said.
Gov. David Paterson has said severe measures are needed to close the $1.5 billion gap in this year's budget, including cuts in education spending, when the state Legislature reconvenes Nov. 18. He has dismissed Senate Republicans' claims that they will block the school aid cuts as …
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