The better-off suburbs, meanwhile, receive less state money for schools and their officials say the complex formula used to calculate aid does not compensate for the sharp enrollment increases that some suburbs are experiencing.
* I have calculated aid commitments to "Education, total" as a percentage of aid commitments to "All sectors, total", measured in current American dollars, from development-assistance committee countries to all aid recipients.
It's just used to calculate aid.
If a student waits until age 24 or older to enroll in college, (s)he will be able to apply for financial aid as an independent student, which would eliminate the parents' income from consideration in calculating the aid award.
Yet the national poverty threshold remains the basis for calculating most aid here.
Senator Arlen Specter, the Pennsylvania Republican who also helped work out the deal, said he was "very much concerned" that the government's formula for calculating financial aid might be flawed, particularly in its assessment of how much families truly pay in state taxes.
Democrats complained that, without additional help, struggling schools would not have the tools to improve before they must begin giving children tests in reading and math, which would become an important factor in calculating federal aid under Mr. Bush's plan.
The recommendations, once adopted by the Legislature, will be used to calculate state aid to school districts for the 2001-2002 school year.
Her object had been to give time, and, if desired, advice calculated to aid in realization of the policy and the re-establishment of order.
New York City officials and the Cuomo administration have had a running battle over how to calculate state aid to the city.
