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Ms. Hixon had been mayor for so long that the Town Council appeared to have stopped paying attention to her spending, District Attorney Walt Merrell of Covington County said.

The district spends $1,800 less per pupil than the next lowest spending district in Nassau County, even though it gets more state money than any other district in the county.

This arrangement has led contractors to prey on the program and school officials to be less careful in acquisitions than they might be in spending district money, several witnesses testified Thursday.

Long Island has some of the highest-spending districts and best-paid superintendents in the country.

These districts, which are supposed to receive the same amount of public money as the state's highest-spending districts, receive more than $14,000 per student.

There is also a disparity between state spending in districts in counties with the same relative wealth.

One argument — again — is that the state capped local property taxes and then required so much local spending that districts have to tax at or near the cap.

When a nationwide recession gripped California, forcing staggering cutbacks in state government spending, school districts were poised for draconian budget slashing.

Prosecutors and school officials there are investigating $8 million in questionable spending by district employees.

The Republican-controlled State Senate, wits its base of power in the suburbs and upstate, wants to set aside $840 million to spend on districts that are not classified as "high-needs".

The governor has also proposed that the largest share of school aid increases be spent on districts with a higher share of disadvantaged students, like New York City's.