New York Gov. David Paterson has called an emergency session of the state Legislature tonight as the state competes for federal education stimulus money.
Applications for the federal government’s “Race to the Top” education stimulus program are due the afternoon of Jan. 19. Paterson has set a special session for 8 p.m. Monday so legislators can enact changes to state law that will boost the odds New York will receive as much as $700 million of stimulus money.
The session is being held the evening before Paterson releases his budget proposal for the state’s 2010-11 fiscal year... More HERE.
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you mean they are using their political clout? Where have I heard that suggestion before?......
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