state aid
noun
: public monies appropriated by a state government for the partial support or improvement of a public local institution
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The state uses a complicated formula to determine how much each district needs, what the local funding share should be per district and the necessary amount of state aid to fill the remaining gap.
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John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 23 May 2024
This year’s version is another rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul maneuver that would remove $8.8 billion in overpayments of state aid from previous years from the budget and treat it, in effect, as a off-the-books loan to be written off over five years.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
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John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 23 May 2024
This year’s version is another rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul maneuver that would remove $8.8 billion in overpayments of state aid from previous years from the budget and treat it, in effect, as a off-the-books loan to be written off over five years.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
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“State aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20aid. Accessed 4 Jun. 2024.
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