Governor Paterson’s Washington Wish List
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 at 2:44 pm by Robert Lowry
Governor David A. Paterson has joined other governors in writing to President-Elect Obama to ask for direct aid to states and federal support for “shovel-ready” infrastructure projects.
The Governor’s letter asks for $250 million in a “flexible education block grant” to “provide governors with much needed fiscal relief, and mitigate the need for cuts to vital education programs.”
The letter also says that the state has 737 “ready-to-go” school modernization and renovation projects totaling $966 million.
The $250 million for the flexible block grant appears to be a nationwide funding request. It is unclear how much of the $966 million in school construction projects — if any — would offset costs already reflected in the state budget.
A desire to preserve the stimulus effects of school construction may have contributed to the Governor’s decision to spare Building Aid and EXCEL from cuts in his proposed budget.
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