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Governor David Paterson was at the Nassau County BOCES yesterday to announce $2 million in grants from the state’s Local Government Efficiency program.  The largest grant — for $1 million — went to the Nassau BOCES to share purchasing, information technology and telecommunications, out-of-district transportation, and internal auditing.

Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi praised the work of local school leaders,

This grant will not only facilitate unprecedented sharing of non-instructional services … it also recognizes the extraordinary cooperation that has gotten us to this point. We commend BOCES, the Nassau Council of School Superintendents and the Nassau Suffolk School Boards Association, and look forward to continuing our work together in finding efficiencies while maintaining educational excellence.

Ronald Friedman, president of the Nassau superintendents’ council was present at the announcement, along with Nassau BOCES Deputy Superintendent Robert Hanna, and Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association Executive Director Lorraine Deller.

Here’s how Newsday reported the event.