101.   It is exacerbated by the Republicans in the Senate holding tenaciously to the provision that state aid will flow to the wealthier school districts as well as the needier.

102.   It has also sought, unsuccessfully, to get more state aid, which is low compared with aid to other districts.

103.   It makes sense for serious new applicants to start to align their rules on competition policy and state aids with those they will have to adopt as EU members.

104.   It is intended to provide tax relief to localities around the state by giving them extra state aid if they do not raise property taxes.

105.   It calls for using increased state revenue from taxes on cigarettes and video poker gambling to provide state aid and tax relief to poor towns.

106.   It demands work from everyone who receives state aid, virtually without exception.

107.   Klagholz announced last fall that the state would establish core curriculum standards and set state aid accordingly.

108.   Knowing that the legislative leaders badly want to pass a pension bill, the Giuliani administration used the leverage provided by Pataki to lobby for more state aid.

109.   Late budgets in Albany have meant delays in state aid payment for at least a dozen years.

110.   Late budgets generally have little effect on state programs, but they can hurt cities, towns and school districts, which depend on state aid.