1.   Although she is freezing and even cutting school aid for most districts, she is increasing it for those districts that are poor.

2.   And he would sharply reduce school aid in some categories, particularly special education.

3.   As we have said many times, common ground seems possible on school aid, taxes, Medicare, prescription drugs and even missile defenses.

4.   Because of built-in inflation in salaries, medical costs and school aid, the budget will grow on its own unless it is pruned.

5.   But by cutting school aid, while leaving the property tax cuts intact, he is once again hurting cities and helping residents of the wealthier suburbs.

6.   But he has been a lifelong fighter for reform and has a sensible list of priorities including school construction aid and environmental protection.

7.   But squabbling over school aid, welfare and other issues has now led to the latest budget in history.

8.   But the proposal also offers more school aid to urban areas, particulary New York City, which have consistently complained that they are shortchanged in educational spending.

9.   By next Friday, property owners across the state will discover just how much the eight-month deadlock over state school aid will cost them.

10.   City Comptroller Alan Hevesi has begun warning that it is no longer possible to pretend that the unpaid school aid is of no concern.