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Seward On Conference Committee

For Education, Higher Ed Budgets

From left, Senator James L. Seward, Senate Coalition Co-Leader Jeff D. Klein, Senate Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos and Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie meet the media following the opening meeting of the general budget conference committee.
From left, Senator Seward, Senate Coalition Co-Leader Jeff D. Klein, Senate Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos and Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie meet the media following the opening meeting of the general budget conference committee.

ALBANY – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, has been named to the 10-legislator conference committee – five senators, five assemblymen – charged with negotiating budget differences between the two houses in the areas of education and higher education.

In a statement, Seward said the senate version, if it can be largely preserved, will achieve “two of my primary goals, … ending the disastrous Gap Elimination Adjustment and significantly raising school aid through a fair and equitable formula.”

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