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How Cuomo's pension plan could help North Country schools
Listen to this story It took a few days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo
released his budget plan last week for many North Country school
districts to realize they had a problem. The initial funding
proposal didn't provide enough money to help them out of the
budget hole.  But there's still some hope in the governor's
proposal. His plan includes more than $200 million in what's
called fiscal stabilization funding. The idea is to help schools
with a spike in pension costs this year.  Hear this  Listen with
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this location  Canton Central School Superintendent Bill Gregory
is having a tough year, and the regular state aid proposed in
Governor Cuomo's budget isn't going to do much to change that.
Gregory says the d