Total school aid would then amount to nearly $15.2 billion.

The increase in school aid, they say, should be larger.

Much of it would be used for school aid and other local assistance.

In all, 11 of the state's 21 counties lost some school aid, and 10 came out ahead.

Then, he said, they could return to trying to reach a compromise on school aid.

But school aid is not the only cause of potential budget problems.

Over all, school aid is to increase about 2 percent, to $10 billion.

One crucial part of the budget that has not been decided is how much will be spent on school aid.

But there is one area of agreement: they all want to increase school aid across the state.

The budget would reduce other forms of school aid to the city by $11 million.