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	Cardinal Leads Protest for Reimbursement of Private Schools NY 1 March 14, 2009 http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/education/95562/cardinal-leads-protest-for-reimbursement-of-private-schools/Default.aspx [with video] Community and religious leaders call on Governor David Paterson to keep funding for religious and independent schools. Edward Cardinal Egan and other protestors held a rally in Pelham Bay, Bronx to protest the governor's proposal to limit the state's liability for the Mandated Services Reimbursement Program to 92 percent. Under the MSR program, the state is required to reimburse religious and independent schools for 100 percent of their actual costs in providing state-mandated services, such as giving state tests. Protesters say the governor's proposal would cost these schools more than $18 million in the next two years. "We're going to continue to do everything in our power to continue to give the best in academic training and the best in spiritual formation, which is the best gift that can be given to the state of New York," said Egan. "Especially where we have a public system which is forever growing, we don't want to have people leaving the private school system and then entering the public school system and forcing even more overcrowding in our public school system," said Bronx State Senator Jeffrey Klein. Governor Paterson is trying to close a 14-billion dollar state deficit. We've reached out to the governor's office and are awaiting a response.
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