New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan has warned that taxpayers may end up
footing the bill if more Catholic and independent schools close because
the state continues to default on
its school aid promises.
Archbishop Dolan says lawmakers have failed to honor a statute requiring the reimbursement for all costs incurred in meeting state mandates, WTEN reports.
Dolan, fourteen bishops and twelve-hundred Catholics from around the state were in Albany for the annual Public Policy Day of the New York State Catholic Conference.
Besides funding for parochial schools, the conference also is lobbying for and against a number of controversial social issues.
Among them, the Reproductive Health Act that was introduced as a Governor's program bill last year but not acted on. The Catholic group calls it the ":Radical Abortion Act," claiming it will "permit all third-trimester abortions (even) partial birth abortion."
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Archbishop: NY'ers face higher taxes if more Catholic schools close (WTEN)