Schools May Win Share of N.Y. Budget Windfall

By Drew Lindsay

New York State legislators huddled late last week behind closed doors to complete a budget with a different wrinkle from recent years: unexpected revenues of perhaps a half-billion dollars.

The surplus could lead to a boost in school aid, help for the state's aging school buildings, and funding for the first time for a scholarship program enacted four years ago.

The final funding levels in the fiscal 1995 budget were still subject to change, however, depending on last-gasp legislative maneuvers and a final tally of...