evidence: In fact, the Governor's record on investing in aid to education has been dismal. From the first year of his administration through the current 2002-03 school year, the aggregate amount that he has been willing to increase educational expenditures for our kids, their teachers, and our communities has been a total of $1.7 billion. The Assembly's intervention and insistence on education as a priority has driven the enacted increases in education to a total of $4.6 billion, a financial commitment that is truly meaningful for our children and their future. [...] SPENDING ($ amounts in billions)