Mayor Bill de Blasio, unveiling his $77.7 billion preliminary budget on Feb. 9, called on New York State to honor the Campaign for Fiscal Equity settlement and give the money it promised to city schools now that the economy is back on track.

“We’re in a different reality, where the state government obviously is in a much stronger position financially overall,” de Blasio said. “It’s time to have a serious discussion again about the state’s ongoing obligation to this city and other cities throughout the state in terms of the CFE agreement.”

The state so far has failed to resume its CFE payments to schools, despite a robust recovery from the recession and a $5.4 billion windfall this year from financial penalties. Moreover, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding any increase in education spending in limbo unless he wins drastic changes to teacher evaluation and tenure and the number and distribution of charter schools around the state.

With the state contribution to city schools unknown, the mayor laid out a preliminary city budget that includes a relatively modest hike in the city’s education spending for the coming year.

The city plans to direct an additional $682 million to K–12 education in fiscal 2016, bringing total education spending to about $21.6 billion, according to the Office of Management and Budget forecast for the 2016 fiscal year.

The mayor’s preliminary plan for education highlights funding for 128 community schools, including the work of transforming 94 “renewal” schools that are using the community school model.

The mayor set aside $4.9 million to add another 594 mentor and master teacher positions citywide. The budget plan also includes about $700,000 for literacy intervention teams next year to build capacity in the schools for students with dyslexia. Another $800,000 will go to help parents who have limited proficiency in English.

He maintained funding at last year’s levels for his two signature initiatives: universal prekindergarten and middle school after-school programs.

The preliminary budget is the first step in the city’s annual budget process that usually concludes in late June after state spending is finalized and the mayor and the City Council reach an agreement on a final budget.