After repeatedly criticizing the state for failing to provide enough school aid despite a 2007 settlement, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he’s taking matters into his own hands by directing more city funds to 130 low-performing schools.

“We’ve put real resources and real accountability in place to give students, teachers and communities at struggling schools a path to success,” he said in a statement. “But we don’t want them fighting the decades-old headwind of under-funding at the same time.”

The extra money will be used for guidance counselors, academic interventions and Advanced Placement classes.

The goal is to bring these schools to 100 percent of what the city calls "fair student funding." This is a formula the city developed in 2008 so that schools with high concentrations of English Language Learners and children with special needs would receive more taxpayer money per pupil. The city was planning to use additional cash from the settlement of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit. But those funds dried up after the financial crisis and many schools never got to 100 percent, or fell below because of budget cuts.

The new proposal represents a doubling down on the mayor’s renewal strategy, which set aside $150 million for low-performing schools to create a longer school day, give staff members more training and provide wraparound services for children and families. The additional $34 million for next year, and another $60 million the following year, will go to schools already in the renewal program along with community schools and those labeled "persistently failing" by the state.

On Monday, Chancellor Carmen Fariña visited a school that she said would receive an extra $20,000 next year in fair student funding under the mayor’s plan. The Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School is now becoming a community school by adding social workers, and the chancellor was there to highlight how struggling schools can benefit from the community school model. Principal Kizhaya Roberts said the added social workers are helping her students learn how to deal with stress “in a productive way.”

Roberts’ school was already getting 99 percent of its fair student funding, but others received far less because of budget cuts. City Hall said those targeted by the new infusion will get $250,000 next year on average. Schools with large populations could see up to $1.5 million.

Mark Cannizzaro, Executive Vice President of the Council for School Supervisors and Administrators, said he is glad to see the city giving more aid to schools that need improvement. “In the past they weren’t supported and ended up closed,” he said. Principals will have to draft plans for using the money, which will be subject to approval by their superintendents.

Leonie Haimson, executive director of the group Class Size Matters, was skeptical about how much of a difference additional money could make if it isn't used properly. She noted that too many schools have classes of 30 or more students, and she said academic results won't improve "without the individualized instruction that only a smaller class can provide."

The mayor’s proposal also ensures no school will receive less than 82 percent of its fair student funding; currently the minimum is 81 percent.

The budget must be approved by the end of June, but this proposal has the support of City Council speaker Melissa Mark Viverito. “We must give our students every chance at success and this critical investment will do just that,” she said

With reporting by Kathryn Tam