Sentences with phrase «school funding»

If schools don't comply the governor will withhold a 4 % increase in school funding promised for this year.

And while the new state school funding formula will send additional money to high - poverty districts, it is unclear if it will be enough to offset the new pension costs.

The court ordered the executive and legislative branches to develop a new school funding system.

Why don't you present a chart of what public school funding for charters has been for the last 12 years?

That's why one of our top priorities is a $ 52 million increase in charter school funding in the 2010 budget.

Whereas districts had previously avoided cutting instructional expenditure, in 2011 and 2012 instructional spending fell sharply as pressures on school funding increased.

She also called on lawmakers to create a formula for school funding based on district size and student need.

R - 55 would not take money away from public - school students, would not raise taxes, and would in fact increase school funding in local communities.

Helping to pass policies that have increased charter public school enrollment by 50 percent and charter public school funding by 60 percent annually.

Their agenda is to simply to get the legislature to include charter schools in any new school funding formula.

If our leaders are serious about school funding reform, they must start with assessing the true cost of providing every child with an adequate education.

The union conference highlighted teacher shortages and concerns about school funding as the «two most serious threats» to the quality of education.

Nearly every state has faced lawsuits over school funding.

One in five of those questioned said their school had asked parents for money to help with school funding in the current academic year.

For them, the entire state school funding formula was at stake.

The governor is also facing calls by unions for more school funding and by charter school leaders to raise or eliminate the cap on their privately run, publicly funded institutions.

Furthermore, since wealthy schools would not need state funding, they would oppose increasing funding for the overall school funding plan.

Funny how millions can be found for pet projects especially at a time of impending school funding crisis.

Though the campaign was defeated at the ballot box earlier this month, it has still created a strong grassroots movement that will continue to fight for fair school funding.

Conservative MPs have told ministers that they may not back proposals to change school funding as their constituencies could lose out.

She lost her job because of school funding cuts in the spring of 1981.

Our recent wins — from equitable school funding to more fair discipline policies have created an opportunity for great change in our schools.

Hold a discussion on school funding at your local library.

The project - style learning gave them a chance to learn about charter school funding issues as well as public presentation skills.

Parents say government proposals to change school funding will leave their children worse off.

Such out - of - the - box approaches to education are not possible through the traditional public school funding model in which parents are limited to options provided by their school districts.

While the broader public school funding bill was agreed to, the work of providing actual district - by - district funding amounts was not concluded.

The fairness of the current school funding system depends on where you sit, he said.

The report offers tools for advocates and policymakers to demand changes in state school funding policy and to provide researchers with open access to the datasets that are the foundation of finance research.

Each state has developed attendance - based school funding formulas.

First, other studies of school funding equity have suggested that funding discrepancies are greatest in the largest and most urban school districts.

It argues that school funding levels will feel quite different in the next five years from the previous five.

Much of local school funding comes from property taxes, and so affluent districts can afford better schools.

This document presents a brief explanation of the goal of school finance reforms, followed by summaries of the main bodies of evidence that illustrate how equitable and adequate school funding improves student outcomes.

The formula aims to address wide gaps in school funding between different geographical areas by using a new method to distribute cash.

Q: Are charter schools actually private schools funded by public dollars?

Assuming the additional school funding continues we'll have a much better idea of its impact.

Make sure to include some information about the local impact that the broken school funding system has had on children your community.

Last year I said our union would try to make school funding the centre of the general election campaign.

I have seen the benefits of better school funding, especially related to special education.

Simply allowing the city to raise its cigarette tax in order to boost school funding.

For nearly four decades, our state has attempted to create equitable school funding through a series of inconsistent fixes and flawed formulas.

For years, states have cut school funding while reducing taxes on corporations.

I will work to restore school funding so our children can get the world - class education they deserve.

These videos are a public resource to be accessed by anyone who wishes to have a deeper understanding of how school funding works.

Some states responded by cutting money for K - 12 education — which makes up a huge chunk of state budgets — while others protected school funding.

If you really believed that schools themselves couldn't make any difference, we should drastically cut school funding since the schools and what they do makes no difference.