Sentences with phrase «democratic education conference»
Jerry was the first executive director of the National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools (NCACS), and was a founding member of the International Democratic Education Conference (IDEC).
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«Everyone understands we want to increase foundation aid but we also run into a 2 percent spending cap as well as a 4 percent spending cap on education,» said Sen. Jeff Klein, the leader of the Independent Democratic Conference.
Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson just emerged from a leader's meeting with Governor Paterson, and told Capital Tonight's Mike Whittemore they are still negotiating education cuts.
Easton also praised Silver's Democratic majority conference, saying its members have long been «champions of education» who stood with AQE on the Campaign for Fiscal Equity and on the push to make the state's wealthiest residents pay higher taxes.
Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein believes the Senate GOP will come around to backing the continuation of a surcharge on the wealthy in order to fund education spending, a phase out of tuition costs and potentially cuts to business taxes.
«She will be an invaluable member of the Senate Democratic Conference and with her support we will be able to finally take action on ensuring New Yorkers have access to good paying jobs, real mandate and tax relief, high - quality public education, and affordable health care,» Stewart - Cousins said.
Linking an extension of rent control to the passage of an education investment tax credit is an undesired package for the Democratic conference, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters on Monday at the Capitol.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a radio interview on Friday doubted whether there was enough support in the Democratic conference for the approval of the education - tax credit, a controversial measure opposed by the state's teachers unions.
At noon, Democratic candidate for Governor Cynthia Nixon will join the Alliance for Quality Education for a press conference on the 2018 New York State educatioEducation for a press conference on the 2018 New York State educationeducation budget.
Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein announced Wednesday he had introduced a bill that would extend mayoral control of New York City public schools for two years and strengthen Community Education Councils.
The Alliance for Quality Education and the Campaign for Fiscal Equity met with sympathetic members of the Assembly Democratic conference, who heard the results of the advocates» statewide tour through 14 hard - pressed districts, including several in the Capital Region.
Members of both the Senate Republican and Assembly Democratic conferences have said in recent weeks that they opposed making a state aid increase contingent on the enactment of Cuomo's education reform proposals.
After having a week to digest the governor's budget address and the corresponding bills, Heastie said the Democratic conference would begin discussing several issues, like infrastructure and education, during closed - door meetings this week.
Independent Democratic Conference leader State Senator Jeff Klein, a frequent guest at pro-charter events, spoke, and told reporters he will push his colleagues in the Senate to pass new legislation on education reform.
Sixty - nine of the 99 - member Assembly Democratic conference signed a recent letter to Speaker Sheldon Silver re-stating education as a «priority» and expressing support for continuation of the so - called millionaire's tax past its sunset date at the end of the year.
The reception drew a record number of state elected officials, including Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, Assembly Education Chair Catherine Nolan and Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the Senate Democratic Conference leader.
Leah Hebert, Former Chief of Staff to former Assemblyman Vito Lopez Rita Pasarell, Former Legislative Counsel and Deputy Chief of Staff to former Assemblyman Vito Lopez Tori Burhans Kelly, Former Legislative Aide to former Assemblyman Vito Lopez Eliyanna Kaiser, Former Chief of Staff to former Assemblyman Micah Kellner Danielle Bennett, Former Administrative Assistant to former Assemblyman Micah Kellner Erica Vladimer, Former Education Policy Analyst and Counsel for the Independent Democratic Conference
«That's why I've decided to join the Independent Democratic Conference, where I can best affect progressive change on issues like affordable housing, higher education, school funding equity, homelessness reforms, economic development, infrastructure upgrades, affordable healthcare, senior citizen protections and so much more,» Peralta said in the statement.
Independent Democratic Conference leader Jeff Klein was similarly noncommittal in his response to some of the governor's education proposals, including the proposed changes to the teacher evaluation system.
That's why I've decided to join the Independent Democratic Conference, where I can best affect progressive change on issues like affordable housing, higher education, school funding equity, homelessness reforms, economic development, infrastructure upgrades, affordable healthcare, senior citizen protections and so much more.
Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan of Queens, chair of the chamber's education committee, said the Democratic conference would push to increase the amount of funding outlined in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget plan, which calls for almost $ 700 million in added formula - based aid and $ 100 million as an initial investment in universal statewide full - day prekindergarten.
Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson is reaching out to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Gov. David Paterson in hopes of getting an agreement to bring both houses back to the Capitol next week — perhaps on Tuesday or Wednesday — to decide how to best allocate some $ 600 million worth of education funding the state expects to receive following today's passage by the House of a $ 26 billion spending bill.
Governor Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein announced a final agreement Tuesday on a legislative package that includes required pain management education for physicians, a scaling back of opioid prescriptions from 30 days to seven days, an increase in treatment beds and the elimination of prior insurance authorization before an addict can enter inpatient treatment.
With Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson struggling to keep all 32 members of his conference in the «yes» column on the two - way budget deal, some change have been made to the education portion of the agreement that would address suburban lawmakers» concerns about property tConference Leader John Sampson struggling to keep all 32 members of his conference in the «yes» column on the two - way budget deal, some change have been made to the education portion of the agreement that would address suburban lawmakers» concerns about property tconference in the «yes» column on the two - way budget deal, some change have been made to the education portion of the agreement that would address suburban lawmakers» concerns about property tax relief.
Sen. Jeff Klein, the Independent Democratic Conference leader, received applause from UFT members when he said, «We as a state have an obligation to meet our constitutional, governmental and political obligations to properly fund public education.»
The statement is signed by former Lopez aides Leah Hebert, Rita Pasarell and Tori Burhans Kelly; Kellner's former chief of staff, Eliyanna Kaiser, and his ex-administrative assistant, Danielle Bennett; and Erica Vladimer, who worked as an education policy analyst and counsel for the Independent Democratic Conference, which Klein leads.
Nolan, the chair of the education committee, told host Susan Arbetter that she's received the support from women in the Democratic conference as the race for speaker heats up.
«Just the extension of the millionaire's tax won't satisfy the (Democratic) conference's need to provide more for education,» Heastie said.
The bill «has everything with laying the groundwork for the hostile, corporate takeover of public schools throughout Florida, a direct attack on public education,» Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich of Weston said at a press conference this morning.
Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy's Interim Commissioner of Education begins the Press Conference:
For instance, high school students organizing an education conference for their peers and the larger community can help them learn about issues in education, event planning, issues in democratic governance and applied citizenship.