Sentences with phrase «district needs revenue»

The park district needs the revenue produced by the double - taxed area to pay for upkeep on its new $ 380,000 building, Safko said.

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He said the Park District needs to generate more revenue to keep up with the growing population's needs.
Park district director Gerald Oakes said the first option would generate the least amount of revenue for the district and provide more fields than the neighborhood really needs.
The advantages are that the tuition fees often provide much - needed revenue for the school district and the staff is typically comprised of teachers and assistants already employed by the school.
NEW LENOX — With a growing residential tax base and a budget limited by a tax cap, the New Lenox Park District needs alternative revenue sources, a park official said recently.
The newly imposed 25 percent tax actually was established in 1994 to generate revenue to repair the Park District harbor system, but boaters protested and the improvements were made by privatizing the work, thus eliminating the need for the surtax, they said.
Village officials said Tuesday that they have talked with developers about the proposed impact fees for the school district and, though developers are concerned because home costs will increase, they agree that there is no other way to secure needed revenue for Distrdistrict and, though developers are concerned because home costs will increase, they agree that there is no other way to secure needed revenue for DistrictDistrict 140.
A price increase could also decrease overall participation in districts» programs, thus depriving districts of much needed revenue.
With property tax caps and restrictions on bonding authority, park districts must rely all the more on popular programs that residents crave to generate needed revenues, officials say.
«The state considers approximately one third of all districts in the state as high need, and the additional funding will benefit most school districts in the state, especially in the face of a state - imposed 2 percent property tax cap that restricts local revenues,» Moody's found.
The priority for this Legislature should once again be to direct much - needed state revenues to high - needs districts, including New York City, so that UPK programs can be expanded and enhanced.
To continue to serve more students, charter schools need access to district facilities and locally raised revenues.
The district needs to find outside sources of revenue to help pay for that help and is pursuing a $ 2.5 million closing - the - gap grant from the National Education Association.
The tension between advocates for equity and defenders of flexibility was reflected in comments on proposed options for meeting the funding law's key requirement — that districts provide additional programs and services for high - needs students in proportion to the additional revenue that the funding law allocates for them.
First let's make no mistake that much of the first round of ARRA funding did little more than backfill the dramatic loss of state and local revenue so that school districts did not need to lay off even more staff.
Revenue limits make no allowance for the categorically unaided costs incurred by school districts in addressing additional educational needs and school districts have been forced to absorb those costs through other budget adjustments.
Parents don't need permission from their home districts to transfer, but home districts may cap the annual number of transferees at 3 percent of enrollment, or at 10 percent of average annual enrollment cumulatively over the authorized life of the District of Choice program, and they can prevent transfers if the loss of enrollment revenue would cause a district «severe financial stress,» the repoDistrict of Choice program, and they can prevent transfers if the loss of enrollment revenue would cause a district «severe financial stress,» the repodistrict «severe financial stress,» the report said.
While allocating an additional $ 400 million for one year to offset suburban districts losing money is a good first step, we need a long term revenue solution for education.
State and county education officials say they will provide limited oversight for this initial year of LCAP submission, looking mainly for adherence to the LCAP template, evidence that the district have the revenue to meet the commitments laid out in the plan, and that the plan sufficiently explains how the district will improve or expand services for high need students.
Funding for the School Facilities Program is virtually gone and there is a backlog in applications for state assistance... while the state's growing debt service is of concern, it is unclear whether local districts have the capacity to generate sufficient revenue at the local level to meet their specific facility needs.
None of the tax revenues from rising property wealth is available to schools, and the rising property values districts are not counted in determining which school districts are most in need of state funding.
Together with revenue from a possible settlement of the Prop 301 lawsuit, there is potential for a real influx of much - needed funding for Arizona public schools, both charter and district.
For over 20 years states and courts have used these studies to devise rational school finance systems with a transparent relationship between state aid, student need and a district's ability to raise revenue
Kayser, who received significant UTLA funding during his 2011 campaign and often aligns himself with teachers union, may have startled some when he threw his lot behind BIC, writing, «Our Breakfast in the Classroom program not only furthers the President's effort to feed hungry children but brings much needed revenue for the instructional program to the District as well.»
Navigio is right: Even with good times, some districts with declining enrollments and few high - needs students (therefore getting less revenue) and that didn't made cuts in hard times still may face financial challenges next year.
The UCLA center also plans to advise California school districts on how to more effectively use additional revenue for high - needs students — English language learners, foster care youth and those from low - income families — they have received through the Local Control Funding Formula.
To do so, the district tapped into the additional state revenues it received under the new Local Control Funding Formula for students, often called high - needs students, who are English learners, low - income children and foster youth.
The districts say they need additional revenue because of property tax caps instilled in 2008 and the updated school funding formula passed during the 2015 General Assembly.
Carr also explained that local school districts aggressively engage in competitive grant programs because in a time of austerity, it's imperative they find other revenue streams to support the needs of their traditional public schools.
With the local share of the total cost of educating students rising to nearly 60 % in 2014 - 15, even with the continued reductions in staff and academic programs, additional local revenue will be needed in many districts to balance budgets.
But because a lot of Indiana schools are losing money because of a statewide property tax cap — more than 30 lost enough revenues to qualify for state help — you really need a working knowledge of how a district's budget gets built.
«The higher our attendance rate is, the more revenue we receive from the state, which will, in turn, allow us to offer the programs and services that students need in order to be successful,» says Brian McDonald, superintendent of the Pasadena Unified School District.
Faced with an operating levy set to expire and a need for additional revenue, the Burnsville - Eagan - Savage District 191 Board of Education unanimously approved asking voters to consider two school funding requests on the ballot for Election Day, Nov. 7.
Rates are recalculated each year based on the total value of real estate in a tax district (the tax base) and the amount of revenue the tax authority needs.
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