Not exact matches
The budget will include a complete end to the school
aid cuts under gap elimination adjustment, a move that
impacts predominantly suburban school
districts.
Officials cautioned that they could not fully analyze the
impact of the governor's plan until Thursday at the earliest, because many
district - by -
district aid figures were not released until late Wednesday.
Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office on Friday released a report assessing the
impact of federal
aid on New York's local governments and schools
districts, finding they rely on more than $ 11 billion combined in 2015.
NYSUT, meanwhile, backed a study to determine whether any changes to the funding formula is necessary, which would also take into consideration the
impact on a small school
district when a resident receives a windfall through inheritance or winning the lottery — a factor that throw
aid formulations out of whack in areas with few wealthy people.
A group of Indian River Central School
District Board of Education members and administrators met with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik on March 20th, as a part of the National Association of Federally
Impacted Schools (NAFIS) conference to discuss the critical need for continued
Impact Aid funding.
Riverhead School
District Superintendent Nancy Carney said they're analyzing figures to see the full impact of the state aid on the district's
District Superintendent Nancy Carney said they're analyzing figures to see the full
impact of the state
aid on the
district's
district's budget.
To see where the public stands, we asked questions about visa programs for highly specialized workers, federal
aid to school
districts impacted by immigration, and the desirability of instructing immigrants and students with limited English proficiency in their native language.
Although officials from the 4,000
districts nationwide that receive federal
impact -
aid funds have been outspoken in their opposition to cuts in the program recommended by the Reagan Administration, the Fairfax school board was the first in the country to threaten military families with tuition charges to make up for the lost support.
The state of Arizona faces a severe disruption in its budget, and some of its school
districts face the loss of millions of dollars in federal
impact aid, because the U.S. Education Department has declared the state's system for equalizing resources among
districts inadequate.
By using the threat of effectively denying the children of military personnel access to public education, the bill seeks to force the federal government either to increase its
impact -
aid payments to
districts or to establish separate schools, with full federal funding, on the bases.
The «
impact aid» program — for
districts with military and other «federal» youngsters — is $ 1.3 billion.
The state of Arizona and some of its school
districts face a budgetary tangle because of an unprecedented U.S. Education Department decision that the state's funding - equalization plan fails to meet standards set under the federal
impact -
aid program.
The proposals would also eliminate education - related programs that the Reagan Administration has unsuccessfully sought to kill in recent years, including
impact -
aid «B» payments to
districts where parents live or work on federal land — saving $ 100 million — and the Women's Educational Equity and Follow Through...
The Commission will examine factors that
impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State
Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the
district level; the percentage of per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of
district - by -
district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify
districts that have higher student outcomes per dollar spent, and those that do not.
The New York State School Boards Association, the New York Association of School Business Officials, and the New York Council of School Superintendents surveyed
districts in February to determine the likely
impact of Mr. Cuomo's proposed 10 percent cut — or $ 891 million — in state school
aid.
Districts must decide how they plan to spend that funding, called «
impact aid,» by July 31, or give it back to the federal government, said Chad Colby, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Education.
Any direct or indirect erosion of
Impact Aid through a voucher program will reduce the
Impact Aid funding currently going to these
districts, and would also place a great financial burden on the local community, which would be left to fund public schools with an already low level of state and local tax revenue.
Under the proposal, funds that would have been sent to a
district school on the child's behalf through the federal
Impact Aid program would be directed to families to use for education - related expenses.
Kline also added provisions that would address
Impact Aid, which provides dollars to
districts whose boundaries either include military bases and other federal property not subject to taxes, or serve Native students who live on reservations (from which
districts also can not collect taxes).
Impact Aid provides formula and competitive grants directly to eligible school
districts serving federally connected children on military bases, Indian lands, and subsidized housing.
Impact Aid has been a concern and credit for bringing attention to the issue would be Representative Betty McCollum (D) whose
district is essentially in the Twin Cities.
Impact Aid attempts to fill the hole in
district budgets caused by the loss of that local tax revenue and is crucial for the students in such school
districts.
One of the communities vulnerable to potential
Impact Aid changes is Wagner Community School
District, located on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.
The Military Education Savings Act proposes creating ESAs for certain military - connected students, which could decimate funding for school
districts eligible for
Impact Aid.
They argue that funneling
Impact Aid dollars into this voucher - like program would cause a negligible fiscal impact on Impact Aid school dist
Impact Aid dollars into this voucher - like program would cause a negligible fiscal
impact on Impact Aid school dist
impact on
Impact Aid school dist
Impact Aid school
districts.
Unfortunately, this misguided bill could have a devastating
impact on education funding for 10 million students that attend one of the 1,200 Impact Aid school dist
impact on education funding for 10 million students that attend one of the 1,200
Impact Aid school dist
Impact Aid school
districts.
Yet the report does not consider how much funding
Impact Aid school
districts would lose if children not generating
Impact Aid funding begin to receive ESAs.
Public schools across the country rely upon federal investments for key education programs such as Title I grants for disadvantaged students, special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and also programs such as
Impact Aid, which provides support to school
districts educating students whose parents are enlisted in our Armed Forces and those who reside on tribal trust lands.
Approximately 1,400 school
districts receive critical support through
Impact Aid.
Additionally, NSBA urges Congress to maximize the investment in the
Impact Aid Program — which provides essential funding to
districts with tax - exempt federal properties within their jurisdictions — including that for federal properties payments.
A controversial proposal before Congress that would redirect federal
Impact Aid funding away from public school
districts and toward education savings accounts (ESAs) for students in military families is drawing criticism from the very families it is intended to benefit.
Based on information from the Arizona State
Impact Aid Association, 79
district and charter schools receive the federal money, totaling $ 221,031,427 in 2012.
While the school will then be required to craft a plan detailing how it will seek to increase test participation, there is absolutely no
impact on state
aid or Title I monies, and the school
district would continue to remain in good standing.
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One example: A
district might report that it used its
Impact Aid to support school guidance counselors.
NSBA and 268 other organizations forwarded a letter to the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee members voicing opposition to the elimination of
Impact Aid Federal Properties payments to school
districts in the Administration's Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request.
Finally, the WASB urged Congress to prioritize funding for IDEA (special education) and Title I (assistance to
districts and schools serving with low - income children) and restore cuts to federal
Impact Aid proposed in the President's recommended budget.
In an effort to continue to improve school facilities and lessen the
impact of future debt service repaid from the
District's operating budget, in FY16, the CPS Board approved for the first time a statutorily — authorized annual Capital Improvement Tax (CIT) levy to
aid in funding its ongoing Capital Improvement Program.
1998: Transition
Impact Aid passes the General Assembly to encourage suburban and downstate
districts to join Chicago in authorizing charters.
Rep. O'Halleran and his staff expressed interest in supporting rural schools and advocating for
impact aid to schools on Indian reservations, while learning from the Superintendent that the Zip Code Project and Arizona Broadband for Education Initiative would both prove beneficial for his
district.
A voucher program for military families would reduce or even eliminate funding for
Impact Aid - which provides a payment to school
districts with concentrations of federally - connected students — for public school
districts near military installations.
ESEA, Title VIII,
Impact Aid $ 1.3 Billion Funding flows to eligible
districts based on the population of «federally - connected» children (primarily children of military personnel).
Though scholars such as Matthew M. Chingos have asserted that in the grand scheme of things, funding for state tests is a miniscule portion of the total amount spent on K - 12 public education, I wonder how the cost of switching state exams will
impact districts that receive disproportionately less in state
aid.
Diverting
Impact Aid dollars to private school vouchers would be extremely detrimental for the school
districts that rely on this funding to provide an education to military - connected students.
Impact Aid provides funding to school
districts that have lost local tax revenue (which traditionally funds public schools) due to the presence of federal tax - exempt land, such as military installations, Native American reservations, or national parks.
Impact Aid provides critical funding to over 1,200 public school
districts nationwide that educate military children, children residing on Indian lands, children living in federal low - rent housing facilities, children of civilian employees of the federal government, and the children in school
districts with significant tax - exempt federal property.
Along with the National Association of Federally
Impacted Schools (NAFIS), NSBA asserts that
Impact Aid Payments for Federal Property must be maintained for the benefit of all students in these
districts.
The social affairs agency and disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) in Poso, Central Sulawesi, have begun distributing
aid to people
impacted by an earthquake that hit Napu, North Lore
district, on Monday.