Sentences with phrase «local school districts rely»

Local school districts rely heavily on the revenue that comes from local property taxes, creating funding disparities between rich and poor districts.

Not exact matches

Yet I don't think that failure has been due to a lack of commitment on the part of my district; rather, as explained to those of us on the Nutrition Services Parent Advisory Committee, a district as large as ours (300 schools) faces unique challenges in relying on local sources to supply produce for its 200,000 meals served daily.

If we rely on local communities to raise funds to improve food, we'll soon have a patchwork of wealthier (or more committed) districts with good food, and poorer districts (where, I would note, more children are reliant on school food) with less healthful offerings.

Many school districts and community users rely on a combination of federal and local funding, as well as various partnerships, to offset costs associated with shared use of school kitchens.

Garnar and Akshar also mentioned how local schools rely on these types of after school activities, such as the Norwich Central School District's archery prschool activities, such as the Norwich Central School District's archery prSchool District's archery program.

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.

The Governor's proposal relies on local governments and school districts doing several things.

Conceived in the colonial period and evolving well into the 21st century, public education in the United States has relied on 50 distinct state systems that, in turn, delegate selected dimensions of operational authority to more than 13,000 local school districts.

Because schools rely so heavily on state aid, cuts to state funding (especially formula funding) generally force local school districts to scale back educational services, raise more revenue to cover the gap, or both.

[n6] Early in its history, Texas adopted a dual approach to the financing of its schools, relying on mutual participation by the local school districts and the State.

More funding is needed in many districts to address the lack of resources, but given the recession, we will need to rely upon better coordination between schools, nonprofits, and local government to respond to student needs.

His efforts encouraged the district and schools to examine local data rather than relying only on what the state provided.

The proposal redirects hundreds of millions of dollars from public schools — often, school districts that rely most heavily on federal aid, forcing them to cut vital services or raise local property taxes.»

State leaders, Phelps says, must reassess a system that allows North Carolina, like many states in the U.S., to rely almost entirely on local school districts to fund facility costs, despite local districts widely varying assets.

Eight in ten schools (82 %) rely on district technicians for issues related to devices — this may not be surprising, given that districts often provide devices and connectivity; only one in three schools has onsite staff to support local network configuration, which is especially problematic given that 27 percent of schools will need significant high - density wireless network upgrades in the next three years (Figure 2).

They also complained that giving local school boards greater freedom might harm smaller districts that more heavily rely on ISD services.

Schools in Westchester, Putnam and the Upper Counties that rely on public school districts for bus transportation will follow the delayed opening or closing policy of the local district.

This crowding out will drastically affect local school districts» operational budgets — especially poorer districts that rely heavily on state funding.

Second, in most states, which rely on a mix of state funds and local property tax revenue to fund schools, the formulas also make adjustments to compensate for inequity in local tax bases among school districts.