Sentences with phrase «same issues of school funding»

Not exact matches

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, but subject to such requirements as the legislature shall impose by general or special law, indebtedness contracted by any county, city, town, village or school district and each portion thereof from time to time contracted for any object or purpose for which indebtedness may be contracted may also be financed by sinking fund bonds with a maximum maturity of fifty years, which shall be redeemed through annual contributions to sinking funds established by such county, city, town, village or school district, provided, however, that each such annual contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem, on the date of the contribution, the same amount of such indebtedness as would have been paid and then be payable if such indebtedness had been financed entirely by the issuance of serial bonds, except, if an issue of sinking fund bonds is combined for sale with an issue of serial bonds, for the same object or purpose, then the amount of each annual sinking fund contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem, on the date of each such annual contribution, (i) the amount which would be required to be paid annually if such indebtedness had been issued entirely as serial bonds, less (ii) the amount of indebtedness, if any, to be paid during such year on the portion of such indebtedness actually issued as serial bonds.

A Facilities column in the same issue incorrectly identified the sources of funding for the «Planning Guide for Maintaining School Facilities.»

At the same time, by encouraging states to use 40 % of their school improvement allocation for middle level and high schools, ARRA highlights an issue that for far too long has challenged federal education funding.

In Jordan, I found a group of devoted school leaders who were struggling with many of the same issues school leaders are grappling with stateside: Class sizes are large, student discipline is an issue, the teacher and principal pipeline is impacting human capital, funding is tight, and inequality translates into uneven outcomes for students.

When staff from San Mateo County, Redwood City, Redwood City School District, Sequoia Union High School District, community - based organizations, and private funders realized that they were meeting multiple times about different issues affecting the same children and families, they decided to formalize their partnerships through the creation of Redwood City 2020.

This past legislative session, these charter school and education reform entities spent in excess of $ 500,000 successfully persuading legislators to cut their own district's public school funding, at the same time they were sending even more taxpayer money to Connecticut's charter schools, despite the fact that these private institutions have traditionally refused to educate their fair share of students who need special education services, children who require help learning the English Language or those who have behavioral issues.

The New York City Economic Development Corporation had never been in the business of issuing tax exempt bonds for charter schools, but starting with the Bronx Charter School for Excellence and another school that was seeking funding at the same time, the public economic development entity became a major charter school funder in NewSchool for Excellence and another school that was seeking funding at the same time, the public economic development entity became a major charter school funder in Newschool that was seeking funding at the same time, the public economic development entity became a major charter school funder in Newschool funder in New York.

More funding for charter schools has been a contentious issue because both traditional public schools and charter schools compete for the same limited pot of education dollars from the state.

Parents have reason to be uncomfortable with the idea of their children being handed anything with unrestricted internet access, teachers have plenty of reason to wonder if that same internet access would be abused during school hours while also having doubts that it would be possible to ensure uniform content across entire classes, and the issue of potential theft is an ever - present concern in as poorly funded an organization as your average public school.

With 87 percent of the nation's 11,000 state judges having to face voters in some type of election, the right's well - funded assault on the courts could have a tremendous impact, not just on obvious issues such as abortion, same - sex marriage, school vouchers, medical research, and school prayer, but on the way justice is delivered day by day.»