Sentences with phrase «school aid supports»

School Aid supports almost 700 school districts, and 2.8 million students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12.

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«The remaining 96 percent is the routine but essential provision of food, medicine, clothing, school fees and related humanitarian aid to support tens of thousands of at - risk infants, children and youth living in extreme poverty.

In Bolivia, I saw how sponsorship money has funded everything from guinea pig farms, to after - school programs, to hearing aids, to irrigation systems, to marriage counseling, to maternal health initiatives, to alcoholism support groups, to dams.

(2) Parochial school aid: In addition to supporting a voucher system, the Reagan administration has been indefatigable in its desire to channel public money generally into private schools.

This week I have seen how sponsorship money has funded everything from guinea pig farms to after - school programs to hearing aids to irrigation systems to marriage counseling to maternal health programs to alcoholism support groups.

We met children forced to quit school and work when the complications of HIV / AIDS left their mothers too ill to support the family.

One significant victory in that battle was last year's passage of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act which, among other things, uses Medicaid data to directly certify children for free and reduced price meals; helps states improve the certification process for school meal aid; allows universal free meals for students in high poverty communities; and expands USDA authority to support meals served to at - risk children in after school programs.

Our financial aid and sibling discount programs support this goal, and the families participating in these programs have contributed significantly to the economic diversity of the school as well as to its spiritual and social growth.

Your company can find an event or meeting that would aid in increasing product awareness, showing the latest innovations and support school nutrition professionals.

The Cincinnati Waldorf School's Board of Trustees» responsibilities include providing support and aid to the faculty in implementing a Waldorf educational program, to authorize major business and financial decisions, to appoint chairs and members of standing committees and to adopt the budget for the Cincinnati Waldorf School.

For health partners, the Framework showcases the types of supports that can be provided to aid schools and students in addressing healthy living topics.

-- $ 600 million — including $ 177 million for New York City — of the Governor's $ 1.4 billion in devastating school aid cuts is restored, providing direct classroom support and property tax relief to working families throughout New York State.

And Senate Democrats who hope to flip the district once held by Republican former Sen. Dean Skelos are pointing to the support from groups like the PAC maintained by StudentsFirstNY after the initial charter school aid proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo was doubled to $ 54 million in the final budget agreement — a figure that was backed by Senate Republicans.

The 9th Senate district in Nassau County includes the predominantly Jewish Five Towns community and Republicans have sought to bolster support among those voters, with McGrath pledging to aid Yeshivas and day schools if elected.

Kaminsky has in recent weeks been archly critical of the controversial Common Core standards and raised questions after Republicans successfully pushed for a boost in charter school aid the budget and then received campaign support from the pro-charter organization.

«We need economic development support, increased school aid, tax relief, and greater protections for our natural resources.

After these reductions, which represent $ 2.85 billion of gap - closing benefit for the State Fiscal Year, School Aid will continue to represent the largest State - supported program, accounting for 29 percent of General Fund spending.

For instance, Nick Clegg has made a great deal of his proposal of free school meals, shouted his pro-European credentials and is now showing his vigorous support for a private member's bill that seeks to enshrine in law the United Nations overseas aid spending target.

Lib Dems privately recognise the deeply illiberal record of the last three years of the coalition, but insist that they were wiser to spend political capital on measures with potentially big public support, like free school meals, rather than matters like legal aid or judicial review, which are completely alien to most people.

The Greens have called for Foundation Aid to be fully funded immediately, for the school aid formula to be reformed so it is more need - based, and for the state to support school desegregation programs such as intra - and inter-district public school choice, consolidation, and incentives (such as magnet schoolAid to be fully funded immediately, for the school aid formula to be reformed so it is more need - based, and for the state to support school desegregation programs such as intra - and inter-district public school choice, consolidation, and incentives (such as magnet schoolaid formula to be reformed so it is more need - based, and for the state to support school desegregation programs such as intra - and inter-district public school choice, consolidation, and incentives (such as magnet schools).

The poll cited seven different possible rationales for rejecting Cuomo: the Moreland Commission scandal, cuts in school aid, tax cuts, his alliance with a «shadowy» group called the Committee to Save New York, his donations from Republicans including the Koch Brothers and Ken Langone, his support for charter schools, and his «values,» which show he «caters to the wealthy and corporations.»

Yes she did, she supported the reduction of school aid, but that only shifted the burden from the state to the school district and did nothing to reduce expenses at the state level.

«They want to focus on Washington instead of the fact that she supported the use of taxpayer money to cover up sexual harassment and abuse in the State Assembly, she approved of seating Hiram Monserrate in the State Senate even though he slashed his girlfriend in the face and caused a wound so deep it required 20 stitches to close and she wrote the law that sent $ 373 million in Westchester's state school aid to New York City.»

State Sen. Diane Savino (D - Staten Island), who worked with labor leaders to win support for the school, joked that the election year calendar aided the cause.

The Assembly has proposed a spending plan that would provide $ 25 billion in total school aid, about $ 1.8 billion more than the previous year, but that budget was not supported by the senate or Gov. Cuomo.

She said she will not support a budget that does not provide aid to the schools that need it most.

The pro-Cuomo Committee to Save NY is backing up a recent TV spot supporting the governor's proposed education aid cuts with a mailer that accuses school superintendents of going behind closed doors and «taking money out of classrooms — but putting hundreds of thousands of dollars in their own pockets.»

Mulgrew welcomed the Council's support in two statewide initiatives: lobbying Albany to increase state aid in light of the $ 2 billion the state owes New York City public schools as a result of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court settlement, and supporting full funding for Teacher Centers.

Nixon's criticism mirrored an op - ed she published last month that slammed Cuomo for his support of charter schools and for proposing to eliminate the so - called Foundation Aid formula for funding public schools, which critics argued would deprive districts of billions of dollars that they are still owed under 2006 court decision that found the state had underfunded public education.

This follows Cuomo's about - face on boosting state help for the New York City Housing Authority, and his support for a billion - dollar hike in state school aid — all moving to grab issues Nixon had raised.

«The way to show he supports educational equity with more than fine words in a long speech is to fund Foundation Aid,» said Jasmine Gripper, legislative director of the Alliance for Quality Education, a group that fights for school funding.

Since then, Democrats, Republicans and Malloy have been unable to reach a consensus on taxes, aid to municipalities, school funding, support for UConn and cuts in state services, among other things.

He has voted for all the anti-public school bills of Cuomo and Flanagan; voted to enrich the charter schools that fill the Senate GOP campaign coffers, voted for a budget that includes the Gap Elimination Adjustment that steals state aid and forces up taxes, voted to support the Endless Testing Regime that has made life miserable for kids and parents.

«Professional politician James Skoufis votes in lock step vote with the New York City liberals who support taxpayer funded political campaigns, shifting more school aid to New York City and providing free college tuition to illegal immigrants.

In my three plus years in the Senate, I've delivered on my promise to ensure our region gets its fair share, which includes record school aid, lowering middle class taxes, enacting equal pay for women, and supporting a better business environment while protecting the rights of workers.

Along with his running mate for lieutenant governor, Brian Jones, a former Harlem elementary school teacher and active union member, Hawkins supports expanding public education from full - day Pre-K through college and increasing state aid to local schools.

He supports a permanent state tax cap, delivered an $ 18 million increase in state education aid for 9th District schools in the recently approved state budget, and has also introduced legislation aimed at education reform and ending the reign of Common Core.

For it and against it Miller claims he supported increases for school aid and local economic development projects.

The cap, which enjoys broad popular support, faces its biggest hurdle among those in the base of the Assembly Democrats, who say a cap would harm school districts who are already facing deep cuts due to a reduction in state aid.

We need state school aid to lower class sizes, provide extra support to students with disabilities and English language learners, and expand STEM and other academic offerings in our schools.

[50] He does not support a reduction in operational aid for school districts and believes the budget can be balanced without reducing that aid.

That additional aid will help support everything from bilingual education and school libraries to reductions in class size.

She pledged the support of her outfit to make sure that the school gets its fair share of development and appealed to philanthropists to come to the aid of the school.

We support the State Assembly's plan to increase Governor Cuomo's direct school aid proposal by an additional $ 400 million.

The state auditors said the district did not apply for all transportation state aid for new bus acquisitions, school club collections were not supported by adequate documentation and were not always deposited in the amounts received, and the central treasurer made 31 disbursements totaling $ 39,134 without state - required supporting documentation.

Forcina, a former Marine who worked at a software company prior to becoming an attorney, said his top campaign priorities are elder care, writing laws that will aid small businesses in northeast Queens, lowering taxes and supporting the creation of charter schools in his district.

For Cuomo, triangulation includes supporting gay marriage, defending abortion and calling for the closing of a nuclear power plant, while pushing a property tax cap, blocking tax increases and making sure Long Island schools received greater shares of school aid in Republican districts.

State Sen. Michael Nozzolio is touting part of a proposal supported by Senate Republicans to use a $ 3.3 billion settlement with a French bank for education aid and the elimination of the Gap Elimination Adjustment, a state formula that has reduced aid for several central New York school districts.

We support the governor's proposed $ 150 million for the creation of new community schools in high - needs districts, but we hope the state will increase this funding to $ 200 million and provide it as categorical aid to adequately support schools.

Both candidates support the phase - out of the Gap Elimination Adjustment, aid cuts to school districts made at the height of the economic recession to fill a state budget deficit.