Sentences with phrase «school tuition support»

Currently, the Choice Scholarship grants are paid from the savings in tuition support since the students attended public schools the year before and would probably be built into the school tuition support projections for CY 2014 and CY 2015.

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Parochial schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the public education system paid for by taxpayers.

On issues like tuition vouchers for families to send their children to private and parochial schools, Orthodox Jews have effectively allied themselves with Catholic and Evangelical Christian conservatives and have gained the support of senators like Joseph Lieberman (D - Conn.)

Parents must pay taxes in support of public schools as well as tuition for private ones.

Says Miami football coach Jimmy Johnson, «In state - supported schools, where the tuition is small, the coaches can sign these players and have them walk on, pay their own way and then qualify and not lose any eligibility.»

Our program of tuition assistance supports this diversity by making the School more accessible to families of varying economic backgrounds.

The Upper Valley Waldorf School, like most independent schools, relies upon a combination of tuition and philanthropy to support its operational costs.

With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from school vending machines and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin); changed the tuition - based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced, organic snacks after - school and boxed lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking program; and convinced teachers to give - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.

Linden Waldorf School, like all non-profit independent schools in Nashville, relies on a combination of tuition and fundraising to support its everyday operations.

Waldorf School of Princeton, like virtually all nonprofit independent schools in the country, relies on a combination of tuition and fund - raising revenue to support its daily operations.

For instance, specialist support for pupils with sensory impairments, or tuition for pupils not able to attend school for medical or other reasons.

Kelly brings enthusiasm for Hartsbrook, and she believes that supporting the school through donations to the Annual Fund is important to providing necessary revenue that the school depends on in addition to tuition.

The shadow social care minister supports tuition fees, free schools and devolving more power from Westminster.

But also coming down hard against Ceretto was New Yorkers for Independent Action, a super PAC which supports the proposal to create a tax credit for private and religious school tuition.

«We support a tuition freeze, but we also want to make sure the SUNY and CUNY schools in the state of New York have what they need to do what their mission is,» Heastie said.

Maroun, who sped from business in Ithaca to make the vote, sided with the Democratic majority for a 5 - 4 vote that shifts $ 650,000 to Say Yes, a program that adds supports for city pupils and promises free college tuition for high school graduates.

«Entice families to stay engaged in the educational system, by promising free college tuition, but most important, we used our resources to put various types of support in schools for students and their families to enhance opportunities for academic achievement,» she said of the program.

In response to James» question about the Labour leadership candidates — Ed Miliband campaigned for Simon Hughes to speak out & is encouraging his supporters to call on the Lib Dems to stand up for their values, David Miliband has suggested ending the charitable status of fee - paying schools and (one of those non-monetary aspects to reducing inequality) giving representation to ordinary workers on corporate remunertion committees, Ed Balls has strongly opposed the VAT rise and is calling for a graduate tax instead of higher tuition fees, Andy Burnham has reiterated his support for a National Care Service and spoken out on the abolition of the Future Jobs Fund, Diane Abbot has called for fair taxation, cancelling Trident, and setting a timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Any child that falls behind at school should be entitled to one - on - one tuition and each child will have a learning guide for their entire school career to help identify pupils who need the extra support.

The Senate is embracing Cuomo's push to increase the state's cap on charter schools by 100, while also doubling his support for charter school tuition from $ 75 per student to $ 150.

The Parental Choice in Education Act would provide tax credits for those who donate to private and parochial schools for purposes of scholarships, tax credits to parents who pay tuition to private and parochial schools and tax credits to teachers - in both public and private schools - who make personal purchases of school supplies and food to support their underprivileged students.

«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.

She has long supported granting families tax - funded vouchers to help cover private school tuition, as well as initiatives expanding publicly - funded, privately - operated charter schools.

«While offering free college tuition to low - income families is laudable, the reality is that many students» paths to college are limited because their local K - 12 public schools lack the resources to support them,» said Jasmine Gripper, Legislative and Policy Director of the Alliance for Quality Education in a statement.

Precious notes Cuomo has signaled support for the UB2020 plan, but there's concern about broadening it out and letting all SUNY schools set their own tuition levels.

The Municipal Chief Executive of the New Juaben Municipal Assembly, Madame Comfort Asante, has assured head teachers of basic schools in the Municipality of government's support in ensuring they deliver quality tuition to students.

Every version lifts the cap on new charter schools in the city; the five - year one also includes a state Education Tax Credit to support private and parochial tuition.

Senate Republicans, while opposing the DREAM Act, which would allow taxpayer - funded state tuition assistance programs to be used on the colege kids of illegal immigrants, support the education tax credit that would provide a benefit for those who donate to private and public schools.

Campaign finance reform, the Dream Act — which offers college tuition support to the children of undocumented immigrants — and more money for underperforming schools are just a few items that might be approved under a Senate controlled by Democrats.

This money could support things such as science and technology endeavors in schools, expand CTE programming, lower class sizes and fund the governor's plan to provide free tuition for qualifying students at CUNY and SUNY.

Many of these programs (particularly MSTPs, which are funded by NIH) offer full tuition support for medical school and graduate school as well as a stipend for living costs.

They provide guaranteed tuition support, as well as personal coaching from elementary school through the first year of college.

For example, in 2011, charter schools in Washington, D.C., paid $ 3.2 million in rent to the D.C. archdiocese, which distributed it to support local parishes in 2011 — a substantial portion ($ 900,000 a year) went toward tuition assistance for students in remaining Catholic schools.

Similarly, because of two switcher schools in Indianapolis, the $ 1 million of support the archdiocese provides as tuition assistance for Catholic schools now gets split among four schools now instead of six.

This scheme offers income - assessed support for tuition fees and living costs for students aged 16 to 23 at a number of high quality private dance and drama schools

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.

But when we posed the question slightly differently — asking about a «proposal that would use government funds to help pay the tuition of low - income students whose families would like them to attend private schools» — just 35 percent supported the idea.

The conscience of a liberal should struggle with supporting a system in which the children of the poor are consigned to attend the school that is assigned to them by public officials, regardless of its quality, whereas more affluent parents can shop for the school they want for their children by purchasing a home in the vicinity of the public school they prefer or paying private school tuition.

Vouchers have come to include the use of private funding as partial tuition support for low - income students to attend private schools (as in Washington, D.C., San Antonio, and New York); the use of public funds to allow a small number of low - income students to attend private schools (as in Milwaukee and Cleveland); or, as in the case of Florida, the provision of public funds for students to attend a private school or another public school if their current public school has a poor aca - demic record.

Parents who pay private - school tuition must also continue to pay taxes that support public schools.

After all, private - school parents should be willing to pay higher tuition to support higher - quality teachers if it enhances their own children's achievement.

Education schools have long been propped up by a variety of government subsidies, from federal support for tuition to state grants.

The WSF claims that it will maintain tuition support for at least three years and, if funds remain available, until students complete high school.

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I generally support proposals to expand school vouchers, tuition tax credits, and charter schools.

Told about a proposal «that would give low - income families with children in public schools a wider choice, by allowing them to enroll their children in private schools instead, with government helping to pay the tuition,» 50 percent of the American public comes out in support and 50 percent expresses opposition.

Speaking to the Scottish Parliament's Education and Culture Committee, local government representatives warned that, while they would try to protect individual school budgets, cuts would fall on student support and services such as specialists music and art tuition.

In the spring of 1997 over 20,000 New York City elementary school children applied for a half - tuition voucher offered by the School Choice Scholarships Foundation, and a lottery was held to pare the number of lottery winners to around thirteen hundred students, the number that SCSF resources could suschool children applied for a half - tuition voucher offered by the School Choice Scholarships Foundation, and a lottery was held to pare the number of lottery winners to around thirteen hundred students, the number that SCSF resources could suSchool Choice Scholarships Foundation, and a lottery was held to pare the number of lottery winners to around thirteen hundred students, the number that SCSF resources could support.

Overall, 43 percent of the uninformed American public support «a [universal voucher] proposal that would give families with children in public schools a wider choice by allowing them to enroll their children in private schools instead, with government helping to pay the tuition,» while just 37 percent oppose the idea, with the remainder taking no position on the issue.

Proponents of a measure that would provide poor families in Arizona with state - funded vouchers for private school tuition hope to coax enough support from lawmakers this week to encourage Gov. Fife Symington to call a special legislative session to act on the plan.