Sentences with phrase «about local school budgets»

SIMON: So this doesn't have to be a full - time position - because, of course, there's the concern about local school budgets at this particular point.

From teachers and parents to elected officials, community leaders, employers, and on and on, everybody has a stake in decisions about their local school budget.

Not exact matches

McMillan's report offers a good, if somewhat depressing, snapshot of the state of local school food sourcing nationwide, finding that «only about 13 percent of the food budgets at schools serving local food actually went to stuff that was grown nearby.»

As labor accounts for about the same amount as the typical school district pays for food (about 44 % of the budget for the program), it is impossible to determine if other schools or other districts could try to do a similar program with a local restaurant, or even just with their own chef and cooking facilities, unless they know the labor costs.

Tentative deals have been reached on parts of a new state budget, including about $ 1 billion in additional funding for public schools, a work - around for some higher - income New Yorkers to reduce the impact of new federal tax deduction limits, and a freeze on what Albany sends to local governments around the state.

In recent weeks, as Nixon began her upstart campaign, Cuomo has been talking about a budget proposal that would require school districts within cities with a population of more than 125,000 people — New York City, Buffalo, Syracuse, Yonkers and Rochester — to submit an annual plan detailing the allocation of local, state and federal funds by school building.

«The Mayor has threatened to lay off a quarter of the teaching force, but Governor Cuomo made it clear today that there is nothing in the proposed state budget that would require local layoffs,» he said in a statement, adding that the governor's planned cut to city schools amounts to only about three percent of the city's school's budget.

«If the Government is truly serious about a high quality education for all, they need to stop cutting school and local authority budgets, ensure our class sizes are reduced and stop selling off school sports fields and libraries.

We used that decision - making power to deliver on promises we had made to the electors: rapid demographic change had led to a shortage of local primary school places, so in the last four years we used the Council's resources to expand local primary schools to create twice as many; concerns about a scruffy and run down high street were addressed by comprehensive neighbourhood renewal; and pressure on household budgets was relieved by freezing the council tax and the cost of resident's parking permits.

The Hempstead school board Monday night voted to seek the state comptroller's help in how to pay down a multimillion - dollar budget deficit, about $ 2 million of which officials said is tied to increased enrollment in local charter schools.

The Hempstead school board voted to seek the state comptroller's help in how to pay down a multimillion - dollar budget deficit, about $ 2 million of which officials said is tied to increased enrollment in local charter schools.

I have a high - school senior daughter who decided about 3 months ago to go to a private four - year college instead of our local community school, which means pine nuts are officially out of our budget FOREVER.

According to a news release, «(Walker) will speak about the Wisconsin reforms he put in place, which empower local school districts to make the best decisions for their students, while effectively managing their budgets.»

Though most education observers are sanguine about the RTT's potential, these same factors — enormous state budget deficits, local resistance to federal education directives, school - level preferences for existing jobs and programs, union opposition — are still in play and could lead to the same disappointing spending patterns.

Governor Walker spoke about the reforms he put in place in Wisconsin which gave local school districts the ability to make better decisions for their students while effectively managing their budgets.

While the debate rages on about whether or not North Carolina's General Assembly actually dealt public education a financial punch in the gut with the 2013 - 15 budget, NC Policy Watch is keeping a running tally of education funding cuts that local school districts are coping with as they open up for the 2013 - 14 academic year.

With the legislature beginning their review of Governor Walker's budget proposal, it is an ideal time to talk with your local legislators about public school budget priorities.

She's concerned about «unfunded mandates» because those ultimately lead to cuts in local school budgets.

Johnson has been quiet about the proposed DPI cuts in the Senate budget, even though the agency's recently - retired budget head told Policy Watch the loss of funds would «totally destroy» DPI's capability to support local school districts.

I advise schools and local authorities on managing their budgets and achieving value for money in order to support better outcomes and enable children and young people to maximise their potential, something I'm passionate about.

About half still consider California's budget situation a big problem for K — 12 education and view state funding for local schools as inadequate.

The consultation also shows that local authorities were concerned about their ability to meet the target because maintained schools have control over their own budget and recruitment.

As CT Mirror reports, the two - year budget that was passed on July 3, 2015 allocates $ 12.4 million dollars to add about 700 seats to existing charter schools and to open two new charter schools this fall, one in Bridgeport and one Stamford, both of which are being opened despite the local boards of education voting against them.

We are encouraging folks to organize a delegation to attend local opportunities to meet with members of Congress, to ask questions about the budget and to demand no cuts to the federal education budget, no expansion of charter schools, and no vouchers!