Sentences with phrase «about school budget cuts»

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About 3,000 teachers and school - based staff have already been laid off this summer because of school closings and cuts to individual school budgets.

Iannuzzi has been one of the few outspoken critics of Governor Andrew Cuomo and his proposed budget, which cut state aid to schools by 2.7 % or about $ 1.3 billion.

«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.

Isn't there ANY independent, honest, and believable source of analysis that can cut through all this hooha and simply lay out the truth about the impact of state aid to education and proposed school budget cuts??

«Four consecutive austerity budgets featuring tax cuts for the rich and underfunding of schools and public services is nothing to boast about,» said Hawkins.

In recent years, the city's school district has made several decisions to help close budget gaps, including cutting about 200 staff positions.

About $ 323 million of that will be allocated through a partial restoration of the Gap Elimination Adjustment, which is a formula that has distributed budget cuts across schools while the state has faced a deficit.

«The governor's planned cut to New York City schools amounts to about 3 percent of the school system's budget.

Under the shadow of $ 223 million in proposed state midyear cuts to New York City schools, the UFT surveyed its chapter leaders in October about the impact of the $ 400 million in city budget cuts that city schools already absorbed this fall.

UFTers have been out in force all month, with mass leafletting and high - profile rallies across the five boroughs, to raise public awareness about the state Senate's preliminary budget that would cut city public schools by $ 500 million.

New York City school principals receive their budgets from Chancellor Joel Klein's office today, Klein says the schools face cuts of about 5 - percent next year, not as deep as he feared.

UFT members from Districts 13, 14 and 17 as well as high schools from those areas heard UFT President Michael Mulgrew speak about the proposed federal education budget cuts, the attack on unions by far - right privatization advocates, the dangers to hard - won benefits if a state constitutional convention is held in 2018 and other pressing issues.

Governor Paterson released a relatively austere budget proposal for the 2010 — 2011 fiscal year this morning, one that cuts about $ 1 billion each from health - care spending and school aid in an effort to close an estimated $ 7.4 billion budget deficit.

with Kam Williams Headline: Tavis Talks about His Latest Special Report Due to nationwide budget cuts, music education programs are being eliminated from school curricula nationwide at a rapid pace.

«In every area, from staffing to stationary, school leaders are having to make difficult decisions about where to cut and restrict resources to balance their budgets, and it's clear they anticipate further financial challenges ahead».

TES has reported that Tony Foot, director of the Department for Education's funding group, is under «no illusion» about the financial challenges schools are due to face as a result of rising costs and real terms budget cuts.

Schools districts that rely on bond insurance to help them save money on the borrowing they do for construction projects and special programs could be affected by major ups and downs in that industry, at a time when many districts are already nervous about state budget cuts and a sagging national economy.

«In every area, from staffing to stationery, school leaders are having to make difficult decisions about where to cut and restrict resources to balance their budgets, and it's clear they anticipate further financial challenges ahead.»

Despite multiple rounds of budget cuts, which reduced Kettle Moraine's state aid by half in the decade between 2005 - 06 and 2015 - 16, the district has continued to innovate, says Alan Borsuk, a senior fellow in law and public policy at Marquette Law School who also writes about education for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

At secondary level, 74 per cent of school leaders said their schools had been forced to cut teachers over the last year due to tight budgets, with a similar proportion saying the same about teaching assistants.

The district said it was cutting $ 85 million from school budgets but that the effect of the cuts totaled about $ 26 million to district - operated schools because of an infusion of state and federal money that is often directed toward schools with low - income students.

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.

A strong majority of California adults are very concerned» about pending budget cuts to K - 12 public schools, according to a new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California released today.»

The President's budget would cut federal education programs across the board and use the money to spend about $ 400 million to expand charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools, and offer another $ 1 billion to push public schools to favor charter and private schools.

When we heard about a major cut to charter schools in the latest budget proposal, members from across the state responded in force.

As schools are making plans for next year and preparing their budgets, we have had a number of questions about budget cuts to school sites.

The proposed cut to school budgets would bridge about $ 34 million from that.

New York City education officials have rarely been eager to provide information about the Absent Teacher Reserve, a pool of fully paid, tenured teachers who haven't found new positions after losing their old ones because of school closings, budget cuts, or disciplinary problems.

At a time when education budgets are about to be seriously cut, the priority being given to establishing these schools must be questioned.

The Association of School and College Leaders annual conference is taking place in Birmingham this weekend, against a backdrop of increasing frustration among head teachers about budget cuts.

The delay comes from a stir around school funding caused by the Assembly Republicans again floating the idea of creating their own education budget, which could cut about $ 90 million from the budget proposal currently on the table.

Head teachers have been warning about job losses caused by cash shortages, with the National Audit Office estimating schools will have to cut # 3bn from budgets by 2019 - 20 to meet rising cost pressures.

Schools spend # 4bn a year — or 10 % of the total education budget — on 24,000 TAs, but some headteachers have cut back on numbers after previous research raised doubts about the impact of TAs on learning.

Madison's public schools will need to get by with about 50 fewer staff members next year due to enrollment declines and budget cuts, according to the district's latest projections.

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.

Fears about further cuts to council education budgets have been echoed by education academic John Howson (pictured), who warned town halls further could shift their focus away from school improvement instead putting resources into school place creation.

The District cut about $ 22.6 million from its budget for the 2017 - 18 school year.

Of almost 1,200 teachers who responded, 76 per cent said their school's budget had been cut this year, while 93 per cent are pessimistic about funding in the coming years.

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Bevin's budget proposal would cut about $ 138 million in state funds for student transportation in school districts.

13) Illinois: As Chicago Mayor Emanuel announces 1,400 school layoffs, maintenance cutbacks and reduced transportation services, the Chicago Teachers Union releases a report «that highlighted CPS» false claims about central office cuts, the misplaced priorities of the administration, reckless outsourcing approved by the Board, dangerous indebtedness to banks, and ways by which CPS should prioritize their budget to meet the needs of students.»

«Little Kids Rock does a great job getting kids excited about music, picking up the slack from budget cuts to put music programs in our schools.

At the secondary school level, seven in 10 (70 %) school leaders raised concerns about their funding and budget for SEND provision, and more than eight in 10 (81 %) experienced diminished SEND support because of cuts to their LA.

Indeed, the American Association of School Administrators recently surveyed school administrators about their preparations for the looming sequestration cuts, finding that more than half trimmed their 2012 — 13 budgets to offset sequestrSchool Administrators recently surveyed school administrators about their preparations for the looming sequestration cuts, finding that more than half trimmed their 2012 — 13 budgets to offset sequestrschool administrators about their preparations for the looming sequestration cuts, finding that more than half trimmed their 2012 — 13 budgets to offset sequestration.

When the California School Boards Association surveyed its members earlier this year, the group found that rising pension costs have already led about half of them to cut programs to help balance their budgets.

Nonetheless, DCPS wants to cut the school's budget by about $ 300,000.

Video: Lee County school teacher Sandi Shover is one of many educators to speak out about budget cuts to education and how it affects teachers.

Nobody knows how much such a system would cost, or how the state would pay for it; Florida already has a $ 2.5 billion budget - deficit, and Scott is talking about cutting school property taxes almost 20 percent and eliminating the corporate tax, according to the St. Petersburg Times.