Sentences with phrase «additional funds for school construction»

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«Businesses will welcome this additional funding which is a critical investment for schools, and will have a knock - on impact in generating growth in the construction sector,» said Nicola Walker, the CBI's director for business environment.

These incentives might include additional per - pupil funding for each transfer student, construction funds to make more space available, funds to recruit and employ on - site advocates and mentors to ensure the social comfort and the pedagogic progress of these students, and funds to underwrite their transportation by the same convenient means that wealthy people use to transport their children to private schools — not by circuitous and exhausting bus routes, but rather by point - to - point travel, typically in small vans, from one specific urban neighborhood to one specific school or district.

Currently, charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately operated, can't levy property taxes like traditional school districts to pay for construction or get additional funding for it.

In addition to the base tax of 1 percent of assessed value, property owners often pay additional school taxes for two purposes: to pay off bonds issued to fund school construction and to fund ongoing education costs through what are called parcel taxes.