Sentences with phrase «aid for school construction»

Newsday's calculations focus on operating funds, because those are widely considered a more meaningful measure of what a district receives than aid for school construction and renovation, which may or may not go to a district in a given year, depending on whether the work is completed then.

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[31] The spending included a record $ 1.8 billion aid increase to local school districts, and $ 2.5 billion in aid for construction projects at state and city public colleges.

Randi Weingarten, president of the United Federation of Teachers, criticized the Senate version of the bill for cutting about $ 40 billion from money «targeted to help states avoid drastic education cuts and teacher layoffs,» as well as $ 20 billion from construction aid to schools and colleges and $ 1 billion from new aid for Head Start and other early childhood education programs.

Cuomo's administration has been active in providing statistics on what casino expansion would mean for the state's economy: • An estimated 6,700 construction jobs • An estimated 2,900 permanent jobs tied to casinos • Nearly $ 200 million in aid to local governments • $ 240 million for schools and property tax relief

Overall aid for the Nassau - Suffolk region, including reimbursement for school construction and renovation, would rise by $ 98.5 million, or 3.3 percent.

They were once known as the Long Island Nine — a solid all - Republican bloc of state senators from Nassau and Suffolk that held tremendous clout for decades on issues from school aid to road construction.

She asked for a change in rules regarding state school construction aid.

The state also provides categorical aid for transportation, reading initiatives, professional development, compensatory education, early - childhood education, technology, and school construction.

About a year ago, lawmakers moved to limit the state's guaranteed funding for school construction, saying Vermont could no longer afford its traditionally generous aid.

But leading committee Republicans said the government should consider other demands for federal education aid before committing to financing school construction projects.

Even where districts received sizeable amounts of state aid to hire teachers and run their schools, it usually was left up to local school boards to find the funds for major capital projects such as school construction.

Moukawsher concluded that the plaintiffs failed to meet the high standard of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the overall level of aid for education — about $ 2.5 billion annually, not including money for school construction and teacher pensions — did not meet a minimum standard of adequacy.

The bulk of the aid increase proposed for next year would be split in three ways: $ 408 million to reimburse schools for costs such as transportation, construction and BOCES services; $ 266 million for Foundation Aid, the main source of funding for general school operations; and $ 189 million to partially restore the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA), a practice of diverting promised funding from schools that began six years ago to help the state deal with a budget shortfall at that tiaid increase proposed for next year would be split in three ways: $ 408 million to reimburse schools for costs such as transportation, construction and BOCES services; $ 266 million for Foundation Aid, the main source of funding for general school operations; and $ 189 million to partially restore the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA), a practice of diverting promised funding from schools that began six years ago to help the state deal with a budget shortfall at that tiAid, the main source of funding for general school operations; and $ 189 million to partially restore the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA), a practice of diverting promised funding from schools that began six years ago to help the state deal with a budget shortfall at that time.

The trial court held that «Connecticut is defaulting on its constitutional duty to provide adequate public school opportunities because it has no rational, substantial and verifiable plan to distribute money for education aid and school construction.»

Bob Kilmer, NBCT, who teaches woodworking, computer - aided design and architecture and construction at Enumclaw High School in King County, Washington, was recently named a winner of the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence, which recognizes outstanding instruction in the skilled trades in U.S. public high sSchools Prize for Teaching Excellence, which recognizes outstanding instruction in the skilled trades in U.S. public high schoolsschools.

Additionally, charter schools do not have access to equitable facilities funding or recurring and reliable state building aid for capital construction and renovation.

These include tools and equipment, agriculture supplies like seedlings and chicks, materials for construction, water tanks and installation fittings, school books and learning aids.

d) You were not going over 95 mph when you're citation was issued e) You were not cited for speeding more than 25 mph over the speed that was posted f) Your citation was not for failing to stop for / passing school bus g) Your citation was not in connection with a serious violation h) Your citation was not for failure to stop to provide aid or information after witnessing an accident i) Your citation was not involving a violation committed in a construction zone where workers were present