Sentences with phrase «as general school funds»

There is no requirement for an annual audit, as general school funds are managed by the local district.

Must do an annual audit and produce annual report as general school funds are managed by the school

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But the NDP Government led by Premier Rachel Notley gives the impression it would be just as happy if the private school funding issue would go away, notwithstanding the strong public support for defunding elite private schools and a general lack of public enthusiasm for private schools.

Dating to 1997, STAR has been criticized as shifting the tax burden from individuals to the state's general fund since it included no provisions that would prompt schools to contain expenses.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «The NASUWT warned at the outset when the Pupil Premium was first introduced that, in the context of the Coalition's savage austerity measures and its failure to protect school budgets despite its claims to the contrary, this funding would inevitably end up being absorbed into school budgets as the cuts bit.

Chris Keates, general secretary of teaching union Nasuwt, welcomed the new funding, and also described ministers» attempts to promote the use of locally produced food in schools as «a creative and mutually beneficial strategy».

Proceeds usually go to the general fund, but are sometimes earmarked for some purpose (such as schools, infrastructure, or pensions).

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, but subject to such requirements as the legislature shall impose by general or special law, indebtedness contracted by any county, city, town, village or school district and each portion thereof from time to time contracted for any object or purpose for which indebtedness may be contracted may also be financed by sinking fund bonds with a maximum maturity of fifty years, which shall be redeemed through annual contributions to sinking funds established by such county, city, town, village or school district, provided, however, that each such annual contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem, on the date of the contribution, the same amount of such indebtedness as would have been paid and then be payable if such indebtedness had been financed entirely by the issuance of serial bonds, except, if an issue of sinking fund bonds is combined for sale with an issue of serial bonds, for the same object or purpose, then the amount of each annual sinking fund contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem, on the date of each such annual contribution, (i) the amount which would be required to be paid annually if such indebtedness had been issued entirely as serial bonds, less (ii) the amount of indebtedness, if any, to be paid during such year on the portion of such indebtedness actually issued as serial bonds.

Visiting Bristol yesterday as part of Labour's city conversation, to help elect Marvin Rees as city mayor, shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg highlighted the government's swingeing cuts with new build funding for schools slashed by a massive 57 %, against a general 30 % cut in most other spending areas.

James Merriman, the chief executive officer of the New York City Charter School Center, called AQE a «front group» for the teachers unions, despite conceding that his organization has one same general goal as AQE: more funding for schools.

As attorney general, Cuomo exposed what he described as systemic pension fund abuses in which government contractors — including lawyers and doctors for school districts across the state — wrongfully had themselves listed as employees in order to collect taxpayer - funded pensionAs attorney general, Cuomo exposed what he described as systemic pension fund abuses in which government contractors — including lawyers and doctors for school districts across the state — wrongfully had themselves listed as employees in order to collect taxpayer - funded pensionas systemic pension fund abuses in which government contractors — including lawyers and doctors for school districts across the state — wrongfully had themselves listed as employees in order to collect taxpayer - funded pensionas employees in order to collect taxpayer - funded pensions.

Under this proposal, school aid, as a percentage of the General Fund, is 30.5 percent for 1998 - 99, and would grow to more than 35 percent by 2001 - 02.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «Reductions in education funding have led to cuts in provision such as breakfast and after school clubs, music lessons, SEN support and the Education Maintenance Allowance which helped students stay on in education.

Washington — The chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in strongly worded letters to the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minorities.

Schools with pupils classed as «deprived» in publically funded non-mainstream settings including Special Schools, General Hospital Schools, Pupil Referral Units and 14 - 15 year olds in Further Education (FE) Colleges will also attract a Premium of # 600 per annum.

General secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), Kevin Courtney, described the move to put funding into free schools as an «irresponsible waste of money», saying there is «absolutely no need» for it.

As the general election approaches, the Government announces more details about which schools are to receive funding for urgent repair and refurbishment work under the Priority School Building Programme

This announcement received mixed reviews from those in the education sector, which included the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), Kevin Courtney, who described the move to put funding into free schools as an «irresponsible waste of money», saying there is «absolutely no need» for it.

The funding is allocated for each financial year, but the information you publish online should refer to the academic year, as this is how parents and the general public understand the school year.

The State, supplying funds from its general revenues, finances approximately 80 % of the Program, and the school districts are responsible — as a unit — for providing the remaining 20 %.

In addition to this «general» or «formula» funding, states also typically provide revenue for other, more specific purposes, such as bus transportation, contributions to school employee pension plans, and teacher training.

[10] In general, these LEA amounts may be reduced by state educational agencies to account for funds reserved for state administration, program improvement, and academic achievement awards; to adjust for recent shifts in LEA boundaries; and to provide grants to charter schools treated as separate LEAs under state law (such charter schools are not considered in the calculation of grants by USED).

Sarah Wollaston, a former GP who chairs the health select committee, called for the remaining revenue from the levy that is not spent in schools to be ring - fenced for children's public health programmes, rather than funding the expansion of academies as part of the Department for Education's general budget.

In its ruling, the court explained that as the bill diverts general funds appropriated for public schools to fund private school tuition, it violates sections of Nevada's constitution.

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.

Gibb was questioned as part of the committee's inquiry into plans for a new national funding formula, but the focus of the hearing quickly became the general financial health of schools.

Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said there was no guarantee these schemes would be funded, as extra borrowing would be required to bankroll them.

At a press conference last year, as the Indiana General Assembly was re-writing its school funding formula, state Rep. Tim Brown, a Republican, put it this way:

Each district school board shall provide funding for the professional development system as required by s. 1011.62 and the General Appropriations Act, and shall direct expenditures from other funding sources to continuously strengthen the system in order to increase student achievement and support instructional staff in enhancing rigor and relevance in the classroom.

Greening, who was re-appointed as education secretary earlier this month after narrowly keeping her seat in the general election, faced pressure from MPs on both sides over school funding details as she made her first speech in this parliament.

With little or no general public funding left to address the necessary conditions for learning, the initiative process in California gave us Healthy Start, Family Preservation and Support, First Five, mental health in schools, and vast afterschool programming, too many of which were designed as short - term grants that required annual renewals and proof of sustainability rather than the ongoing funding we know the neediest schools must have consistently.

This proposal injects a bit of «pay - as - you - go» from district general funds into educational facilities construction — a departure from the bond debt financing that has driven school construction since the enactment of Senate Bill 50, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act ofschool construction since the enactment of Senate Bill 50, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act ofSchool Facilities Act of 1998.

«outright transfer from the City's general fund to San Francisco Unified School District (is)(very uncommon),» but most elected city officials are not in the business of transferring the wealth of one governmental entity to another unless they're constitutional obligated to do so, as with PEEF.

The problem with this strategy, though convincing in theory, is that there is little incentive for the heads to do so on the current model, which provides inadequate capital for the development of such arrangements, and constrains these trusts in important ways from attracting and deploying the resources necessary for sustainable school improvement, such as constraints on the pooling of General Annual Grant funding, accumulation of surpluses, borrowing (whether secured against assets or on funding agreements), deployment of capital, and acquisition and disposal of fixed assets — all inhibit chains from deploying resources where they are needed most.

This news comes as the vast majority of Connecticut's 30 Alliance Districts continue to be put through the ringer as they wait for the extra funding that Governor Malloy and the Connecticut General Assembly promised would be available before the start of the school.

We urge all Charter school leaders, board members, parents and students to express their appreciation to Gov. Deal as well as to the Georgia General Assembly for this much - needed boost in funding.

As a parent, I'm thrilled that Gov. Nathan Deal and members of the Georgia General Assembly have chosen to provide state charter schools with the funding levels they deserve,» said Matthew Wasilewski, a parent of a Cherokee Charter Academy student.

The extension of the funding has been welcomed by Geoff Barton, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, who told Schools Week he shared Spielman's concerns «that the law as it stands is not strong enough and that Ofsted should have more investigatory powers».

Geoff Barton, the general secretary of ASCL, described the survey findings as «stark», and claimed the work of schools will be «increasingly eroded» unless the government takes «urgent action over the school funding crisis».

The Superior Court's sweeping ruling stated that Connecticut does not fund its schools in a way that provides a minimally adequate education for all students as constitutionally required, and called upon the General Assembly to construct a new funding model within 180 days.

But funding for special education hasn't been increasing at the same rate as other school funding — leading schools to use increasing amounts of general fund money for special education.

When that strategy failed, he wasted precious public dollars, as has Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, working to convince the judicial system that Connecticut's unfair school funding system is just fine.

State Rep. James Roebuck, D - Phila., today released a report on Pennsylvania charter schools that spotlights what he called the «Wild West» spending or borrowing practices of some, as well as a general lack of openness from the tax - funded, privately run schools.

While there are shortcomings to the Local Control Funding Formula that will need to be revisited in future years, we recognize that, as the new system is phased in over the next eight years, charter schools will achieve growing levels of funding equity, something we know that parents and the general public support and that charter school students clearly dFunding Formula that will need to be revisited in future years, we recognize that, as the new system is phased in over the next eight years, charter schools will achieve growing levels of funding equity, something we know that parents and the general public support and that charter school students clearly dfunding equity, something we know that parents and the general public support and that charter school students clearly deserve.

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 time.

As reported yesterday in, Charter School Political Action Committees target Connecticut legislative races, two new corporate funded political action committees (PACS) are have recently been created and are spending money to elect pro-charter school candidates and defeat public school advocates in races for the Connecticut General AssSchool Political Action Committees target Connecticut legislative races, two new corporate funded political action committees (PACS) are have recently been created and are spending money to elect pro-charter school candidates and defeat public school advocates in races for the Connecticut General Assschool candidates and defeat public school advocates in races for the Connecticut General Assschool advocates in races for the Connecticut General Assembly.

As if giving more money to the discriminatory charter schools, while cutting funding for public schools wasn't enough to earn the Malloy - Wyman Team an F on Education, the Democrats in the Connecticut General Assembly will end the session by;

Just six weeks ago, on February 21, 2013, she went before the General Assembly's Appropriations Committee to speak in favor of more funding for charter schools and Governor Malloy's education reforms saying, «I am here representing Jumoke Academy and its charter management organization Fuse, as its Chief Operating Officer...»

«However, as we observed during the general election campaign, schools are increasingly nervous about their financial position due to both the impact of the proposed national funding formula and inflationary pressures.»

The resolution cited the fact that charter boards accept public money but lack democratic accountability, that charter schools are contributing to increased segregation, that punitive disciplinary policies are disproportionately used in charter schools as well as other practices that violate students» rights, that there is a pattern of fraud of mismanagement in the sector in general, and it then called for opposition to privatization of education, opposed diversion of funding from public schools, called for full funding for quality public education, called for legislation granting parents access to charter school boards and to strengthen oversight, called for charter schools to follow USDOJ and USDOE guidelines on student discipline and to help parents file complaints when those guidelines are violated, opposed efforts to weaken oversight, and called for a moratorium on charter school growth.