Sentences with phrase «as overall education budgets»

In Oklahoma, meanwhile, teachers who have not received a raise from the state in a decade have declared they will go on strike on April 2 if the Legislature does not act to increase their pay as well as overall education budgets.

Not exact matches

While Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos looked on, Cuomo said there is «flexibility» in his executive budget proposal (he has already signaled a willingness to restore health care and education aid, as long as the overall $ 132.9 billion number doesn't grow).

The powerful Democrat also said he was looking to make «restorations» to the overall budget cuts Cuomo has outlined, including «key areas» such as education.

Specifically, the bill would eliminate the often fierce competition for money between NIH and other agencies overseen by the appropriations subcommittee that funds health, education, and welfare programs, as well as between that panel and the 11 other subcommittees that make up the overall federal budget pie.

Overall, public education emerged as the big winner, with $ 5.9 billion earmarked for K - 12 education over two years, an increase of 11 percent over the current budget.

Overall, the president's budget envisions deep cuts to the U.S. Department of Education budget, even as he wants to step up federal aid for school choice.

-- Trump's budget, which is unlikely to become reality as proposed, would also boost funding for school choice options, even as he proposes to slash education funding overall by 13 percent.

Good Morning A newly released study by researchers at the University of Arkansas concludes that eliminating the Louisiana Scholarship Program as a way to improve the financial situation of the Louisiana Department of Education budget would likely lead to an overall cost increase for individual school districts.

The numbers are as dismal as can be expected given the overall budget: The bill cuts discretionary funding for the U.S. Education Department by $ 2.8 billion.

In fact, the attention to older students has sometimes come at the expense of younger ones: Since 2007, federal funding for early literacy has declined from more than $ 1 billion to $ 250 million, even as the overall federal education budget has grown.

While early care and education is identified as a high priority for the Department of Health and Human Services, the overall 18 % decrease in the agency's budget would make it challenging to provide support for the already underfunded child care system, one in which the vast majority of children (84 %) do not receive the support for which they are eligible.