Sentences with phrase «as school expenditure»

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Also called «munis» for short, municipal bonds are debt obligations issued by a state, municipality, or a county to finance its capital expenditures, such as construction of highways, schools, hospitals, and...

The level of expenditure probably increases as your gross income increases as you are likely to want a nicer car, eat out more, take more holidays or send your kids to private school.

Non-financial assets are defined as expenditures on any construction - related work, from road repairs and maintenance jobs, to local parks and buildings, to social infrastructure spending such as schools, kindergartens or hospitals.

Loeb's financial support of the Senate Republicans has been widely reported, as has his contribution to the IDC and his donations to a pro-charter school independent expenditure that spent heavily on behalf of members of both conferences in the last election cycle and helped keep them in power.

The independent expenditure effort was heavily supported by charter school supporters like Paul Singer, a wealthy hedge - fund manager and investor who supports charter school expansion, as well Daniel Loeb, a director at Success Academy and Dan Senor, a former Bush administration official who is married to former CNN anchor Campbell Brown, a critic of teacher tenure.

NYSUT's spending on behalf of mainly Democratic Senate candidates in swing districts comes as supporters of charter schools have spent heavily in independent expenditure efforts of their own.

Speaking at Fordham University Law School, Cuomo announced he propose legislation incorporating measures designed to limit independent expenditure campaign spending as well as require the groups to disclose the identity of their owners, directors and executives exerting control.

With Skelos and Cuomo on the same page, teachers unions will no doubt continue to point to the wealthy backers of charter schools who have contributed heavily to the governor's re-election campaign as well as independent expenditure campaigns backing Republican Senate candidates last year.

The bill would also require the city to regularly provide state leaders a trove of information on student and teacher data and expenditures as well as develop a facilities capital plan that identifies the 10 most overcrowded and underutilized school buildings.

That ad, and more like it (along with fliers and other attention - grabbers in what will likely be a low - turnout primary) was the product of an independent expenditure effort backed by the California Charter Schools Association, which has been a big force in battles with teachers» unions over charter schools in Los Angeles and at the state level aSchools Association, which has been a big force in battles with teachers» unions over charter schools in Los Angeles and at the state level aschools in Los Angeles and at the state level as well.

«We need to strike a balance between our expenditures on instructional programs and our expenditures for hardening buildings against a disaster,» said Flatley, who serves as president of the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents.

Continued investigation of this research may have strong implications for policy makers, public health professionals and school administrators to consider simple and sustainable environmental changes in classrooms that can effectively increase energy expenditure and physical activity as well as enhance cognitive development and education outcomes.

Measuring the value of natural capital can allow governments and business to redefine conservation expenditures as «investments,» said Eli Fenichel, an assistant professor at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and lead author of the study.

In the past decade, monitoring the provision of quality education primarily meant tracking inputs into schools such as per pupil educational expenditures, number fo trained teachers, class sizes and teacher - pupil ratio, instructional time andaccess to ICT.

In some cases they stipulate, as in Multnomah County, Oregon, that professional development «funds will be allocated based upon seniority of the unit members who make application,» thus converting these expenditures from a lever for school improvement into a perk for long - serving faculty.

The school are once again the recipients of Department for Education expenditure, as it was announced that Bexhill High School will receive # 6 million of funding from the Priority School Building Progschool are once again the recipients of Department for Education expenditure, as it was announced that Bexhill High School will receive # 6 million of funding from the Priority School Building ProgSchool will receive # 6 million of funding from the Priority School Building ProgSchool Building Programme.

When studying the pattern of charter school enrollment across the country, we took into account how each of three factors contributes to or retards charter school growth: per pupil expenditures (also measured during the 1989 — 90 school year), length of time a charter law was on the books, and degree of permissiveness of each state's charter school law, as measured by the CER index.

This program may yet lift the performance of our pupils as they go through the school system, although problems remain: out of Australia's total expenditure on early childhood education in 2010, parents contributed almost half the cost and only 56 per cent was met from the public purse — compared with an OECD average of 82 per cent public funding — and the rest was from private sources, probably parental pockets.

It was notorious for many reasons: First, the court ordered enormous state and city expenditures, intending to attract white schoolchildren from the suburbs to the Kansas City schools so as to provide the minimum number of white children that proponents of desegregation considered necessary for a desegregated or «unitary» school.

Cerf is fostering support from former opponents, such as the Newark Public Schools Advisory Board, whose input he seeks on expenditure decisions although he has ultimate decision - making power.

We find little support for the notion that differences in resources, such as per - pupil expenditures and class size, could explain the middle - school achievement gap.

Marketing and communications is an area that is often overlooked, misunderstood and can be seen as an unnecessary expenditure in already squeezed budgets — a perception that can limit a school's success in attracting pupils and securing a positive reputation in the community.

As moving to the cloud continues to help schools drive down expenditure and enhance learning, educational institutions of all sizes are also beginning to look for IT partners who can not only help them transition to the cloud, but provide ongoing IT support and expertise as the breadth of available technologies developAs moving to the cloud continues to help schools drive down expenditure and enhance learning, educational institutions of all sizes are also beginning to look for IT partners who can not only help them transition to the cloud, but provide ongoing IT support and expertise as the breadth of available technologies developas the breadth of available technologies develops.

As a result, total per - pupil expenditures on education reached a near all - time high in the recession school year of 2009 — 10, climbing (in constant dollars) to $ 13,154 from a $ 12,520 level in 2005 — 06.

Source: Calculations by Nat Malkus of revenue losses from 529 expansion as a share of current K - 12 school choice expenditures

The latest example: Michael Fletcher, writing for the Washington Post on Tuesday, who misleads his readers with the following: «The $ 4.35 billion effort was enacted last year as part of the $ 787 billion economic stimulus plan, marking one of the largest federal expenditures ever on the nation's public schools.»

As schools» increasing expenditures consumed a large and growing share of state budgets, the states imposed complex rules and regulations on schools and in the last decade prescribed curriculum content and examinations.

Indeed, the lawsuits go beyond formal equality — as measured by school - expenditure levels — to seek educational equity.

Sport Premium expenditure is at schools» discretion but should be used to improve provision of PE and sport, to develop physical literacy and encourage physical activity as part of a lifelong healthy lifestyle.

This article has been revised to correct information regarding per - pupil expenditures, as well as grades and scores in summative results and school finance.

With so many targets to be met, energy prices rising and public sector spending under constant pressure, it is vital that schools particularly are made as efficient as possible to cut expenditure on energy bills.

Public expenditures on early childhood programs are nearly always justified as investments that will eliminate socioeconomic and racial gaps in school readiness and elevate subsequent student achievement and life success.

As the LCFF unfolds, complaints are surfacing about dubious expenditures — on school policing or across - the - board staff pay raises that state officials warn should be «targeted» to benefit disadvantaged kids.

Spending per student is calculated by dividing total expenditures by total enrollment as provided in the CCD School Universe Survey for each year.

The standard response to the must - be-paid-for stipulation by advocates of more public spending on childcare is that such expenditures will produce improvements in the cognitive, social, and emotional skills of young children that, in turn, will lead children to do better as they progress through school and enter the workforce as adults.

As with per - pupil expenditures, the public significantly underestimates how much their states pay public school teachers.

States may report certain information required on online school report cards at a later point in time than other metrics, such as per - pupil expenditure data (which lag due to the fiscal calendar).

Thus, total expenditures on private school choice programs as a share of total resources devoted to public education nationwide is 0.4 percent.

As a result, charter school rates in 2018 and beyond will have a far more tenuous link to the actual per - pupil expenditures of the local district than they would had if the original formula had continued.

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.

And, while there are exceptions, schools with a higher proportions of English Language learners also tend to have fewer experienced teachers and thus lower per pupil expenditures, as visible on Slide # 26:

This study — through surveys and interviews of state and school district officials, as well as collection and analysis of school - level spending data — explores the feasibility of improving the collection of school - level expenditure data by examining the nature and quality of school - level fiscal data collection in five states and four school districts that had developed their own systems for collecting and reporting school - level expenditures: Florida, Hawaii, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Baltimore City, Hillsborough County, Houston, and Los Angeles.

The report uses data on federal program allocations from all states, as well as data from a nationally representative sample of 300 school districts on federal program allocations and expenditure data for the 2004 - 05 school year.

Although Gaetz's bill does not include fiscal expenditures, as noted in the main text (§ IV, supra), in reviewing the start time / academic achievement studies undertaken by fellow economists, Columbia University Assistant Professor of Finance and Economics Jonah Rockoff and the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Professor of Economics, and Professor of Education at the University of Michigan, Brian Jacob, concluded that delaying middle and high school start times «from roughly 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. -LSB-,]» will increase academic achievement by 0.175 standard deviations on average, with effects for disadvantaged students roughly twice as large as advantaged students, at little or no cost to schools; i.e., a 9 to 1 benefits to costs ratio when utilizing single - tier busing, the most expensive transportation method available.

This new report, produced by the National Center for Education Statistics, covers six different areas: elementary and secondary enrollment; enrollment in degree - granting postsecondary institutions; high school graduates; degrees conferred; elementary and secondary teachers (including the number of teachers in elementary and secondary schools as well as student - teacher ratios and new teacher hires); and expenditures of public elementary and secondary schools.

In Chris Rickert's Thursday column «Voucher popularity wrongly dismissed,» he pretends giving people who can already afford private schools a voucher and a tax break is as valid of an expenditure of tax dollars as any other «public education.»

In addition to those PACs, CCSAA also runs a super PAC, known as the California Charter Schools Association Advocates Independent Expenditure Committee, which has raised nearly $ 16.9 million since it began in the summer of 2011.

Specifically, IDEA has been woefully underfunded for years and as a result, school districts have been forced to raise taxes and dip into general education budgets to make up the shortfalls created by rising special education expenditures in local communities.»

As a result, schools can make decisions concerning the deployment of staff and expenditures on administrative functions, maintenance, equipment, supplies, learning materials, substitute teachers, teacher refresher courses, pedagogical initiatives, grants for needy students, and so on.

With multiple chartering authorities, local school districts can be adversely impacted as the per - pupil expenditures are re-allocated or deducted from operational revenue essential to maintain already cash - strapped school district operations.