Sentences with phrase «budget agreement also»

Other budget provisions: The budget agreement also includes: an expansion of the state's Tuition Assistance Program for college students and their families; a 12 percent increase in aid to cities and local governments; a $ 3.8 billion transportation bond act; an increase of $ 1.1 billion in aid to schools; and an expansion of the EPIC program, which gives seniors access to reduced - rate prescription drugs.

The budget agreement also increased state funding for charters, doubling the amount from $ 250 to $ 500 per student over the next three years.

The budget agreement also includes an additional $ 22 million in funding for the city's district attorneys; $ 21 million a year in baselined funding to continue six day service at libraries; $ 1.8 million of baselined funding for senior citizen case management; and $ 5 million for the Emergency Food Assistance Program.

The budget agreement also increases funding for the city's district attorneys by $ 22 million, and emergency food assistance — another negotiating point — by $ 5 million.

The budget agreement also includes the legislature giving away oversight authority for state agencies to the sole discretion of the Executive Branch.

The state budget agreement also included a $ 200 tuition increase.

Not exact matches

That agreement also upheld earlier limits to euro area budget deficits (3 percent of GDP) and public debt (60 percent of GDP).

Since Living Goods» overall budget is increasing, it also aims to raise an additional $ 3 million in reserves (about $ 2 million in 2015 and about $ 1 million in 2016).148 It expects to raise some funds from partnership consulting fees and margins on goods sold to CHPs, leaving about $ 10 million per year that would need to be supported by donor funding.149 In 2012 Living Goods raised $ 2.8 million, and in 2013 it raised $ 3.3 million from donors.150 Living Goods told us that it believes there is a decent chance it will reach two - thirds of its funding target for the first year through agreements with funders who have supported its work in the past, but the money has not yet been secured and the funding need will grow each year.151 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of Living Goods» major core funders historically, will be deciding in Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale - up.

That's the only organization he's ever known, but they're also in kind of a weird place where they're trying to get their budget back under control, especially with the new collective bargaining agreement making it so that teams are punished even more the further beyond the luxury tax threshold they go.

It is also continuing PR initiatives it began even before the state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to an agreement as part of the recently approved budget to legalize ride hailing outside NYC.

The final agreement not only burnishes Cuomo's liberal credentials by extending (though not expanding) the millionaire's tax, raising the age of criminal responsibility of New York and addressing the high cost of college tuition for members of the middle class, it also dramatically increases his (already considerable) budget powers, enabling him to single - handedly make spending cuts in the event of widely expected future federal funding reductions.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has also called the issue a key one for him in the budget, saying in a WCNY interview on Tuesday he wanted an agreement that would ensure 16 and 17 - year - old defendants were adjudicated in Family Court, not through a diversion court that would create a «separate class» of juvenile defendants.

As part of the FY2018 Budget, the State also began spending receipts from the Master Settlement Agreement off - budget, decreasing SOF spending by $ 103 million in fiscal year 2018 and $ 329 million in fiscal year Budget, the State also began spending receipts from the Master Settlement Agreement off - budget, decreasing SOF spending by $ 103 million in fiscal year 2018 and $ 329 million in fiscal year budget, decreasing SOF spending by $ 103 million in fiscal year 2018 and $ 329 million in fiscal year 2019.5

«We will also ensure that provision is made for Liberal Democrat MPs to abstain on budget resolutions to introduce transferable tax allowances for married couples without prejudice to the coalition agreement,» it reads.

DiNapoli's report also raises issues with transparency in the finalized budget agreement beyond the so - called «sweeps» of funds.

The trustees were all in agreement on the less - than - controversial budget resolution; it also brought no public comment.

And is anyone else also frightened that this story, sorry Liz, will scare the wildlife enough that a budget agreement is LESS likely?

It was also advertised as a way to end the horse - trading that's been a part of pay raises for decades — in 1987, Mario Cuomo linked a salary increase to ethics reforms, and the 1998 pay hike was accompanied by the creation of the state's first charter schools, a bill pushed by dairy farmers, and an agreement to give the comptroller authority to withhold legislators» paychecks in years when budgets are late.

The Skelos news also comes a year after the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption was shuttered following an agreement on ethics reform in the state budget in 2014.

The state canal system will come off the Thruway Authority's books as part of the state's final budget agreement, which also does not include a toll freeze for frequent travelers, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo initially proposed.

But she also pointedly took aim at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's education measures, which were included in the state budget agreement to the consternation of the statewide teachers» union, NYSUT.

Cuomo also acknowledged it's likely those ethics provisions won't be approved this month and will likely not be part of a budget agreement.

A framework of an agreement on the state budget is in place that would increase New York's minimum wage to $ 15 over a number of years in different regions while also providing a $ 1 billion tax cut for joint filers earning under $ 300,000, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this afternoon.

Malloy says he'll also consider how planned budget cuts will affect cities and towns before implementing them and that he'll honor tentative collective bargaining agreements reached with state workers.

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo and lawmakers were nearing agreement Tuesday on a new budget that would provide additional money for NYCHA and the MTA — and also set in motion a process to give Assembly and Senate members a long - awaited raise.

Paterson also admitted that he fears state lawmakers will be unable to come to any agreement on the state budget before Election Day.

He also criticized Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan this year to shutter city firehouses, which was rejected in the budget agreement passed by the City Council.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Chair of the Housing Committee Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz also announced that the Legislature approved allocations for the $ 2.5 billion affordable and supportive housing funds appropriated in this year and last year's budget agreements.

That was because legislators and Gov. Andrew Cuomo could not come to an agreement on a budget that would have funded the government for a whole year and also adopted several controversial policies.

We will also ensure that provision is made for Liberal Democrats MP to abstain on budget resolutions to introduce transferable tax allowances for married couples without prejudice to the coalition agreement.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg also did not like the latest agreement, saying that even with the restoration of some funding, the budget passes along new costs to the city that it can't absorb.

Mr. Paterson, in what appears to be an effort to shake up a nearly month - long stalemate over the state budget, also called for the Legislature to make an up or down vote on his budget proposal on Wednesday and failing that, come to work every weekday until an agreement can be reached.

Lanza also expressed doubt that an agreement could be reached on the issue before the budget deadline but said negotiations could continue throughout the Legislature's session.

The Senate Republicans are also in agreement with Governor Cuomo on a third budget issue.

While politicians are still working on the final wording of the amendment, «[t] he agreement spells out that the federal government will also continue its funding of several key programs that have boosted research budgets in recent years, such as the Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation — which funds nonuniversity research organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite university.»»

The agreement spells out that the federal government will also continue its funding of several key programs that have boosted research budgets in recent years, such as the Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation — which funds nonuniversity research organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite university.»

Lawmakers in the House and Senate also agreed to try to negotiate the outlines of a broader budget agreement for the 2014 fiscal year by 13 December.

With both the House and Senate having approved budgets, and the President now having submitted his own, we continue to urge the nation's leaders to come together and negotiate a major long - term budget agreement that not only protects coming generations from unsustainable debt but also ensures our ability to invest in their future.

This is not only in excellent agreement with the observed temperature changes at the surface (blue stars), it also correctly reproduces the observed heat storage in the oceans — a strong indicator that the model's heat budget is correct.

The new agreement, which funds the government through FY14, also includes budget caps for FY15 and FY16 that will make future funding increases extremely difficult.

(See also KPCC: LAUSD & UTLA Reach Agreement Granting Wider Autonomy to All Schools on Teacher Placement and Budgets, and LAT: Individual Los Angeles Schools Gain New Autonomy.)

Individual school turnarounds are hard to do because principals usually don't control budgets (which usually means teachers) or personnel decisions (also teachers)-- those are governed by the central office, by state laws influenced by lobbying by affiliates of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers, and collective bargaining agreements that protect veteran teachers regardless of their performance.

The schools are primarily located in wealthier, whiter neighborhoods, and while they have many of the freedoms granted charters in how the schools are run, they adhere to all district collective bargaining agreements and also receive their budgets directly from the district.

The budget adjustment agreement also provides (outside of the ECS formula) one - time, supplemental funding of $ 2.9 million to districts who educated students displaced by Hurricane Maria during FY 2018.

Along with adjustments to the ECS grant funding level, the budget adjustment agreement also alters the funding levels — in comparison to the FY 2019 appropriated amounts contained in the biennial budget — for some other state education grants, including the Excess Cost grant and grants for the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System, vocational agriculture programs, Priority School Districts, and the Open Choice program.

New opportunities through periodical platforms like Next Issue, PressReader, and Zinio, as well as ebook catalogs through Freading, Boopsie, and Smashwords» unprecedented distribution agreement with OverDrive have meant that not only do libraries have options for providing relevant formats to their patrons, but they also have competitive choices that can lead to better budget options.

This is not only in excellent agreement with the observed temperature changes at the surface (blue stars), it also correctly reproduces the observed heat storage in the oceans — a strong indicator that the model's heat budget is correct.

Wetzel also comments the Germany's failure to make the 2020 targets has tarnished the country's image as a leader in climate protection, and adds: «The coalition agreement and the German Federal Budget for 2018 robbed all remaining credibility.»

Their budget also gives the world a 50 % shot of staying below 1.5 C — the more ambitious end of the Paris agreement.

So not only are you paying less than average (even before accounting for the higher rates in Toronto versus the rest of the province), but you also (a) have the flat - rate benefit of knowing in advance what fees you will be paying (as compared to an hourly rate agreement, where unexpected turns may cause the total cost to skyrocket above what was budgeted), and (b) have the advantage of an experienced lawyer who has dedicated his entire career to nothing but litigation, and was trained by some of the best in a large firm setting.