Sentences with phrase «budget cuts in»

Smart Start and NC Pre-K have a history of receiving strong political and financial support; however, both programs suffered budget cuts in 2011.
Family planning programs largely escaped steep budget cuts in 2012.
The exigencies of the global financial crisis and its consequences always meant that the 2009 - 10 budget was going to be more about targeted new spending and lots of budget cuts in current programs, but such times can offer a unique opportunity to refocus and recast old policies and spending to achieve better value and better outcomes.
Nearly 75 % of all law departments are facing budget cuts in 2009.
recalled Lennox of the December 1995 meeting when he and Roberts were advised by the Assistant Deputy Minister (in the absence of the Chief Judge, who was on holiday) that the government was making budget cuts in the order of 30 per cent across the whole of government, including the Court.
A recent story in the Vancouver Sun set out some of the problems: budget cuts in court services and the prosection service and significant delays in the appointment of BC Provincial Court judges lead to delays in the prosection of criminal matters, often leading to charges being dismissed because they take too long to get to trial.
Recent provincial budget cuts in Ontario and Alberta have been hard on this sector, to say the least.
Via the free copy of USA Today that was left in my hotel room this morning comes this money quote from the Oakland, Calif. police on the effect of budget cuts in that city:
Even in this time of economic crisis, with severe budget cuts in the arts and culture and with critics claiming that everything revolves around visitor numbers and little else, research remains of vital importance in the museum world.
With the rise of the internet, there has been an undeniable decline in the public's appreciation of printed matter — a decline mirrored by the waning public interest in NASA's space program, which has consequently received significant budget cuts in recent years, making the shift to privatized and corporate space travel an encroaching reality.
Among the beneficiaries are local children who lack arts education due to budget cuts in schools.
In fact, Chase was so worried about the profitability of the card that they started making budget cuts in the hundreds of millions.
Budget cuts in August 1991 left Lake County without rabies control.
My wife and I both lost our teaching jobs this past year due to budget cuts in CA.
Sadly, due to budget cuts in recent years, very few schools now have licensed librarians.
With libraries around the world coming under almost as much threat of demise as brick - and - mortar bookstores, one UK library system is taking legal action to fight back against proposed budget cuts in their county that will mean the planned closing of a number of local public libraries.
Ford is planning on offering the 362 - hp 6.8 - liter V - 10 as an optional engine in the F - 650 to appeal to commercial customers who may be facing budget cuts in tough times.
But, I digress... Pete had just tweeted a snarky put down of students protesting budget cuts in the Chicago Public Schools, and I asked him why he was always criticizing teachers and students, and why he never used his bully pulpit to critique any charter school operators — like Steve Ingersoll, who used his charter school as a personal ATM, committing fraud and embezzlement along the way — given that they are doing a lot more damage than teachers and kids.
Yet budget cuts in have severely undercut this reform and our children are bearing the consequences.
Amid budget cuts in U.S. public schools, the spotlight is on how to make less effective teachers more effective — fast.
These problems existed prior to the budget cuts in recent years, although those cuts have highlighted the starkness of how thin the margins are for some districts, and the breadth of the problem — how many districts are challenged because of Pennsylvania's flawed system of funding.
Oh, and the state will likely see the largest tax increases and deepest budget cuts in history.
There are much larger education budget cuts in Trump's budget blueprint, but they are justified and long overdue.
Considering Governor Malloy has instituted the deepest budget cuts in Connecticut history to the state's public institutions of higher education, cuts that have led to significant tuition increases, it could be that the Governor's handlers are worried that they won't receive a warm welcome.
In recent years, the unaccountable private school voucher program dramatically expanded in Wisconsin while state public schools suffered the 4th largest budget cuts in the nation.
Automatic budget cuts in Washington could reduce Head Start slots by 70,000 in 2013 alone.
Teachers feel the brunt of educational budget cuts in many ways.
AFTER a summer of budget cuts in Washington and state capitals, we have only to look to our schools, when classes begin in the next few weeks, to see who will pay the price.
Chicago Public Schools has experienced deep budget cuts in recent years that led to widespread teacher layoffs and the closing of almost 50 schools located primarily in low - income neighborhoods, prompting months of protests and school board hearings.
After being shuttered due to budget cuts in 2011, the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program is being revived for a new cohort of students beginning this fall.
A 10 % reduction would result in the loss of over 5,600 teaching positions, accounting for 37 % of the budget cuts in this scenario.
Gunderson and fellow activists continue to work to oppose school closings and budget cuts in Chicago.
Throw in the erosion of tenure protections and a dash of recession induced budget cuts in some states and you've got the makings of a real crisis.
Away from boarding schools and instead looking at SEN provision, Mark Baker discusses the challenges of budget cuts in schools attempting to meet new reforms Children and young...
Student performance has been shown to improve when class sizes are smaller, but budget cuts in Wisconsin have led to increasing class sizes in many school districts.
In a recent article for The Hechinger Report, classroom teacher Eric Shieh reflects on his experiences working with his union to fight budget cuts in his district.
During the period under study, Greek universities were forced to suspend operations due to austerity measures, and budget cuts in Spain led to national student protests.
Save Duval Schools was founded in 2009 to stop school budget cuts in the city of Jacksonville, Florida.
Meanwhile, public education in Wisconsin has suffered some of the largest budget cuts in the nation, with the LFB reporting that K - 12 public school funding has been cut by just over $ 1 billion when compared to funding levels in the 2010 - 11 school year, before Walker and Republicans took control of state government.
While many departments see budget cuts in his proposal, K - 12 education sees budget increases.
Traditionally, school administrators do what they can to protect core academic subjects, making budget cuts in other areas when the times demand austerity.
This news clip tells the story of Sacramento's teacher of the year, Michelle Apperton, who just lost her job as result of budget cuts in her district.
Budget cuts in many school districts have some parents and teachers questioning whether they have the resources to support their students.
Meanwhile, the first significant budget cuts in recent memory forced public school districts to tighten their belts in unprecedented ways.
For education lobbyists, putting budget cuts in those terms means calculating a deprivation factor.
But he endorsed the bill's main concept, which provides for automatic budget cuts in certain situations.
When New Horizons roared into a blue Florida sky on 18 January 2006, it was met with excitement and frustration in equal measure: excitement because, after so many fruitless attempts to send a spacecraft to Pluto — ranging from the ill - fated Pluto Fast Flyby (PFF) to the Pluto Kuiper Express (PKE), which breathed their last in ferocious NASA budget cuts in the 1990s and at the turn of the millennium — a mission to explore the last of the nine «traditional» planets in the Solar System was underway, tempered with frustration that it would require such a long period of time in order to reach its quarry.
As US national science agencies brace for sweeping budget cuts in 2013, some experts warn that research efforts in Antarctica are poised to suffer devastating damage.
Finding ways to cut energy use has become more critical now that many federal institutions are facing budget cuts in the wake of the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction's failure to reach a cost - cutting agreement.
Representative Harold Rogers (R - KY), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, is proposing deep budget cuts in some agencies as part of an overall Republican plan to trim federal spending.
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