Sentences with phrase «budgets of the last few years»

Much of the money has been going to support public education and it is largely responsible for the flush budgets of the last few years that have provided billions in extra dollars for education.

Not exact matches

Since becoming speaker 12 months ago, Heastie has had few public policy disagreements with Cuomo, save for the tug - of - war over education reform measures in last year's budget.

«In the last few years, the budget has become a repository of policy proposals — a way to muscle what the executive wants.

That changed a few months after last year's budget was adopted, with Mr. Bratton saying his re-engineering of the department had determined he'd need at least 1,000 new officers, if not more.

«While one can argue with the governor's assertion that there are trend factors in some areas of the budget which have made increases automatic, there can be no doubt that institutions of public higher education have consistently seen nothing but cuts over the last few years,» Glick, a Manhattan Democrat, said.

The reason Romney was constantly slashing budgets by hundreds of millions in the last few years was to BALANCE THE BUDGET.

«We all can agree that this has been one of the great moving targets over the last few years,» he said during his presentation of the city's preliminary budget for fiscal year 2018.

In the last few years, John D. Graham, former administrator of the Office of Management and Budget, has promoted the use of these methods in government agencies like the EPA.

These fab collabs have been gaining popularity over the last few years, resulting in a treasure trove of quality garments for the discerning dresser on a budget.

One of the biggest jewelry trends of the last few years is layering multiple pieces, so these sales will allow you to stay on budget while staying on trend.

In the last few years, films made by first - timers with tiny budgets have tended to dominate, together with worthy documentaries examining social problems and global warming, the latter one of Redford's favourite hobby horses.

Matthew McConaughey may have become a star as a leading man in major - studio films like «A Time to Kill» and «The Wedding Planner,» but in the last few years the laid - back Texan has reinvented and revived his career with a string of sparkling performances in low - budget indies: Richard Linklater «s «Bernie,» Steven Soderbergh's «Magic Mike,» William Friedkin «s «Killer Joe,» Jeff Nichols» «Mud» and now Jean - Marc Vallee's «Dallas Buyers Club,» which has made McConaughey a strong favorite to land a Best Actor nomination.

Synchronicity — Sci - fi can be a tricky bet at smaller festivals like this (especially when you hear them being compared to much larger budget and classic films like Blade Runner), but TAD has chosen a few good ones the last couple of years and with director Jacob Gentry's track record of The Signal behind him, there's at least some solid talent involved.

There are going to be a few comparisons to La La Land, being last year's musical movie, and, yes, a lot of the reason The Greatest Showman finally got the budget it needed was producers hoping the comparison will be made by viewers, but this is a different beast entirely.

Along with writing partner Nick Damici, they've delivered some relatively successful, low - budget horror films over the last few years with Mulberry St, Stake Land and a remake of the Spanish film We Are What We Are.

He said over the last few years the district has improved its scores on the state standardized exam known as PARCC, increased its retention rate of effective and highly effective teachers to 96 percent, submitted a balanced budget and sold closed school buildings to plug the deficit.

«Our current system, in many respects, rewards mediocrity, punishes excellence by granting unlimited job security to all who teach a few years,» Berger said last March at a news conference to unveil his Excellent Public Schools Act of 2013 — which contained language that ended career status and was ultimately inserted into the budget bill passed last summer.

We, at Live Wire Media (the publisher of this bulletin), are just as unhappy as you must be about the way school budgets have been stepped on in the last few years.

But Caroline Barlow, Chair of East Sussex Secondary Heads, said: «We all know that schools have had reduced budgets and real terms cuts very the last few years.

In February, Governor Malloy proposed a $ 38 million in budget cuts to the CSU / Community College budget, a cut that would come on top of Malloy's massive cuts over the last few years.

As we've written about in the last two blogs about the budget crisis, The Road Ahead, and Answers to your OUSD Budget Questions, OUSD has a history of overspending in multiple departments, and has not created budgets that accurately project its spending for the last few budget crisis, The Road Ahead, and Answers to your OUSD Budget Questions, OUSD has a history of overspending in multiple departments, and has not created budgets that accurately project its spending for the last few Budget Questions, OUSD has a history of overspending in multiple departments, and has not created budgets that accurately project its spending for the last few years.

We've looked at quite a few of the available entries: the Packard Bell Butterfly Touch and Acer Aspire 1825P TZ are both decent choices if you're on a budget and must have a tablet, but their Core 2 - based CPUs felt slow even last year and they don't offer pen input.

We sat down with our money manager software online, reviewed our budget, and found that our spending was a comfortable 50 % or so of our last few years» income.

Almost every major publisher spend the entirelty of last generation spending transitioning from a lot of mid budget games (and a few high budget games) every year to releasing like 4 super mega budget games per year.

In the last few years, Spiders have gone from being a tiny Indie studio, with a budget of fifteen dollars and a packet of chewing gum.

Next year there'll also be a new Valkyria Chronicles, the promising - looking JRPG Octopath Traveler, Tokyo RPG Factory's Lost Sphear, and doubtless an ever - growing number of indie ports and big - budget remasters of games from the last few years.

Getting a few books out in the last quarter or even December 24 is always a good way of grabbing a bit of additional turnover and profit in the budget year to satisfy head office and ensure the bonuses.

Over the last few years most law libraries have cancelled loose - leaf and periodical subscriptions as a way of dealing with reduced budgets and the ever increasing cost of materials.

It used to be that alternative or «appropriate» fee arrangements were the common subject matter of in - house counsel conference seminars, but over the last few years the mechanics around the various AFAs out there have given way, it seems, to a more hefty discussion on more thought - out budgets and project management.

Even though Obamacare and the healthcare.gov marketplace have made it much easier in the last few years to obtain health insurance as a freelancer, it can still be a pain to accommodate a hefty premium payment in your budget when you're used to an employer taking care of it for you.

Whether your tastes favor explosive, big - budget spectacles or subtle, thought - provoking stories that explore life's biggest questions, the last few years have offered up something for sci - fi fans of all stripes — and the same can be said for what's headed to the big screen down the road.

If you are working on a budget, the last thing you want to have to do is repaint in a few years when you're sick of the orange wall in your living room.