Sentences with phrase «by public tax dollars»

University support for patent trolls is especially disappointing because many of the innovations that come from academia are funded by public tax dollars.

As public schools, charter schools are funded by public tax dollars.

Voucher schools, which are primarily religious in nature, are yet another system of schools funded by public tax dollars diverted from public schools.

Though dwarfed by public tax dollars, these gifts gain leverage from their own visibility and that of their benefactors, particularly the newer ones such as the Gates and Broad foundations.

UFT lawyers argue that «while charter schools may receive some funding from private entities, they are overwhelmingly funded by public tax dollars and they are subject to the disclosure requirements applicable to government agencies under the New York state Freedom of Information Law.»

Not exact matches

The hospitals are funded by tax dollars, and clearly they don't want to be seen spending those dollars on things the public is likely to find dubious.

But to use public land supported by tax dollars is ont alright.

Parochial schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the public education system paid for by taxpayers.

That's exactly what's at the heart of this — that the use of public funds (e.g., tax dollars) should NOT be used to promote (e.g., force down the throat of others) any particular religion or religious belief or practice — that money shouldn't be taken by non-Christians by force (via taxation) and then given to Christians to put up displays of Christian religious symbolism.

If you want god in your children's classroom, send them to a school run by a religious organization... public tax dollars should not be covering the teaching of god in any form, unless the church wants to start paying taxes.

Herbert Grover is the increasingly visible state superintendent of public instruction for Wisconsin and a man determined that no tax dollar shall be soiled by the hand of a parent on its way to school.

JK If you're talking about public schools, schools supported by everyone's tax dollars, please explain to me why my tax dollar would go to promote the belief in a god that I don't believe is real?

If a child is placed by a public state or county adoption agency, financed by tax dollars, fees will be minimal or there may be no fee at all.

If the success of a representative democracy hinges on the informed consent of the governed, it is critical that the public know as much as possible about the information used and the processes by which its representatives spend tax dollars and act on policy recommendations.

Third Question: Who will give a public apology to all the New York tax payers who will ultimately be the payee on this multi-million dollar law suit sure to be won, and deservedly so by this victimized young man?

What was bizarre about the HCRA tax was that all this money, billions and billions of dollars flowing into the state and flowing back out again for more than 20 different public health programs by the early 2000s, almost none of it was on the books.

Emails show Robert Nichols, Republican - turned - Democrat Assemblyman John Ceretto's top political aide, wanted none of the $ 1.6 million in tax dollars Ceretto was allocated last year by legislative leaders went to the town of Wheatfield, all of whose elected members are Republicans, because Town Supervisor Robert Cliffe allegedly gave Nichols and Ceretto the cold shoulder at a public picnic.

Speaking at a public lecture titled, «The State of the Ghanaian Economy — A Foundation of Concrete or Straw», chaired by Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, Dr. Bawumia revealed that, the total cost of infrastructure from loans, grants and taxes from 2009 to date, is around 7 billion dollars, whereas government has borrowed in excess of 39 billion dollars.

The New York state legislature is due to adjourn later this week, but there's still no agreement by Assembly Democrats on an education tax credit sought by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would allow donors a tax credit when they give up to a million dollars for private school scholarships and some public school programs.

And then there's Cuomo's economic platform — which, by the way, the W.F.P. signed onto in 2010 when it was begging Cuomo to endorse it — of a property - tax cap, reducing pensions for new public workers and cutting taxes, including some measures targeted at major banks and people with million - dollar estates.

Protestants, secularists, and public - school advocates proposed (and sometimes enacted) regulations that charged children with truancy if they attended Catholic schools; taxes on Catholic school property; bans on private schools that taught children in a language other than English; and constitutional amendments forbidding the use of public dollars to support even the secular instruction provided by a Catholic school.

By 2006, 21 other states and several local districts had begun similar programs, both to service homebound or other special - needs students and as an effort to lure home schoolers (and the tax dollars they represent) back into the public education system.

By this metric, any activity that involves government funds is public, because it involves the expenditure of tax dollars.

Florida has the third - largest charter sector in the nation — with more than 650 schools serving almost 300,000 students — but half of its charters are operated by for - profit companies, fostering negative public perceptions and greater reluctance to share tax dollars.

In another example of how the wealthy use the tax code to their benefit while public schools suffer, some states are funneling public dollars to private schools and allowing businesses and upper - income taxpayers to turn a profit in the process, according to a report released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP).

During the reauthorization process, there was a collective effort by NSBA and local school board members to advocate before Members of Congress for a modernized education law that underscores the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

Charter School: Funded through public tax dollars from money meant for traditional public schools, operates in the private sector, may be managed by for - profit charter management organizations (CMO), and are not required to be transparent about how tax dollars are spent, free from many of the regulations that apply to traditional public schools.

Everyone knows public schools are funded by tax dollars.

Other states, including Virginia, have begun indirectly steering public dollars to private schools by offering tax credits to those who donate to scholarship funds.

The governor signed House Bill 2 to upgrade oversight of the tax - funded, privately operated schools, some of which have been dogged by poor pupil academic performance and mismanagement of public dollars.

Charter schools are public schools funded by tax dollars, but they are run by independent boards as schools that students choose to attend.

Charter schools are public schools, paid for with tax dollars but run by private organizations and freed from many of the rules governing public schools.

In a new survey, which was commissioned by American Federation for Children and conducted by Beck Research, 63 percent support «giving parents the right to use tax dollars designated for their child's education to send their child to the public of private school which best serves their needs.»

In a recent post, she explained why putting the word «public» in front of «charter school» — which are funded with tax dollars but sometimes considered private by courts — is «an affront» to people for whom public education is a mission.

We strongly object to having our tax dollars suctioned out of public schools, where those hard - won rights apply, and spent to lure families into fly - by - night private schools, where all of the federal special education rights and protections disappear, to be replaced by nothing more binding than a warning of «buyer, beware!»

«Either they'll stand up for neighborhood public schools that provide opportunity for all children, or they'll reward campaign donors by funneling tax dollars to the private school industry.»

«A recent bipartisan poll commissioned by TSTA showed that Texans overwhelmingly oppose diverting tax dollars to vouchers and instead favor tapping into the Rainy Day Fund to increase spending for under - funded neighborhood public schools.»

Just like traditional public schools, charter schools are funded by local, state, and federal Tax dollars based on student enrollment, but they have the freedom to be more innovative while being accountable for improved student achievement.

Georgia instituted competitive public schools facilities funding 11 years ago and by law charter schools are eligible for E-SPLOST — education special local option sales tax — dollars but GCSA's report said, ``... the dividends from these programs have, thus far, been very limited.»

The report contains news stories, criminal records, and other documents to detail abuses such as charter school operators embezzling funds, using tax dollars to illegally support other, non-educational businesses, taking public dollars for services they didn't provide, inflating their enrollment numbers to boost revenues, and putting children in potential danger by foregoing safety regulations or withholding services.

In the coming weeks we'll dig even deeper into this absurd plan, but if you want to get a basic primary on how the education reformers are wasting our tax dollars, undermining the teaching professional and destroying our public schools, I urge you to start by reading — and then re-reading Wendy Lecker's great piece.

Administrator Assistance was launched in 2007 by two colleagues who understood the challenges that face modern public education including sound stewardship of tax dollars.

Because they are public schools they are funded by local, state and federal tax dollars.

The Florida public - school establishment is suing to repeal the Sunshine State's 13 - year - old school - choice tax credit and its new education savings accounts under the state's Blaine Amendment and its «uniformity clause,» which mandates that «Adequate provision shall be made by law for a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools...» The Florida Supreme Court previously struck down the state's voucher program under this provision in Bush v. Holmes (2006), on the grounds that the vouchers «divert [ed] public dollars» from «the sole means set out in the Constitution for the state to provide for the education of Florida's children.»

Either we support public schools governed by our elected neighbors or we let state governments dole out tax dollars to parents to shop for schools.»

Last year, JPS was under - funded by about $ 11.5 mil during the last school year, while the conservative state leaders have continually changed laws and regulations to make it easier to privatize public dollars (i.e. charter, vouchers, tax credits), starting with 3 charter schools in Jackson.

Its mission is to focus public tax dollars on the K - 12 education of public school students by opposing legislation in the Indiana General Assembly that would fund private school vouchers, expand private school tax credits, privatize charter schools by allowing private colleges and agencies to be authorizers, put for - profit managers in place to take a profit from operating public schools and privatize public schools through any other means.»

This would have given property taxpayers affected by the Racine and statewide voucher programs the final say on whether they want to be on the hook for tax dollars taken directly out of public schools to fund vouchers.

There will always be people who will pay for convenience just as there will always be those who want to spend nothing at a public library supported by their tax dollars.

Admittedly, public libraries are usually tax - dollar supported, but academic libraries are funded by grants, endowments, and the users» own direct tuition dollars.