And high - quality candidates are being driven away from the field
by school budget cuts imposed during the recession and the vitriol that often surrounds the education reform debate, educators say.
Not exact matches
The
school used the Penn Wharton
budget model to analyze the revenue impact of the House's most recent version of the Tax
Cuts and Jobs Act, which was approved
by the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday and is set for a vote
by the full House this week.
After all, the university had asked him to
cut the
school's
budget by $ 7 million to $ 57 million this year and he had been resisting.
Researchers at the Oxford Martin
School say that food and farming will be responsible for almost half of the planet's «carbon
budget»
by 2050 but that
cutting meat out of our diets, or simply
cutting down on the amount we eat, will have a major impact on associated emissions.
Many
schools are
cutting interscholastic sports because of
budget constraints, with others avoiding
cut - backs only
by increasing user fees.
For our public
schools beleaguered
by budget cuts, teacher layoffs, scandals, it seems like another nail in the coffin.
Cuomo's preliminary
budget allocates $ 300 million less for the NYC Department of Education than was expected, according to a new report, and Cuomo wants to
cut funding for charter
school lease compensation
by $ 86 million.
There's a real worry that with the
cuts in music for young people - not just in
school, where music budgets have been cut by # 16 million a year, but in local youth projects like the Rock School in Harlow - music will increasingly become not a right for all but a privilege for th
school, where music
budgets have been
cut by # 16 million a year, but in local youth projects like the Rock
School in Harlow - music will increasingly become not a right for all but a privilege for th
School in Harlow - music will increasingly become not a right for all but a privilege for the few.
Instead, the Education Secretary Michael Gove has acknowledged that the «premium» will be funded
by redistributing money within a shrinking
schools budget, which means that most
schools will see their funding
cut.
As the public continues to bear the brunt of pain after
budget cuts to services,
schools, and safety net programs, community leaders came together to demand that our elected leaders in the State Senate and Assembly ensure the priorities of Central New York are met
by passing Fair Elections.
The mid year financial report released
by Cuomo's
budget office says options to close the gap include more
cuts to state agencies, delaying payments to local governments and
schools, suspension of some construction projects, and even borrowing money short term to pay for operating expenses.
On the other hand, in another excerpt regarding their Valley Energy project in the Town of Wawayanda, CPV's press release declares: «The project will also provide more than $ 30 million in local tax revenue, with the majority going to the local
school system, which has been hit hard, in recent years
by budget cuts.»
Iannuzzi has been one of the few outspoken critics of Governor Andrew Cuomo and his proposed
budget, which
cut state aid to
schools by 2.7 % or about $ 1.3 billion.
The unusually high percentage of
school budgets that passed yesterday in spite of dire predictions
by everyone from Gov. David Paterson on down has become fodder for the teachers union and its allies in the fight to restore $ 1.4 billion worth of education
cuts proposed
by the governor.
Haldar's suspension did coincide, however, with nearly 50 job
cuts and layoffs at SUNY Poly
by interim president Bahgat Sammakia, who has trimmed nearly $ 15 million from the
school's
budget as it seeks to stabilize its finances in the wake of Kaloyeros» departure.
Schools in Britain will see their
budgets slashed
by as much as 14 % over the next four years in the biggest
cuts to education seen since the 1950s, tax and spending experts warn.
«The NASUWT predicted that the funding changes, driven
by a desire
by the Department for Education to mask the level and impact of
cuts to
school and local authority
budgets, would result in those who needed the support to address their needs losing it.
The
budget will
cut school aid
by close to $ 3 billion; Medicaid
by over $ 2 billion.
The
budget increases spending to
schools and health care
by 4 % over last year, when there were $ 10 billion dollars in
cuts.
Rob Astorino, the Republican Party candidate for Governor, will further segregate our
schools by resisting fair housing settlements, supporting even more
cuts to the education
budget, and trying to outdo Cuomo in his promotion of charter
schools.
In addition, the IBO said Cuomo wants to
cut funding for charter -
school lease compensation
by $ 86 million while also tightening oversight of
school budgets.
Now a combination of Quomo's low ball
budget proposal along with the poorly constructed tax cap in place
school local
school districts need to portray the extremely unpopular
cuts they now face (loss of electives and AP options;
cuts to music, art and athletics; increased class size) as being directly the result of decisions made
by our legislators in Albany.
That's the type of wishful thinking and lack of resolve that got us into the
budget mess in the first place, Paterson's camp contends, but vulnerable Senate Democrats, especially those in the suburbs with
school districts that will be hit hard
by the
cuts, are wary of a voter backlash.
Expressing anger at what he called austerity
budgets from Cuomo, Hawkins said that the Governor, «
Cut taxes for the rich and paid for it
by cutting our
schools.»
The $ 132.5 billion
budget cuts spending
by two percent and eliminates a $ 10 billion deficit through
cuts to
schools, public colleges, social service programs and health care.
«We shouldn't balance the
budget by cutting funding for
schools.
Public
schools everywhere will be affected
by the government's automatic
budget cuts under the congressional sequester.
But now, tax revenues are running behind projections, a $ 2 billion deficit looms, and
schools and hospitals are howling after two years of flat state
budgets capped
by an overall
cut in spending in April.
Tkaczyk was motivated
by deep
cuts in her
school budget and others in the district — concerns many others shared.
In the waning months of the Bloomberg administration, however, the iZone initiative, and
schools like Global Tech — which have benefited from extra funding and support offered through the program — are being buffeted
by a series of changes, from
budget cuts to city - wide implementation of the Common Core state standards.
Paladino planned to declare a fiscal state of emergency under the New York constitution, which he would use to freeze compensation of state, municipal and
school employees [45][46] and
cut the state
budget by 10 to 20 percent.
To help balance a $ 3 billion deficit in the 2011 - 13
budget, caused
by munificent tax
cuts to upper - income earners and corporations, Gov. Scott Walker and his Republican lawmakers
cut state aid to
schools by $ 792 million over two years.
UFTers have been out in force all month, with mass leafletting and high - profile rallies across the five boroughs, to raise public awareness about the state Senate's preliminary
budget that would
cut city public
schools by $ 500 million.
The staff and parents of Far Rockaway's PS 215 — one of the 25
schools on the mayor's original hit list for this year — paint a picture of a
school crippled
by four years in a row of
budget cuts.
Faced with a $ 2 billion
budget that falls short
by at least $ 101 million, the district must
cut spending on each
school by 6 percent, leaving district leaders to strip some or all art, music, physical education and library programs from three out of four
schools next fall.
A $ 223 million midyear
budget cut — the amount that Gov. David Paterson is threatening to take from city
schools in January — will do real damage to classrooms if a union survey of the harm already wrought
by the $ 400 million in city
budget cuts this fall is any indication.
We need to end the property tax cap and the Gap Elimination Adjustment, which has balanced the state
budget on the backs of our children
by cutting state aid to
schools for the last five years.
Question topics, which were limited
by the mayor's press staff to «
budget only», included an MTA
budget cut contained in the state
budget, the charter
school co - location / rent provisions in the state
budget and mayoral control of the
school system.
The
school faces a
budget crisis that requires it to restructure its debt and
cut its operating
budget by $ 10 million.
The
budget closes a $ 10 billion state
budget deficit
by cutting the state workforce
by 9,800 (mostly through attrition), closing several prisons, and significantly reducing aid to public
schools, colleges and Medicaid programs.
Mayor Bloomberg's proposed education
budget for next year does almost nothing to make up for years of
cuts to programs and staff, even though the state increased
school funding to city
schools next year
by more than 4 percent, UFT Vice President Karen Alford testified at a City Council Education Committee hearing on March 21.
UFT members from Districts 13, 14 and 17 as well as high
schools from those areas heard UFT President Michael Mulgrew speak about the proposed federal education
budget cuts, the attack on unions
by far - right privatization advocates, the dangers to hard - won benefits if a state constitutional convention is held in 2018 and other pressing issues.
In his speech Walcott called for an agreement
by Dec. 21 and invoked the threat of
school budget cuts if no agreement is reached.
How can you justify increasing the aid
budget by 50 per cent with
SCHOOLS and POLICE being
cut by 20 per cent?
Research conducted
by The Key has found that
schools are having to think outside the box in order to generate funds into
schools as
budget cuts surface.
HEADLINE: Strong Libraries Improve Student Achievement Last month, site - based management teams at 11 elementary
schools in Kalamazoo, Michigan, chose to
cut their
budgets for the 2000 - 2001
school year
by eliminating the position of
school librarian.
Illinois lawmakers are considering new
budgeting policies aimed at countering a frequent complaint of
school officials in states with lotteries: that gaming revenues do not really help education because they are matched
by cuts in funding from the regular
budget.
A fact - finding report examining the Los Angeles Unified
School District's financial condition urges employees to accept pay
cuts this year to help the district avert bankruptcy, noting that a «conscious and consistent effort»
by the district to raise its employees» salaries is a leading cause of its current
budget problems.
It said
school budgets are «already stretched to breaking point
by successive
cuts in recent years».
However, they are becoming increasingly underused and underappreciated in education, with a survey
by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) revealing that over a fifth of
school staff said their
school library
budget has been
cut by at least 40 per cent since 2010.