Her strong leadership made the PSF bill a reality during a special legislative session
called around school funding and efficiency.
Not exact matches
Former teacher Linares said he also intends to focus on education, and
called for more
funding to help community
schools and provide wrap -
around services for public
school students.
At 10:30 a.m., clergy members and education activists from
around the state will deliver 800 + petition signatures to Cuomo
calling for «full and fair»
school funding ($ 2.2 billion in additional state aid), governor's office, 2nd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.
A coalition of
schools groups — ranging from the umbrella organization for the state's teachers union and the Council on
School Superintendents —
called for a variety of
funding reforms for districts
around the state ahead of next year's budget negotiations.
The district will also remain qualified for AAA bond rating, which typically
calls for
school district reserve
funds to be
around 10 percent of its total annual budget.
Rally organizers will
call on union leadership to demand a «real path to better public
schools,» including reduced class sizes; a renewed focus on the arts, music, civics, and physical education; and
funding for afterschool programs and wrap -
around programs.
Find out the impact that these so
called experts are having on our children and if we can better allocate public
funds, such as reducing class size, adding more after -
school programs, and wrap -
around services.
Instead, as I have been writing about and warning for years, the legislature has repeatedly just shifted money
around from one account to another and then
called it an increase in
school funding.
I challenge her to
call for full wrap
around services in all «high poverty»
schools and to increase Title I
funding available to
schools serving poor children in general.