Sentences with phrase «current education funding levels»

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Education analysts at both the state and local levels asserted Wednesday that more than $ 2 billion in added funding will be needed in 2016 - 17 just to allow the state's 700 - plus school districts to continue offering student services at current levels.

On Wednesday, members of the city council's Progressive Caucus, including Councilman Daniel Dromm, chair of the Education Committee, came to Albany asking state legislators to adopt a budget that provides funding mandated by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court decision, excludes additional resources for charter schools, leaves the charter school cap at current levels and provides more local control over the city's schools.

This revenue must be allocated to supplement current education spending levels which would ensure that our schools are fully funded.»

Deals on school construction, after - school programs, and hiring new teachers appeared to be in jeopardy, as the Senate approved a temporary spending measure to keep education programs funded at current levels until Nov. 14.

Specifically, members of the National Association of Administrators of State and Federal Education Programs (naasfep) lobbied their Congressional delegations to vote against the consolidation of existing categorical education programs into new block grants to the states, to maintain those programs at their current levels of funding, and to work actively against the passage of PreEducation Programs (naasfep) lobbied their Congressional delegations to vote against the consolidation of existing categorical education programs into new block grants to the states, to maintain those programs at their current levels of funding, and to work actively against the passage of Preeducation programs into new block grants to the states, to maintain those programs at their current levels of funding, and to work actively against the passage of President...

As many as 50,000 teachers and instructional aides could lose their jobs next fall if current Title I funding levels are extended through the rest of the fiscal year, Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley said last week.

Washington — In a significant policy shift, the Education Department has submitted a fiscal 1989 budget request to the Office of Management and Budget that would hold the department's funding close to or above its current level.

Mechanisms we espouse, such as student - based funding, open enrollment systems, charter schools, and virtual education, are having some success in breaking open the current system, but they require very special circumstances at the state and local level.

For one thing, taxpayers might be less likely to support the current high levels of education funding if such funding were completely centralized.

Congress must act before the March 1 deadline so that our most disadvantaged children do not lose access to vital education programs and services that are already inequitable at current funding levels.

A House appropriations subcommittee voted along straight party lines to maintain funding for key K — 12 education programs at current levels while completely eliminating three of the Obama administration's signature reform initiatives.

With nearly all K — 12 programs receiving no proposed increases to their current funding levels in the president's FY13 budget, it's worth examining where the new investments in federal education programs are being targeted.

The House funding blueprint would slice education spending by $ 135 billion from 2016 to 2025 (20 percent below current funding levels), and the Senate proposal would cut education spending by $ 63 billion (8 percent below current funding levels) during the same period.

There will be a separate formula for Alternative Provision based on population and deprivation, and Hospital Education will continue to be funded on current spending levels until better data on hospital inpatient data can be explored.

Reason for hope: This month, Congress passed and the President signed a new federal education act into law — one that could begin to change our current landscape of inequitably funded schools, too often focused on a low - level curriculum unsuited to our 21st - century needs.

The governor's proposal would give the city nearly $ 241 million for education through local aid and charter school tuition reimbursement — a drop of about $ 500,000 from current funding levels.

According to JPS spokesman Sherwin Johnson, «the current [Mississippi Adequate Education Program] formula uses a base student cost of $ 5,381.52; at the current funding level... our actual funding is at $ 4,882.77 base student cost» — a difference that puts the district $ 498.75 in the hole for every student enrolled, a deficit that runs into the millions.

While the recession ended several years ago and state governments have increased higher education funding, current levels are still notably lower than in 2007.

Strategies: Review current funding levels for the provision of legal services; improvements to judicial education i.e. informing our people about judicial processes and their legal rights; monitor and evaluate and effectiveness of legal services.