Sentences with phrase «cut to public education»

Following a period of intense and painful budget cuts to public education funding, the new revenue coming to our schools is a welcome relief to classroom teachers.

Some of the proposed cuts to public education would simply shift the burden onto local property taxpayers, while others would reduce the level of services some public school students receive.

They're also looking to pull from lottery money to pay for those raises, instead of making cuts to public education.

In 2013, severe budget cuts to public education closed 23 schools and left those remaining schools without extracurricular programs, guidance counselors, librarians, and other vital resources.

The Democratic governor and Lt. Governor who used to decry the lack of adequate funding for the state's public schools are now proposing the deepest cuts to public education in Connecticut history.

Instead, the cuts fueled further economic decline and forced the governor and legislative leaders to impose even deeper cuts to public education and other state services.

The well - financed charter school advocacy group is the organization that is paying for the television ads promoting Governor Dannel Malloy's proposed state budget that makes historic cuts to public education while dramatically increasing funding for charter schools.

At the same time, we've seen massive cuts to public education statewide.»

Aresimowicz says he's calling for a September 14th budget vote because his House Democratic caucus wants to avoid what he says are Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy's draconian cuts to public education that would take effect if there is no budget by October 1.

While protecting charter schools, who proved to be among his largest campaign donors, Malloy's new spending plan actually includes a variety of significant cuts to public education programs including a $ 15 million cut in the school transportation grant which will simply shift the burden for those costs onto local property taxpayers.

The founder of a grassroots public school advocacy group based in northern Wisconsin says Rep. Mary Czaja backs «draconian» budget cuts to public education at the behest of Republican party leadership.

Maass believes voucher programs weaken public schools and school districts in ways that go beyond just losing state aid, although that is devastating during a time of unprecedented cuts to public education.

A group of teachers and supporters dropped off a 61,000 - signature petition to lawmakers on Thursday, demanding pay raises that do not result in destructive cuts to public education.

The General Assembly should reject Governor Dannel Malloy's record cuts to public education and instead conduct a fair and honest cost study, in conjunction with CCJEF, to determine the appropriate level of support for Connecticut's public schools.

Governor Scott's proposed cut to public education is $ 3.3 Billion dollars.

This has all occurred during a time of historic cuts to public education, historic expansion of publicly subsidized private school tuition, and increasing burden on local property tax payers.

Despite the funding cuts due to the recession, massive cuts to public education and districts» ability to pass overrides, the Arizona Charter Schools Association successfully advocated for solutions that minimized the impact to charter students.

As experienced educators and reform activists, they know the problems firsthand: racial and economic achievement gaps, sharp budget cuts to public education, misinformed policy decisions, and more.

Dozens of teachers, parents, students and others who supported closing schools spoke passionately about state budget cuts to public education and the impact on students, teachers and other school workers.

Her position has alienated Moskowitz from local charter leaders and advocates, who have taken pains to draw a bright line between their support for school choice and the policies advocated by the Trump administration, which has proposed a widespread school voucher program along with billions of dollars in cuts to public education.

Three Maryland superintendents whose school systems stand to take the biggest hit from Maryland's «Doomsday» budget pleaded with state legislators Monday to reverse an estimated $ 129 million cut to public education that they said would have devastating effects on their districts.

Collectively, the superintendents said, the three districts would shoulder 73 percent of the $ 128.8 million cut to public education.

The protest comes on the one - year anniversary of Prop 30, a measure that raised state taxes to avert nearly $ 6 billion in cuts to public education.

Twenty cities took part in coordinated actions on September 20th to express our opposition to the Trump / DeVos agenda of cuts to public education, vouchers and privatization.

On June 30th, the PA General Assembly passed a budget that included $ 927.7 million in funding cuts to public education.