Sentences with phrase «cuts to education funding»

Obama's Cuts to Education Funding A little over a month ago president Obama released his budget recommendations, which landed in Congress with a dull thud.

Since the 2008 recession, Oklahoma has made deep cuts to education funding.

However, New Leaders is extremely concerned by the deep cuts to education funding contained in the bill that recently passed the Committee; we strongly urge Members of the Senate to consider restoring, and even expanding, funding for critical education programs as part of an overall increase in non-defense discretionary spending as the bill moves to the Senate floor.

Both chambers of Congress have passed spending blueprints to guide the federal government's spending for FY 2016 and beyond — and both chambers propose severe cuts to education funding.

«This new report from the Education Policy Institute confirms what the National Education Union has been saying about the impact of the Government's real terms cuts to education funding.

State Democrats criticized Walker's budget proposal for not doing enough to make up for previous cuts to education funding, attacking in particular his decision to expand the voucher program.

The Australian Education Union has vowed to fight against any changes, and claims the Government is attempting to create a smokescreen in order to make cuts to education funding.

The head of a the NEA, Reginald Weaver, recently spoke out in very strident terms against NCLB and President Bush's cuts to education funding to pay for the Iraq war.

The New York Times did a piece earlier this week on a confrontation between Christie and teacher Marie Corfield around cuts to education funding, and 60 Minutes featured Christie in a wide - ranging piece on the state of state budgets.

So, with ever - increasing scrutiny of financial regularity, how do you avoid this kind of wasted investment being the case in your school or academy and, with further cuts to education funding on the cards, how can you get «more bang for your buck» when it comes to ICT procurement?

By doing so, we will prevent future cuts to education funding and ensure that every teacher is held to a fair and meaningful standard of excellence.»

The government's # 3 billion real - terms cut to education funding must be reversed or we will see education and care suffer.

Not exact matches

Still, Skyrocketing college costs, cuts to public funding for higher education, stagnant incomes and the growth in the college - going population are largely to blame for the uptick in outstanding student loans over the past decade.

Mr. Kenney, chanting the mantra of «choice,» appears to be committed to increasing that public subsidy while cutting education funding for most Alberta schoolchildren.

The Labour party has rejected claims it would cut funding to faith schools and attempt to phase them out of the education system.

and that's why the Republicans want to cut funding for public schools — so ghetto kids will never be able to leave the ghetto because they have no education — and they won't be able to get birth control either so they will proliferate and perpetuate their situation for generations — and this will never stop until America ends its dependence on fossil fools like Romney, McConnell, Cantor, Ryan, The Bohner, Limbaugh, etc..

As funding for education programs face dramatic cuts under some plans, we must work to ensure keeping students well - fed and ready to learn remains a top priority.

The Orfalea Fund — in partnership with First 5 of Santa Barbara County — committed significant time, energy, and financial resources to help early childhood education center directors and teachers develop cutting - edge, evidence - based skills and competencies.

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.

... Considering Gov. Andrew Cuomo's accusation last week that school districts and their allies are playing politics with kids in their opposition to his education funding cuts, this mailer seemed particularly pointed.

NYSUT gave its top honor to Kennedy last April following a bruising budget battle during which the union and the governor were at odds on his proposed deep education funding cuts (eventually approved by the Legislature).

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein believes the Senate GOP will come around to backing the continuation of a surcharge on the wealthy in order to fund education spending, a phase out of tuition costs and potentially cuts to business taxes.

The union also released the results of a poll conducted by National Opinion Research that found 63 percent of New Yorkers would prefer to see a temporary income tax increase on the state's highest earners (1 percent for those who make more than $ 1 million and 2 percent for those who make over $ 5 million) over education funding cuts of between $ 800 million and $ 1.4 million.

The University and College Union warned that tuition fees of nearly # 7,000 would end up becoming the norm because of the government's wider cuts to higher education funding, however.

«Ask them if they want to cut education funding or healthcare and they refuse to answer.

Gov. David Paterson last Thursday proposed $ 5 billion in cuts over the next two years to fill a growing state budget deficit, and the plan makes deep reductions in funding to education, health care and state agencies.

Much bigger cuts lie ahead: Education Secretary Arne Duncan warns that as stimulus funding dries up, as many as 300,000 teachers and other school personnel could lose their jobs this year to budget cuts.

From May 9 to May 12, thousands of people will be speaking out against Mayor Bloomberg's proposed budget cuts that would slash funding for education and other vital services.

At a press conference early this morning demanding more education funding from the state, Ms. James went after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the $ 2 billion tax cut plan he unveiled ahead of his State of the State speech last week, separating her from other city lawmakers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who have largely refused to criticize the plan.

Findings from a project led by London's Institute of Education and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Department for International Development (DFID) show that using new ways of encouraging young children to stay in regular schooling cut drop - out rates by 42 per cent in just a year.

Warming to his subject, he condemned Mr Cameron's plans to share the proceeds of economic growth between investment in public services and tax cuts, saying this would mean «substantial» cutbacks in health and education funding.

This, combined with the coalition's decisions to abolish Regional Development Agencies, the 27 per cent of cuts to local government services and cuts to higher education funding, leaves the arts at serious risk.

In next week's emergency budget legislation, to keep state government operating in the absence of a new budget, Mr. Paterson will include an array of further long - term spending cuts, but none involving education funds, according to an administration official.

Assemblyman says Congress must «referee» to stop Secretary of Education from cutting federal school funding to punish NY for massive student opt - outs of grades 3 - 8 tests

«Cutting Pell Grants and Medicaid funding without addressing the underlying causes of rising higher education and healthcare costs, simply represents a shift of costs to state and local governments who would be overburdened and unable to provide for vulnerable populations.»

Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, a Manhattan Democrat who chairs the Assembly Higher Education Committee, applauded the idea of tuition - free college, but was cautious given past cuts to state funding for higher eEducation Committee, applauded the idea of tuition - free college, but was cautious given past cuts to state funding for higher educationeducation.

Cuomo also panned the Senate GOP's proposal to use the $ 500 million worth of education aid for which he wants districts to compete to restore some of the $ 1.5 billion in funding cuts.

A lower reimbursement rate for some providers would lead to chaos and inequity in the early childhood system by cutting funds from community based organizations that provide care and education for New York's children.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo went further on Tuesday in Ontario County, suggesting the money could be used to fund infrastructure, but also tax cuts and education.

As this year's A-level students prepare to receive their results, the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, is calling on the Government not to squander their potential by further funding cuts to education and training.

The rest would be funded by cuts to other areas of the education budget.

He inherited a $ 55 million shortfall in school district funds due to accounting errors begun under the prior administration, and fixed the problem without resorting to layoffs or cuts in education programs.

Without the $ 440 million from tobacco, his proposed deep cuts to school aid and higher education funding would only get more painful.

In addition to cutting the Department of Education's budget by $ 350 million, the plan replaces $ 853 million of expiring Federal stimulus funding with city money.

The Department of Education's proposal to amend ESSA would label most Westchester public schools as «in need of improvement» and would cut federal funding for any school where 5 percent of students or more opt out of Common Core testing.

But Democrats, who run the Assembly, continue to argue that most increased education funding should go to the highest - need schools, which would happen if it were put in the «foundation» funding pot by which most state aid is allocated, and which also was cut drastically during the economic downturn.

At a time when the nation is trying to produce workers with the skills to master new technologies and adapt to the complexities of a global economy, large cuts in funding for basic education undermine a crucial building block for future prosperity.

Cuomo also emphasized his intention to renew the millionaire's tax, which he said is worth «a tremendous amount of money» that can be funneled into funding for education and tax cuts for the middle class.

The public spending cuts will wound a sector bolstered by injections of funding under Labour from the mid-90s when money was redirected away from universities to early years learning and further education.

Tough economic times obviously mean tough decisions have to be made; but Gov. David A. Paterson's proposal to cut education funding by a devastating $ 1.4 billion would decimate public education in our state and region.