Sentences with phrase «cutting general school»

For the purposes of this comparison of the levies anticipated in the Partnership Plan and the actual / preliminary levies for the period covering the 2009 - 10 through 2011 - 12 budgets, what is most important is that while cutting general school aids for the years 2009 - 10 and 2010 - 11, the Democrats increased the Levy Credits and that the Republicans in power have maintained these increases.

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Coding school startup General Assembly confirmed Thursday afternoon that it was cutting 50 members of its 750 - strong global staff.
The sort of liberalism which looks with contempt upon conservative groups and their schools or even on conservative tendencies in theology in general, calling them all «Fundamentalist,» and the kind of conservatism that abhors all critical movements alike, cut themselves off from each other in the theological world more effectively than do Baptists from Presbyterians, Methodists from Anglicans.
Cuomo relayed his readiness for such a high - stakes confrontation in conversations with key aides and state lawmakers during the past two weeks as he outlined general plans to cut the state payroll and impose billions of dollars in reductions on school districts and the Medicaid program in the fiscal year beginning April 1.
Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «The NASUWT warned at the outset when the Pupil Premium was first introduced that, in the context of the Coalition's savage austerity measures and its failure to protect school budgets despite its claims to the contrary, this funding would inevitably end up being absorbed into school budgets as the cuts bit.
Visiting Bristol yesterday as part of Labour's city conversation, to help elect Marvin Rees as city mayor, shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg highlighted the government's swingeing cuts with new build funding for schools slashed by a massive 57 %, against a general 30 % cut in most other spending areas.
«It is scandalous that in the context where the Conservative Party is proposing even deeper cuts to funding post the General Election, it still plans to pour millions of pounds into free schools.
In general, the chapter leaders at high schools cited fewer effects from cuts than those in elementary schools.
In experiments with human cells, Shengdar Tsai of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School found that some guide RNAs nearly always lead Cas9 to the correct cutting site.
Dr Antonakakis, a Senior Lecturer in Portsmouth Business School and an Assistant Professor in Vienna University of Economics and Business, said: «Despite its legal obligation to assess the health effects of EU policies, the Directorate - General for Health and Consumer Protection of the European Commission has been rather passive in terms of assessing the impact of the troika's push for austerity, and has rather limited EU commentary to advise how health ministries should cut their budgets.
Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), said: «Support staff are feeling the brunt of school cuts as schools struggle to make ends meet.
Dave Prentis, Unison general secretary, said: «School support staff are among the UK's lowest paid workers, yet they are paying the price of continued government spending cuts.
Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «Reductions in education funding have led to cuts in provision such as breakfast and after school clubs, music lessons, SEN support and the Education Maintenance Allowance which helped students stay on in education.
Russell Hobby, General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, cautioned that although the idea is overall a good initiative, there are still issues such as budget cuts and recruitment matters which mean some schools are simply not in a position to offer the service.
Governor Donald Carcieri, Speaker Gordon Fox and Mayor Daniel J. McKee cut the ribbon at Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy's 2009 opening, surrounded by (from left to right) Cranston mayor Allan Fung, R.I. attorney general Peter Kilmartin, former senate majority leader Daniel Connors, R.I. commissioner of education Deborah Gist, former president of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools Nel - son Smith and former R.I. representative Mary Ann Shallcross Smith.
Mary Bousted, general secretary of the ATL teaching union, warned: «Unless teachers get a significant pay rise, schools will have to start increasing class sizes, or shutting courses and cutting the subjects available to pupils.»
Jon Richards, Unison's head of education, said: «This paints a grim picture of the way cuts and a general lack of cash are having a huge effect on school support staff.
Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), has warned cuts to school library budgets risk the literacy of children.
Larry Flanagan, EIS general secretary, said: «EIS members in West Dunbartonshire are determined to stand firm against the authority's plans to cut principal teacher posts in secondary schools.
To isolate the effect of the recessionary spending cuts from that of the general ill - effects of the recession, Cora Wigger, Heyu Xiong and I rely on the fact that states that relied heavily on state taxes to fund public schools experienced the deepest education revenue cuts during the recession, on average.
Commenting on extra resources to be allocated to grammar schools and free schools in tomorrow's Budget, Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders» union NAHT, said: «School leaders will be bitterly disappointed by today's budget details but those who will suffer most are the millions of pupils in schools facing massive and unsustainable budgetschool leaders» union NAHT, said: «School leaders will be bitterly disappointed by today's budget details but those who will suffer most are the millions of pupils in schools facing massive and unsustainable budgetSchool leaders will be bitterly disappointed by today's budget details but those who will suffer most are the millions of pupils in schools facing massive and unsustainable budget cuts.
Four of the five states with the biggest cuts in general school funding since 2008 — Arizona, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin — have also cut income tax rates in recent years.
Another state that cut taxes deeply — Kansas — also has imposed large reductions in general school funding, but the precise size of those cuts can not be determined because the state eliminated its funding formula earlier this year.
These strategies involve 1) accurately informing the general public and the policy community regarding the condition of schools, that is, their financing, their achievement, and the relationship between the two; 2) conducting empirical research aimed at understanding issues of productivity in education; 3) informing policymakers and school managers regarding means by which budget cuts can be made without eviscerating instructional effectiveness; and 4) solving challenges to wider adoption of instructional technologies.
Kevin Courtney, general secretary of the National Education Union, said schools were not absorbing budget cuts, instead many were cutting posts and increasing class sizes.
While the debate rages on about whether or not North Carolina's General Assembly actually dealt public education a financial punch in the gut with the 2013 - 15 budget, NC Policy Watch is keeping a running tally of education funding cuts that local school districts are coping with as they open up for the 2013 - 14 academic year.
Rayner also praised parents and unions involved in the campaign against real - terms school funding cuts, which brought the issue to the fore during last year's general election.
According to the union, almost 80 % of schools are providing support for children with mental health issues from general school budgets, «stepping in where cuts in health and social care funding have failed to meet the growing demand for support».
General Secretaries from the School Cuts coalition will be at the following locations on Saturday 21 April:
Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said that many schools are so cash - strapped they are unable to afford even a meagre pay rise of 1 % for their staff next year without having to make further cuts.
Additionally, my school's budget was reduced by 3.26 percent (adding to a total of almost 14 percent in the past four years), general per - pupil funding was cut by 6 percent, and the city decided students with special needs would receive 15 percent less per - pupil funding than before.
If current law stands and the General Assembly does not fund enhancement teachers or make other changes this January, local school districts will have to begin drawing up plans to comply with the mandate that include the following scenarios, they say: increase class sizes in grades 4 - 12; cut or displace arts, music, PE and special education classes; reassign students to different schools to alleviate crowding; and, in some cases, eliminate or displace Pre-Kindergarten.
That would follow three years of cuts in general state aid to schools — 5 percent three years ago, 11 percent last year and 11 percent this year.
Even with the general population of students, charter schools are often about cutting every single corner they can find.
«On behalf of the Arizona Charter Schools Association, including our state's 600 - plus charter schools serving approximately 160,000 students, we are pleased that today's opinion by Attorney General Brnovich brings much - needed clarity when it comes to budget cuts to be endured in the next year by small, public charter sSchools Association, including our state's 600 - plus charter schools serving approximately 160,000 students, we are pleased that today's opinion by Attorney General Brnovich brings much - needed clarity when it comes to budget cuts to be endured in the next year by small, public charter sschools serving approximately 160,000 students, we are pleased that today's opinion by Attorney General Brnovich brings much - needed clarity when it comes to budget cuts to be endured in the next year by small, public charter schoolsschools.
One of the very real consequences of the General Assembly's recent budget cuts and North Carolina's declining commitment to fund its public schools is that it is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit our state's best and brightest to...
The $ 23 billion budget deal speeding through the N.C. General Assembly this week includes a platoon of significant public school initiatives, including much - touted teacher raises, a swift ballooning of the state's funding for a private school voucher program and dramatic cut - backs for North Carolina's central K - 12 bureaucracy.
General Assembly members forbade cuts from GOP - backed initiatives such as the teacher prep program Teach for America and the Innovative School District, formerly called the Achievement School District, which could allow for - profit charter operators to take over several low - performing schools in the coming years.
Many school districts, already squeezed by shrinking state education budgets, say that to fill the hole they anticipate would be left by the Republican push to restructure Medicaid, they would either have to cut those services or downsize general education programs that serve all students.
Geoff Barton, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said designated teachers are «already very good» at identifying mental health issues and believes the greater issue is funding cuts limited counselling services.
Gail Cartmail, Assistant General Secretary at Unite, said: «The education and wellbeing of future generations is being harmed by cuts to school budgets.
General secretary Dave Prentis said: «Schools also get vital funding and support services from local authorities, which are being hit by drastic cuts.
General secretary Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, said: «Schools also get vital funding and support services from local authorities, which are being hit by drastic cuts.
General Secretary Chris Keates said trying to work out the implications of the Spending Review was like «knitting fog», but «we can be certain that many schools are facing a budget cut».
But ASCL general secretary Brian Lightman warned: «Schools and colleges will suffer the knock - on effect from cuts to other services.
While Connecticut's state budget approval process is far from over, the Connecticut General Assembly's Appropriations Committee has made some significant changes to Governor Dannel Malloy's proposed state budget including deleting some of Malloy's $ 80 million in cuts to public schools and reducing Malloy's plan to INCREASE charter school funding by more than 25 percent.
When Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy addressed a joint session of the Connecticut General Assembly ninety days ago to present his proposed state budget, he called for record cuts to Connecticut's public schools while demanding the legislature increase funding for charter schools by more than 25 percent.
While Malloy and the Democratic controlled General Assembly are instituting unprecedented cuts to public schools, thanks to the «reformers» lobbying effort, more than $ 110 million in public dollars will be handed over to charter schools this year alone.
It falls far short, however, of the amount needed to reverse the # 2.8 bn real terms cuts that schools have suffered since the 2015 General Election, and will not protect against the further impact of inflation and other cost increases.
Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, added: «Teachers and school leaders have taken successive pay cuts for a number of years now and it is vitally important that steps are taken to redress this.&School and College Leaders, added: «Teachers and school leaders have taken successive pay cuts for a number of years now and it is vitally important that steps are taken to redress this.&school leaders have taken successive pay cuts for a number of years now and it is vitally important that steps are taken to redress this.»
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