A marathon
debate over education funding continues in Ohio, where school groups are already divided over a May 5 ballot measure that proposes hiking the state sales tax by 1 cent in order to raise revenue for schools.
From Keystone Crossroads The dust has settled on the 2016 - 17 Pennsylvania budget, and, as usual,
debates over education funding and policy dominated much of the negotiations.
Not exact matches
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Funding for New York State schools should not be held hostage due to the ongoing
debate over how best to reform our
education system.
While the
education fight last year was largely waged
over the policy of testing and teacher evaluations, the
debate this year is broadly
over funding.
POUGHKEEPSIE >> Democratic state Sen. Terry Gipson and Republican challenger Sue Serino sparred
over issues including the SAFE Act,
funding for
education and the influence of New York City lawmakers on the Hudson Valley during a
debate Tuesday before the Dutchess County Association of Realtors.
As
debate continues
over how to
fund universal pre-kindergarten in New York State, an Assemblymember from the Hudson Valley wants to ensure that
funding for special
education programs is part of the plan.
Until 2001,
debate over the allocation of
funding often dominated efforts to revise the main federal K - 12 law, the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act.
The program adds a new element to
debates over education reform: Can families use state
funds to customize a child's
education?
This topic is particularly relevant in K - 12
education, where
debates are waged
over whether teacher pension plans should be maintained as defined benefit (DB) systems or if they should transition to defined contribution (DC) systems which are, by definition, fully -
funded.
Sound bilingual
education policy has generated decades of contentious
debate and is a key component of two major ongoing lawsuits
over bilingual
education funding.
In
debates over how much
funding is needed to achieve certain outcomes, it has become increasingly apparent to some state leaders that the issue is mostly about how much money lawmakers are willing to invest in public
education.
This legislation has sparked heated
debate over issues such as the federal role in
education, testing, and
funding.
Gov. Scott Walker's announcement Friday to curtail union bargaining and require pension and health care contributions from public employees upped the ante in a
debate over K - 12
education funding.
The State Board of
Education next week will consider and possibly settle a
debate over one word in the proposed final regulations for the Local Control
Funding Formula.
Yet after years of
debate over perceived declines in access to arts
education in U.S. schools, efforts are underway to expand
funding and opportunities for students to draw, drum or dance.
In a brazen effort to hand
over Hartford's Clark Elementary School to Friendship Charter Schools of Washington D.C. and divert more scarce public
funds to another out - of - state charter school management company, a special meeting of the Hartford Board of
Education has suddenly been called for tomorrow to approve a resolution «requesting» that Stefan Pryor, Governor Malloy's Commissioner of
Education, use his authority to simply hand Clark Elementary
over to Friendship Charter Schools without any further
debate or discussion.