Sentences with phrase «devastating education cuts»

«The agreement worked out among the governor, Speaker Silver and Majority Leader Skelos — a stark contrast with the political deadlock in Washington — will bring more fairness to the state tax code and help ensure that children in our public schools will begin to see restorations from the devastating education cuts of recent years,» he said.

«There are so many great options where Democratic candidates are clearly contrasting their fight for the middle class with the Republicans allegiance to the Koch brothers, but I would vote for North Carolina where Speaker Tillis» devastating education cuts are ending his chances.

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Last spring the budget for human services and public education in Massachusetts was threatened with devastating cuts because of a shortfall in revenues.

-- To keep higher education affordable, the Legislature restores the Governor's devastating tuition assistance cuts ($ 49 million restoration) and community college cuts ($ 56 million restoration).

«However, we are committed to sparing our schools from the most devastating cuts and ensuring that our higher education system remains accessible to all New Yorkers.»

Reinstating this tax on buybacks would allow Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature to tax some of the windfall profits companies are making off the tax bill and protect New Yorkers from devastating federal cuts to health care and education.»

As New York State braces for proposed federal budget cuts that could have a devastating impact on health care, education and infrastructure investments across the state, more than 80 New York residents with incomes in the top 1 % have sent an open letter... (read more)

Iannuzzi will begin his latest term at a critical juncture for the labor movement, as issues like collective bargaining and seniority are under attack nationwide, and as public K - 12 and higher education in New York struggle to cope with the devastating effects of more than $ 1 billion in cuts by state government.

In their press release, NYSUT takes a slight shot at Cuomo and the legislature for those education cuts, calling them devastating.

«It is clear that voters want quality public schools, and state can and should reverse what would be devastating cuts to 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.

Jackson, who successfully sued state lawmakers in 2006 for failing to provide the constitutionally required «sound, basic education» for New York City students, called Cuomo's cuts «a step backward» and «devastating for the children of New York state.»

The National Union of Students (NUS) President Aaron Porter, who wrote a piece for Channel 4 News asking Lord Browne if he would like to start his adult life with debts of # 40k last week, said: «If adopted, Lord Browne's review would hand universities a blank cheque and force the next generation to pick up the tab for devastating cuts to higher education.

It's not just public schools that face devastating midyear education cuts.

Education news and opinion site The 74 ran a series of exclamatory columns asserting, «Trump's Ed Budget Masks Cuts as Flatlines and Makes Cuts That Devastate Kids,» and «How Trump's Budget Would Gut Innovations in Teacher Training — Just as Things Are Getting Better.»

Trump's proposal to cut 13.5 percent of the U.S. Department of Education's budget and the Congressional appropriations process that implements some of these cuts would have a dramatic and devastating impact.10

And yesterday, the members of the illegal Board of Education wouldn't even demand that Vallas explain the cuts, even though these cuts would have a devastating impact on some of our state's most vulnerable children.

Entitled, Malloy and Legislative Democrats target Regional Vo - Tech high schools for devastating cuts, the article reported that the so called «compromise» budget agreement between Malloy and Democratic legislative leaders cut the Vo - Tech High School budget by $ 7.8 million, dropping the state's investment in vocational and technical education from $ 171 million a year to $ 163 million.

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.

North Carolina public school leaders say a legislative mandate to decrease class sizes in the early grades may have a devastating impact on school systems across the state, forcing districts to spend millions more hiring teachers or cut scores of positions for those teaching «specialty» subjects such as arts, music and physical education.

«President Trump's proposed $ 9.2 billion cut to education initiatives will deliver a devastating blow to the country's public education system if enacted by Congress.

Supt. Deasy and the Board of Education wisely invested these resources in hiring more teachers, counselors, and principals after devastating budget cuts, and developed a strategy to bridge the technology gap for poor students.

These cuts are a further devastating blow to education services and schools.»

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said the cuts would have a «devastating impact on vital public services including education».

Although the specific programmatic numbers still have to be negotiated, the deal will most likely prevent further education funding cuts, lift the devastating spending caps known as sequestration, and allow for potential targeted increases in education spending.

Recent issues of Capitol Connection have reported on the potentially devastating effects of sequestration, the across - the - board cuts to education and other federal programs set in motion by the congressional budget impasse last fall.

The bipartisan congressional supercommittee's failure to negotiate a national deficit reduction plan triggers automatic, across - the - board spending cuts that will have devastating consequences for schools and students already reeling from deep education cuts at the state level.

The announcement, which came in the form of a memo (PDF) sent on Friday to chief state school officers from Deputy Secretary of Education Anthony Miller, is a shocking development for education experts and political observers who, up to now, believed that all federal education programs would be subject to a devastating 8.4 percent across - the - board cut beginning in JanuEducation Anthony Miller, is a shocking development for education experts and political observers who, up to now, believed that all federal education programs would be subject to a devastating 8.4 percent across - the - board cut beginning in Janueducation experts and political observers who, up to now, believed that all federal education programs would be subject to a devastating 8.4 percent across - the - board cut beginning in Janueducation programs would be subject to a devastating 8.4 percent across - the - board cut beginning in January 2013.

Together these two developments will produce devastating cuts to education programs across Connecticut.

While Trump's cuts are to be expected from an unstable, right - wing «nut job,» the cuts being proposed by the Democrats would have a more immediate and devastating impact on public higher education in Connecticut.

Severe cuts in education funding are devastating the state's public schools and shortchanging students» education.

Connecticut teachers are urging legislators to take up the critical issue of education funding when they convene for a special session later this month to focus on the draconian cuts devastating the state's public schools and shortchanging students» education.

She highlighted components of the report, which called the president's education cuts «devastating» and noted that the budget is more than $ 6 billion below FY 2010 education spending levels, proposing cuts that are far deeper than in any of the previous five administrations.

«President Trump's proposed $ 9.2 billion cut to education initiatives will deliver a devastating blow to the country's...

Just weeks after President Obama made a national commitment to greater investments in early education in his 2013 State of the Union, Head Start programs faced devastating budget cuts that slammed shut the window of opportunity for 57,265 at - risk children.