Sentences with phrase «direct aid to school districts»

In the two most recent state biennial budgets, the state's resources identified as supporting schools in Wisconsin have been steered into levy credits as opposed to direct aid to school districts.

New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine has proposed a fiscal 2007 state budget that calls for nearly level funding of direct aid to school districts.

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While some of these changes have merit, the Governor should limit school aid growth and make reforms to the distribution of aid to better direct it to the neediest districts.

Earlier this year, and as part of Race to the Top requirements, the state did direct New York school districts develop their own teacher evaluation systems, known as annual professional performance reviews plan (APPR), lest the districts risk losing additional available state aid.

«In order to establish the tax cap calculation as of March 1, state Education Department guidance directs school districts to use «applicable executive budget computer runs» to estimate anticipated building aid and transportation aid.

Some groups condemned the governor for calling on districts to direct more of their state aid to their neediest schools — an exhortation that seemed at odds with his history of fighting the state's Foundation Aid formula, which directs more money to the state's poorest school districts and which advocates argue is itself underfundaid to their neediest schools — an exhortation that seemed at odds with his history of fighting the state's Foundation Aid formula, which directs more money to the state's poorest school districts and which advocates argue is itself underfundAid formula, which directs more money to the state's poorest school districts and which advocates argue is itself underfunded.

Any direct or indirect erosion of Impact Aid through a voucher program will reduce the Impact Aid funding currently going to these districts, and would also place a great financial burden on the local community, which would be left to fund public schools with an already low level of state and local tax revenue.

Under the proposal, funds that would have been sent to a district school on the child's behalf through the federal Impact Aid program would be directed to families to use for education - related expenses.

Often reacting to mandates from courts that found local finance systems unconstitutional, states have moved away from funding based primarily on property taxes and have implemented state aid formulas that direct more money to low - income and low - tax - base school districts.