Sentences with phrase «directs more state money»

Brown's new formula, which will be fully funded over the next eight years, directs more state money to districts with a large proportion of needy students and English learners.

While there's no dollar figure yet attached, lawmakers passed an «enhanced safety net hospital» measure that directs more state money to hospitals where at least

While there's no dollar figure yet attached, lawmakers passed an «enhanced safety net hospital» measure that directs more state money to hospitals where at least half the patients are on Medicaid or are uninsured.

As Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders huddle over rival plans to restructure school funding, lawmakers in Colorado have devised a novel approach to directing more state money to disadvantaged students while calling on wealthier communities to raise their taxes if more is needed.

Not exact matches

He put the state's borrowing practices into perspective, explained how politicians have repeatedly devised new ways to borrow more money and outlined a proposal that would give the voters more direct control over borrowing money.

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 underfunded.

Governor Cuomo announces more money in the budget for direct care workers Tuesday at the State Capitol.

Language in the clean - up bill would have directed more money toward the beginning of the school year, two state officials said.

The Local Control Funding Formula unknots the state - imposed rules that had restricted the use of K - 12 dollars, directs more money to disadvantaged children and shifts control over spending to school districts.

And since teachers» pension costs are blended with other education spending, lawmakers sometimes decide to withhold money from pensions to allow more direct state spending on the schools.

He has promised to flat fund education for two years, essentially an 8 % cut, introduce an A-F grading system for all schools and create in - district school choice, all while adopting market - based «Money Follows the Child» to direct more state funds to privately run charter schools.»

• To identify a direct and thus causational relationship between teachers and students, all other factors impacting student achievement, including out - of - school factors, would have to be controlled, resulting in a process that would cost more money and time than the state can fund.

Through the Local Control Funding Formula, which Brown shepherded through the Legislature in 2013, the state shifted control over budget decisions from the state to school districts and created an equity - based financing system that directs more money to low - income students, English learners and foster youth.

For example, Indiana is directing more money — about 128 million dollars since 2009 — to our low performing schools that commit to taking bold action to improve student performance, increase community and parent engagement, and avoid state intervention down the road.

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.

The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) spends more money on its lobbying activities and for hosting Receptions at the U.S. Capitol and State Capitols than it does on direct animal care.