Sentences with phrase «district on public financing»

The political action committee funded by Jonathan Soros is mailing in Sen. Diane Savino's district on public financing under the Fair Elections umbrella.

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Mello - Roos taxes are voted on by property owners and are used to support special districts that finance services, public works or other improvements.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

It is up to the citizens of New York to keep the pressure on their elected officials in order to ensure that public matching for small in - district donations remains a crucial aspect of any campaign finance reform proposal.

In preparation for the launch of the Fair Elections for New York campaign, a series of events in Albany and across the state are being held to call attention to state legislators» reliance on out - of - district campaign contributions — further evidence of the need for a state public campaign finance system that relies on small donors and local money.

Government reform groups are angry at Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he is giving up too soon on an anti-corruption agenda that includes public financing of campaigns and greater prosecution powers for the state's district attorneys.

Cuomo says he did not want to compromise on a reform package that includes public campaign financing, and new prosecutorial powers for the state's district attorneys to root out public corruption.

Filmmaker Steve Cowan posted full transcripts of his interviews with Cuomo and Maffei on the film's website, which include Maffei's observation he supports public campaign finance «because it means the only people we'll have to worry about in our day are the taxpayers and constituents in our district, and that's what we're supposed to do.»

In response to the recent corruption cases against public officials which continue to rock state and local offices, and perhaps in an effort to distance himself from the corruption which ensnared a member of his own small network of close colleagues, Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Ossining) joined Executive Assistant District Attorney Itamar Yegeri to announce a comprehensive plan which aims to prevent campaign finance improprieties through new regulations on campaign spending and donations.

Rep. Whit Betts, R - 78th District and the delegation's senior member, said he'd call for eliminating the state income tax on Social Security, and contended that doing away with public campaign financing would offset most or all of the lost revenue.

«One, is the gerrymandering that occurs allowing lawmakers to draw their own district lines... [two is] a disgraceful campaign finance system that allows them to hit up special interests for ridiculous amounts of money,» said Blair Horner, executive director at the New York Public Interest Research Group, referring to a lack of «pay - to - play» restrictions on campaign donors with government business.

Yet in public K — 12 education, there is a curious twist on this pattern: school districts have largely lost their monopoly on education programming, but are still the only game in town when it comes to financing, developing, and deploying public school buildings.

The Census Bureau's latest Public Education Finances Report is out, and it shows that employee benefits continue to take on a rising share of district expenditures.

Alan Rupe, an attorney representing public school districts and students in Kansas, is questioned by the media after making oral arguments on school finance to the Kansas Supreme Court on May 10 in Topeka.

Some measures in the bill, such as new transparency requirements on finances and contracting, represent healthy new accountability bringing charters in line with district public schools.

Transforming education in the District of Columbia into an all - ESA district — establishing a truly universal policy to create education savings accounts for every DC student — would transform the existing school finance system from one that is based on student enrollment counts in boundary - defined regular public schools to one that is student - centered and responsive to the needs of individual fDistrict of Columbia into an all - ESA district — establishing a truly universal policy to create education savings accounts for every DC student — would transform the existing school finance system from one that is based on student enrollment counts in boundary - defined regular public schools to one that is student - centered and responsive to the needs of individual fdistrict — establishing a truly universal policy to create education savings accounts for every DC student — would transform the existing school finance system from one that is based on student enrollment counts in boundary - defined regular public schools to one that is student - centered and responsive to the needs of individual families.

For more than a century, public schools have been governed and actively managed by local school boards and districts, which opened and closed schools based mainly on total district enrollment, district finances, and local politics.

He has promised to charge rent to well - financed charter schools, which are privately run but publicly financed, for using public school buildings, and he has placed a moratorium on future requests for classroom space inside traditional district schools.

And we will continue to reject the perverse notion that decades of poorly managed district finances should be corrected on the backs of hardworking charter public school families.»

Posted on December 23, 2016 · A new Texas education commissioner vowed to crack down on district and campus accountability, a drawn - out court case over school finance ended and federal officials began investigating an alleged cap on special education services in Texas school districts — those are among the highlights of the year 2016 in Texas public education.

In Leslie County Public Schools in Eastern Kentucky, finance officer Vickie Buckle said that district is already struggling, and she has no idea how they can spend any more than the $ 1.1 million they are now on transportation or meet transportation needs on less than the $ 585,000 they received last year from the state.

This list also underscores the national imperative for all states to continuously work to ensure that their public education finance systems are meeting the needs of all students and the demands placed on local districts, schools and educators.

Janet Vaughan Robertson's practices focuses on the public finance arena and she is a highly respected bond counsel, underwriter counsel, credit bank counsel, borrower counsel, issuer counsel and trustee counsel in connection with multi-million dollar municipal and conduit bond issues for school districts, charter schools, private schools and local government.

This study focuses on an aspect of school finance which remains largely unaddressed by the public policy literature, namely the relationship between school district credit constraints, crucial investments in public schools, and underserved student populations.

In April 2017, In the Public Interest released a report revealing that a substantial portion of the more than $ 2.5 billion in tax dollars or taxpayer subsidized financing spent on California charter school facilities in the past 15 years has been misspent on: schools that underperformed nearby traditional public schools; schools built in districts that already had enough classroom space; schools that were found to have discriminatory enrollment policies; and in the worst cases, schools that engaged in unethical or corrupt pracPublic Interest released a report revealing that a substantial portion of the more than $ 2.5 billion in tax dollars or taxpayer subsidized financing spent on California charter school facilities in the past 15 years has been misspent on: schools that underperformed nearby traditional public schools; schools built in districts that already had enough classroom space; schools that were found to have discriminatory enrollment policies; and in the worst cases, schools that engaged in unethical or corrupt pracpublic schools; schools built in districts that already had enough classroom space; schools that were found to have discriminatory enrollment policies; and in the worst cases, schools that engaged in unethical or corrupt practices.

Republican legislative leaders in Illinois on Wednesday proposed a state takeover of Chicago Public Schools and permitting the troubled district to declare bankruptcy to get its finances in order, billing the controversial ideas as a «lifeline» and not «a state bailout.»

A tentative deal reached late on Monday between the Chicago Public Schools and its teachers union averted a strike that had been scheduled for Tuesday but the impact on the district's already - shaky finances was uncertain.