Sentences with phrase «diverts public school funds»

The plaintiffs in Schwartz v. Lopez (see Legal Clips for background on suit) alleged that SB 302 violates the requirement for a uniform school system under Article 11, Section 2; and diverts public school funds contrary to Article 11, Section 2 and Section 6.

The complaint says the law violates the state's constitution by «improperly diverting public school funds to private nonprofit groups» not subject to local voter control and creates another roadblock to funding basic education.

From the lawsuit: «It appears that if one is not Orthodox Jewish, like the majority of the LBOE Board Members, and is not committed to diverting public school funds to benefit the local religious schools, that individual does not get to remain as an employee in the Lakewood School District.»

Not exact matches

Speaking at the inaugural conference of the Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, he also accused local government chairmen in the country of embezzling the remaining council funds after Governors would have diverted a sizable portion.

The district has been fighting for some time over funding, with the Orthodox Jewish - controlled school board diverting funds to Yeshivas — religious private schools that educate a minority of students — and away from the public schools attended by a majority of students, many of whom are black and Latino.

Chartering made it possible for legislators to vote for choice without making themselves vulnerable to attacks that they were diverting public funds to religious schools.

School unions, for example, have been cautious in their support, often seeing charters as drawing funds away from resource - starved public school districts and diverting the discussion from how to fix public schools, which continue to serve the vast majority of American stuSchool unions, for example, have been cautious in their support, often seeing charters as drawing funds away from resource - starved public school districts and diverting the discussion from how to fix public schools, which continue to serve the vast majority of American stuschool districts and diverting the discussion from how to fix public schools, which continue to serve the vast majority of American students.

«Vouchers in any form divert tax money to private schools or homeschoolers and take it from under - funded public schools, where the vast majority of school children will continue to be educated,» said Clay Robison, a spokesman for the Texas State Teachers Association.

Opponents tend to complain that the districts divert funding from public schools (forgetting that they are still public) and that they remove control of schools from local oversight, handing them to state authorities and even (gasp) charter school operators.

ESA programs are a new type of private school funding that diverts much - needed funding away from public schools and redirect it to parents who enroll their children in private or religious schools and supplemental programs.

«It is NSBA's longstanding position to oppose diverting public funds away from public education to fund private schools,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards Association.

As amicus curiae in many federal and state courts, NSBA continues to urge courts to refrain from joining a troubling wave of nationwide efforts to divert public tax dollars away from public schools to fund private entities.

While there is no indication of racial motivation among the Indiana lawmakers who created the voucher program, the effects are clear: Indiana's voucher program increasingly benefits higher - income white students, many of whom are already in private schools, and diverts funding from all other students who remain in the public school system.

We oppose diverting public funds to private and parochial schools through vouchers or similar efforts such as school choice.

Today, billions of taxpayer dollars are being diverted from the nation's public schools to charter schools and with those funds has come a growing crisis of so - called education entrepreneurs who are using some of those scarce public funds to line their own pockets.

Refrain from initiating state and federal initiatives that divert funding from public secondary schools to private sources.

Alexandria, Va. (February 1, 2016)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) applauds the recent Nevada District Court decision granting a preliminary injunction in the case of Lopez v. Schwartz, halting the state's Education Savings Account Program (ESAP), that would divert general funds appropriated for public schools to fund private school tuSchool Boards Association (NSBA) applauds the recent Nevada District Court decision granting a preliminary injunction in the case of Lopez v. Schwartz, halting the state's Education Savings Account Program (ESAP), that would divert general funds appropriated for public schools to fund private school tuschool tuition.

PRIORITY: NSBA opposes any legislation that diverts public funds from K - 12 education directly through voucher programs, or indirectly through tax credits or related schemes to fund private, religious or home school education.

«Diverting public funds away from public education to fund private schools doesn't serve all children equally, and places traditionally underserved students at an even greater disadvantage.»

In October, the Sequim School Board, worried it would divert funding from public education, passed a resolution against the initiative.

Other major donors to Luke Bronin's campaign for mayor of Hartford is New Haven charter school activist Alex Johnston who, as the original head of ConnCAN, consistently pushed for diverting scarce public resources from public schools to the privately owned, but publically funded charter schools.

«They're really about undermining public schools by diverting funds and resources.»

«Why on Earth would we start new, experimental schools and divert money away from our existing public schools when we're not fully funding those?»

In its ruling, the court explained that as the bill diverts general funds appropriated for public schools to fund private school tuition, it violates sections of Nevada's constitution.

The refusal to fund public schools and simultaneous willingness to divert money to privately run charter schools has parallels to Connecticut.

All the while, voucher opponents assert, private school vouchers divert much - needed funding from public schools.

This language was adopted to prevent public funds from being diverted to churches, church - run schools or sectarian institutions.

Add in the tens of million spent by local school districts on computers and internet expansion so that students can take the on - line tests, along with the substitute teachers who were brought in so that full - time teachers could be pulled out to «learn about the Common Core,» and well over $ 150 — $ 200 million dollars (or more) in public funds have been diverted from instruction to the Common Core and Common Core testing disaster.

The bill, first introduced last week by Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), would set up education savings accounts for parents in the armed forces who could divert a portion of funds that would have been sent to a public school on their child's behalf under the federal Impact Aid program to different schooling options.

Voucher programs diverts desperately needed resources away from the public school system to fund the education of the few voucher students.

Voucher schools, which are primarily religious in nature, are yet another system of schools funded by public tax dollars diverted from public schools.

States across the country are draining funds from public schools that educate the vast majority of our children and diverting it to a few students in private schools.

The program has not been without its difficulties — a court challenge brought by the state's teacher and school boards associations has sought to eliminate school vouchers on the claim that they unconstitutionally divert public funds away from public coffers, among other reasons.

Sen. Jerry Tillman breathed new life back into a proposal heard earlier this session that would have diverted funds typically reserved for traditional public schools over to charter schools.

Voucher and voucher - like programs divert much - needed funding from public schools and redirect it to private schools where, in some cases, there is little accountability or evidence to support expansion.

Bith NC & LA courts recently blocked funding from being diverted to religious schools from public schools due to their constitutions.

School voucher programs — including the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program (WPCP)-- divert much - needed funding away from public schools when they are expanded, according to a new policy memo by the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) with funding from the Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice.

The Corporate Education Reform Industry and its allies like President Obama, Former President George W. Bush, presidential candidate Jeb Bush and Democratic governors Andrew Cuomo and Dannel Malloy have repeatedly claimed that the Common Core, the Common Core testing scheme, diverting scarce public funds to charter schools, privatizing public education and evaluating teachers based on the Common Core test results would be good for the nation's public school students, their parents and the country's future.

Martin said the growth of publicly funded private charter schools and private school vouchers is also an important issue because those programs divert critical tax money away from public schools, thereby increasing the challenges public schools face in meeting the growing needs of their diverse student bodies.

If the funding diverted per ESA student were less than $ 6,453, then the average funding per student who remains in public school would rise — yielding a net positive impact.

While leaving Connecticut's real public schools without sufficient funds, Malloy and Democratic legislators approved a deal to divert more than $ 100 million dollars this year to the companies that operate Connecticut's charter schools.

Absent from the trip were teacher's groups and others in Florida who criticize the tax credit scholarship program for diverting needed funding from the public schools to send children to private, often religious, schools that don't have to meet state standards.

There's the sketchy school voucher scheme that diverts public money to almost completely unaccountable private schools and religious academies that even some prominent Republicans say shouldn't receive taxpayer funds.

«When we can not adequately fund public schools and their teachers, we have no business diverting funds that could help us to private entities instead.»

Wilson said because Senate Bill 302 diverts some general funds appropriated for public schools to fund private school tuition, it violates sections of the constitution.

State Judge Tim Kelley said Friday that the program improperly diverts money allocated through Louisiana's public school funding formula to private schools.

Now public education advocates are asking what happens to the public funding diverted from local school districts to bankroll the controversial pilot program?

90 million — amount in dollars that school voucher proposal by Rep. Paul Stam would divert in funding from public schools over the next two years («Stam to unveil Expansive School Voucher Plan,» Carolina Journal, April 10,school voucher proposal by Rep. Paul Stam would divert in funding from public schools over the next two years («Stam to unveil Expansive School Voucher Plan,» Carolina Journal, April 10,School Voucher Plan,» Carolina Journal, April 10, 2013)

PESAs divert funds from traditional, inclusive public schools and have higher administrative costs than other voucher programs.

It also called into question the way charters are funded, saying a moratorium should continue until «public funds are not diverted to charter schools at the expense of the public school system.»