Sentences with phrase «dollar school facilities»

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Lets ignore the millions of dollars they donate to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, build schools, medical facilities etc..

$ 25 million dollars is also in the state budget to beef up security at JCC's, schools, and other facilities under threat.

Howe was a paid adviser to the SUNY Polytechnic Institute as well as COR and LPCiminelli — both of which won contracts to build multi-million dollar high - tech facilities for the school — but only recently registered as a state lobbyist.

Caproni ruled that former SUNY Poly president Alain Kaloyeros will start his trial on May 15 along with executives from COR Development and LPCiminelli, two contracting firms that built multi-million dollar facilities for the high - tech school.

That difference was the result of some $ 5,500 per student in local tax dollars going to district schools that charters such as Omega did not receive — all this in addition to money for facilities and other outlays that were also denied to Ohio charters.

Districts are reimbursed through another funding stream for students who have left traditional district schools for charters: 100 percent of per - pupil in the first year, 25 percent for the next five years, as well as an annual per - pupil facilities cost of approximately $ 900 dollars.

By contrast, in the less urban area of western Contra Costa County, there are more available facilities and a growing population of students that match most charter schools» target populations — but fewer opportunities to access philanthropic dollars to start up new schools.

Dozens of Atlanta contractors are nearing completion of stadiums, housing, and related facilities for the games, and the few companies willing to bid on school projects demand top dollar.

It's true that New York charters get several thousand dollars less in operating funds per student than the city's district schools do — and, even more important, they do not get separate capital funding for facilities in Gotham's extremely pricey real - estate market.

As for the latter, states must to find ways to get charter schools to a decent level of per - pupil funding, plus facilities funding, if not in comparison to traditional public schools then at least in terms of real dollars.

In contrast to past practice where school districts dolled out their local capital dollars based on school facility needs, the new sharing requirement under HB 7069 calculates how much is owed to charters on a per - student basis.

It can give charter schools increased access to facilities and local tax dollars.

New Vision Charter School, Loveland, CO Building Block Fund Project: A collaborative partnership between a charter school and Boys and Girls club, enabled by CSDC's credit enhancement, for new construction of a multi-million dollar, multipurpose facSchool, Loveland, CO Building Block Fund Project: A collaborative partnership between a charter school and Boys and Girls club, enabled by CSDC's credit enhancement, for new construction of a multi-million dollar, multipurpose facschool and Boys and Girls club, enabled by CSDC's credit enhancement, for new construction of a multi-million dollar, multipurpose facility.

For each elementary student enrolled, a District charter school receives $ 11,879 in tax dollars, including $ 8,770 to match per - pupil academic spending in the regular public schools and a $ 3,109 facility allotment to help pay for buildings.

When the Aurora Expeditionary Learning Academy (AXL) in Aurora, CO refinanced higher cost debt through the Mountain West Charter Schools Fund, it was able to lower its overall facilities financing burden while funding additional improvements, resulting in more dollars for the classroom.

CSDC's tailored development services increase each school's capacity to plan and manage their finances to meet their facility needs while maximizing the dollars available for classroom teaching and learning.

A declaration that the State's funding scheme, which results in charter students receiving 60 to 75 cents on every dollar received by district students, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the New York State Constitution; A declaration that the State's funding scheme, which denies facilities funding to charter schools, violates the New York State Constitution; A declaration that the State's funding scheme, because of its overwhelming and targeted impact on minority students, unconstitutionally discriminates on the basis of race.

These brave charter school parents argue the state funding formula results in their children receiving only 60 to 75 cents on every dollar and no facilities funding denies them access to a sound basic education, as required by the New York State Constitution.

The two leaders have strongly supported charters, helping secure approvals, making public - school space available on favorable terms and putting aside city capital dollars for charter facilities.

Even if high - poverty schools receive more money, some programs or uses, such as facilities upgrades or enrichment activities, are more easily purchased with private, less - restricted dollars, such as those provided through parent donations.

Bond supporters argue that not only does the School Facility Program provide the additional support districts need to fund their multi-million dollar projects — it also stimulates the economy by creating hundreds if not thousands of jobs needed to do the work.

Typically, public charter schools receive only a portion of local tax dollars per pupil and do not receive facilities dollars.

The talk around the water cooler has changed over the years, but school administrators keep returning to the same issues - how do we comply with the ADA; how do we address increasing enrollment and decreasing dollars; should we contract services out or keep them in - house; how can we keep our students, faculty and facilities safe and secure; where does technology fit into our educational goals.

But lawmakers and school facilities advocates have continued to lobby for a new bond, saying there's no way schools can afford on their own to pay for all of their maintenance and construction needs, which number in the tens of billions of dollars.

Agassi's charter school facilities are funded with tax payer dollars, through the rent charged to charter...

State Defunds Program to Fix «Slum» Schools Eight years after California settled a landmark lawsuit promising hundreds of millions of dollars to repair shoddy school facilities, more than 700 schools still are waiting for their share of funds as students take classes on dilapidated campuses with health and safety hSchools Eight years after California settled a landmark lawsuit promising hundreds of millions of dollars to repair shoddy school facilities, more than 700 schools still are waiting for their share of funds as students take classes on dilapidated campuses with health and safety hschools still are waiting for their share of funds as students take classes on dilapidated campuses with health and safety hazards.

Prop. 39 was written to ensure that all public school students share equally in the buildings constructed with state facilities dollars.

Since charter schools receive zero in facilities funding they can not meet families» demand for a public charter school seat and they must use classroom dollars for bricks and mortar.

(Calif.) Hundreds of millions of dollars would be reserved for building or remodeling charter schools and career - technical education facilities under terms of a school construction bond measure set to go before voters next year.

Georgia instituted competitive public schools facilities funding 11 years ago and by law charter schools are eligible for E-SPLOST — education special local option sales tax — dollars but GCSA's report said, ``... the dividends from these programs have, thus far, been very limited.»

Other complaints have been lodged about the quality of individual schools in the program and questions have been raised about whether some schools chosen to receive hundreds of thousands in tax dollars have adequate facilities, teaching staff and curricula.

GCSA will use the report to foster consensus to fund charter school facilities with dedicated dollars that are not part of annual operating budgets.

Because charter schools receive less in public funding than other public schools, it forces them to make difficult choices on how to spend their scarce dollars — and because many charter schools don't receive facilities funding, they also pay for their own buildings, which puts them at a significant financial disadvantage.

While a majority of New York charter schools are currently co-located with district schools in public facilities, many charters have to divert operating dollars to pay for private facilities.

Additionally, all schools outside of New York City are denied access to state facilities funding and are therefore forced to pay rent or mortgage, and spend scarce dollars on building maintenance — something other public schools do not have to do.

Require school districts to share space and / or facility dollars with charter schools that enroll 50 or more students from said home district;

That means that every dollar we invest in our school facilities is a dollar that can change the future of our state.»

«Texas charter schools are taking dollars out of the classrooms for facilities that they could be using to pay teachers, to help students with more innovative... curriculum ideas and to be able to serve their students better.»

Although charter schools do not commonly have bonding authority and typically can not directly access local tax dollars, some states allow school districts to include charter school facility needs in their bond or levy requests.

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 practices.

The Oregon Legislature this year authorized the sale of $ 123 million in state - backed general obligation bonds to fund a new School Capital Improvement Matching Program to help stretch local dollars and address urgent school facility needs across the School Capital Improvement Matching Program to help stretch local dollars and address urgent school facility needs across the school facility needs across the state.

These brave charter school parents argued the state funding formula results in their children receiving only 60 to 75 cents on every dollar and no facilities funding denies them access to a sound basic education, as required by the New York State Constitution.

Public charter school students in New York currently receive no per pupil facilities aid, can not provide preschool programs, and on average receive about 75 cents on the dollar when compared to traditional school district spending.

For years, their schools were forced to redirect scarce instructional dollars toward facilities costs — even as per pupil funding was held flat.»

Lawmakers and school facilities advocates have continued to lobby for a new bond, saying there's no way schools can afford on their own to pay for all of their maintenance and construction needs, which number in the tens of billions of dollars.

Following the celebration, participants will meet with lawmakers individually to push for funding parity and facilities dollars for schools that do not currently receive support for their buildings.

Getting this myth «believed» meant new opportunities to turn tax dollars into profits — profits from, for example, paying a few teachers more and many teachers less; profits from designing standardized tests; profits from renting school facilities; profits from managing schools; profits from data management systems and test - scoring systems; and profits from selling software platforms and computing devices.

This denial of facilities funding resulted in huge funding disparity and forces charter schools to pay rent or mortgage, and spend scarce dollars on building maintenance — something other public schools do not have to do.

Charters are exempted from some state restrictions on curriculum and teacher licensing, although the often privately - run schools frequently complain of funding inequalities, pointing out that charters don't receive state dollars for school facilities.

Instead, charter schools have been a mostly unsuccessful «experiment» that has diverted billions of dollars from public schools struggling to maintain safe facilities and adequate programs for students.