Sentences with phrase «dollars for public schools»

Recognizing that principals are essential to most school - improvement efforts, the revised law governing the federal government's major source of dollars for public schools offers states and districts new funding possibilities for activities to promote effective school leadership.

With these focus areas, the package has set aside approximately $ 712 million dollars for public schools.

The formerly routine 2.75 percent annual increase in state dollars for public schools has become a rarity.

The president of Indiana's largest teachers union issued a statement saying the increase in voucher enrollment means fewer dollars for public schools, which has a direct impact on the depth of public school programs.

At the same time, the mayor said he got the best deal he could for the city because he secured additional dollars for public schools.

«Tioga Downs» expansion will foster hundreds of new jobs and spur much - needed economic development in the Southern Tier, plus generate millions of dollars for public schools and local governments — with all private money and zero taxpayer dollars,» Commission Executive Director Robert Williams said in a statement.

Not exact matches

The 23 - year - old Chance, whose real name is Chancelor Bennett, won three Grammys, struck a deal with Apple Music for $ 500,000, and pledged to donate a million dollars to Chicago Public Schools — all in the last month.

Parochial schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the public education system paid for by taxpayers.

For exactly the same sexual abuse in a public school and a Catholic parish, the difference in financial exposure is millions of dollars.

Herbert Grover is the increasingly visible state superintendent of public instruction for Wisconsin and a man determined that no tax dollar shall be soiled by the hand of a parent on its way to school.

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House Speaker Michael Madigan blamed teacher unions on Friday for killing a proposal to send tax dollars to private schools, claiming the powerful lobby doesn't want competition for Illinois public schools.

«We are excited to see Chicago Public Schools continue to be a leader by using procurement dollars to improve the freshness, quality and nutrition in their meals for students while growing opportunities for local, sustainable and fair producers and processors,» stated Rodger Cooley, Executive Director of the Chicago Food Policy Action Council.

«Which of course is a problem, because every dollar that has to be supported by the general fund is a dollar out of the classroom,» said Ed Wilkins, the school nutrition director for the San Francisco Public Schools.

«I am voting for this resolution because of the more than half a billion dollars in new funding it asks our state to deliver to non-charter New York City publics schools,» Avella said at the time.

John Flanagan and his Albany cronies have sold out Long Island public schools and have cut a deal with high finance charter school operators to exchange millions in taxpayer dollars for campaign cash for Chris McGrath,» said Democratic Senate Campaign Committee spokesman Mike Murphy.

It took some trimming — a few million dollars here, a half - million dollars there — but the Buffalo Public Schools were able to close a projected $ 10.2 million deficit and come up with a balanced budget for next year.

He is known as a committed advocate for public education, and co-founded the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which won billions of dollars for city schools from the state, though most of that money has never materialized.

Buffalo Public Schools, always strapped for cash, missed out on hundreds of thousands of dollars when it underbilled for providing special education services to students from other school districts, a new state audit found.

money, follow the money: These charter school proponents would love to privatize and monetize everything in sight - including your children's future - as they increasingly suck up your tax dollars and public buildings and public resources for their own ideological and profit - making ends — leaving the public schools starved.

The budget includes a multi step plan that could lower property taxes, $ 340 million dollars for schools to start pre-K programs, and a limited test program for public campaign financing.

But Kolb says he knows talks are going on about the top two remaining issues, renewing New York City's rent laws and an education tax credit for donors who give up to a million dollars to fund scholarships for poor children in private schools and fund afterschool activities at public schools.

He broke into politics by co-founding the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which in 1993 sued Albany for billions of dollars it argued the state owed to city public schools — and eventually won, though Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has since resisted delivering the funds.

A judge has ordered New York State to disburse millions of dollars it was withholding for nine struggling public schools, including three in Buffalo.

The Success Academy charter school network has filed an appeal to a state Education Department ruling that the network must sign a mandated contract in order to receive public dollars for its pre-K programs.

The UFT has issued a memo warning of a potential loss of millions of dollars in federal funds for more than 1,200 New York City public schools if Trump's administration adopts a voucher system for schools.

Nixon's criticism mirrored an op - ed she published last month that slammed Cuomo for his support of charter schools and for proposing to eliminate the so - called Foundation Aid formula for funding public schools, which critics argued would deprive districts of billions of dollars that they are still owed under 2006 court decision that found the state had underfunded public education.

While public schools are reimbursed for the full cost of this tax, religious and independent schools are not, creating a gap for them of nearly six million dollars.

The Fund for Great Public Schools, a teachers union backed SuperPAC, spent tens of thousands of dollars backing Senator Rivera.

Under Republican leadership, this Legislature has continuously underfunded our public schools, focused on creating low wage jobs that leave working families in a cycle of poverty, and given away millions of taxpayer dollars to insurance companies while health insurance costs for working families skyrocket.»

Buffalo Public Schools are chipping away at the vast costs of health insurance for current employees and retirees, saving millions of dollars.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nikolas Cruz could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, his public defender said Wednesday as the Florida school shooter appeared at a hearing to determine if taxpayers will pick up the tab for his defense.

Charter schools statewide receive on average 75 cents for every dollar spent on students in traditional public schools, according to charter advocates.

The budget also extends the millionaire's tax that was due to expire at the end of this year, preserving billions of dollars in annual revenue for schools and other vital public services.

More than 700,000 students in more than 1,200 New York City schools — including large high schools in all five boroughs — would face higher class sizes, have fewer teachers and lose after - school academic and enrichment programs if President - elect Trump makes good on a campaign promise to pull billions of federal dollars away from public schools to pay for private vouchers, a UFT analysis has found.

The New York state legislature is due to adjourn later this week, but there's still no agreement by Assembly Democrats on an education tax credit sought by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would allow donors a tax credit when they give up to a million dollars for private school scholarships and some public school programs.

The proposal, for the final budget of Mr. de Blasio's first term, provided a blueprint of sorts for a potential second term with big - ticket investments — including an additional $ 1.9 billion in capital spending to create more apartments for some of the poorest New Yorkers — and long - term plans, like tens of millions of dollars to start a preschool program for 3 - year - olds in city public schools, and new spending on homeless shelters.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined a coalition of labor, business and political groups urging New Yorkers to vote yes on Election Day on Proposition 1, a referendum on a casino plan that would bring to the state new jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue for public schools.

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.

Sen. James Seward, R - Milford, No «State tax dollars should be used to help our schools, repair our roads, and enhance public safety, not pay for political ads.»

Amanda also served as the Director for Participatory Budgeting for Council District 30, where she spearheaded the allocation of over one million dollars in capital funds, as voted on by thousands of local residents, to improve public schools, libraries, and parks in the district.

The Success Academy charter school network is challenging a recent blow to its pre-Kindergarten program - and its political standing - by filing an appeal to a State Education Department ruling that the network must sign a mandated contract in order to receive public dollars for its pre-K programs.

For one, the schools need the money; a report last year from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute showed that the average charter school receives 80 cents on the dollar compared to traditional public schools.

Lawmakers in New Jersey are calling for major reforms in compensation practices for public school administrators in the wake of a scathing report that concludes that millions in taxpayer dollars were spent on lucrative contracts, hidden perks, and pension padding for dozens of superintendents and their top deputies.

Articles in The New York Times questioned not only the academic results for students in virtual schools, but also the propriety of business practices surrounding the use of public dollars for such programs.

Most public school teachers participate in defined benefit (DB) pension plans, which because of different accounting rules contribute significantly less today for each dollar of future retirement benefits than private - sector DB pensions or defined contribution (DC) pension plans.

He urged state lawmakers to create a voucher program that would allow kids to use public dollars for private school tuition.

Don McAdams, founder of the Center for Reform of School Systems, says that philanthropy typically involves modest dollars but can have an outsized influence because of its agility and public impact.

This we can see in Thomas Dee's account of Tennessee's 13 - year attempt to install a workable «career ladder» for the Volunteer State's public - school teachers (see «Dollars and Sense,» page 60).

This is actually something parents of home - schooled children have done for years, but increasingly some seem to be saying that they would like some of the benefits of the local public school, for which they are paying with their tax dollars, as they do so.