Sentences with phrase «dollars go to the public schools»

«I really firmly believe and our case is such that the constitution itself speaks to the actual use of the public dollars going to public schools,» Ritz says.

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JK If you're talking about public schools, schools supported by everyone's tax dollars, please explain to me why my tax dollar would go to promote the belief in a god that I don't believe is real?

Church bells ringing to remind the flock it's time to pay homage and tithe, christian rules on public buildings, fundamentalist curriculum in schools (or home schooling on the public dollar), you're all going to fry in hell, etc..

And as a parent whose children attend public school, I'm also angered that McDonald's is trying to go through schools to access children, providing much - needed fundraising dollars by pushing its unhealthy food on school families.

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.

«$ 4.8 billion dollars is a tremendously large amount of resources that would go a long way in ensuring our ability to address the inequities which remain across our public school system across our state,» Perry said.

Lawmakers considering portability or other federal voucher programs must understand that the concept of federal dollars going into a «backpack of cash» that follows eligible students to the schools of their choice, whether public or private, is only part of the story.

«Many people go there to see what they'd like in their own green schoolyard,» she says about this «Mercedes model,» but the Tule Elk outdoor redo cost a half - million dollars more than it did a decade ago, far beyond the means of most public schools today.

She's someone who has used her inherited wealth and the wealth that she's married into to try to distort and reshape our laws to advance her personal views, which are that we should basically redefine public education to mean our tax dollars should be going to fund private schools, religious schools, that advance her worldview.

But the Trump agenda goes further by calling for federal dollars to follow low - income students into the school of their choice, whether private, public, or home school.

After all, if education dollars follow the student, rather than going directly into the public school, then a portion of the money available to educate a departing student will indeed leave the public school.

Johnson maintains that no public funds go to fund the program, even though public dollars pay for teacher salaries, building mortgages and other costs associated with running the school.

They already face a lot of obstacles, and now we are going to disregard them and take dollars away that were intended to support them in the public system and try to send them to private schools that may exclude them.»

When companies choose the tax credit, these dollars bypass the state and go directly to vouchers — making it harder for opponents to argue that «public» money is going to private schools.

She says it's fundamentally wrong for public dollars to go to the private operator who would run a school.

«Every dollar that goes to these charter schools or through the voucher programs is going to be a spreading from the public schools.»

Democrats largely support Evers, and see him as one of the only obstacles left to keep public dollars from going to private voucher schools.

«I personally believe that public dollars should go to public schools,» she said in a statement.

If these schools are going to continue receiving tax dollars, they must be held to the same standards as Wisconsin's public schools.

And in order to get THAT, the public has to agree to tax credits that send $ 50 million in tax dollars to private and religious foundations and another $ 70 million that will go in $ 500 increments to private and parochial schools as «credits» that act as vouchers.

Most public dollars spent to benefit children go toward traditional education (such as public school).

More than 55 teachers union groups in Washington state have voted to go on «rolling walkouts» not only to protest the lack of funding for public schools but also the diversion of hundreds of millions of dollars away from the classroom and into the pockets of Wall Street corporations that make the high stakes tests.

As I have stated before, it is time for all Indiana public school systems to stand up and share with local taxpayers the real value of where their tax dollars should be going, and that is into INDIANA PUBLIC SCpublic school systems to stand up and share with local taxpayers the real value of where their tax dollars should be going, and that is into INDIANA PUBLIC SCPUBLIC SCHOOLS!

At a candidates forum last week, Muldrow seemed to endorse the use of vouchers, although she said public dollars shouldn't go to religious schools.

I do not believe public dollars should go to private schools.

And thanks to Presidents George W. Bush and Barak Obama, federal law provides that failing schools can be handed over to charter school management companies... and with it hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds going to private charter school corporations to run public schools.

He said, you know, in the 12 years of public schooling these kids have been given, taxpayers have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars getting them ready to go to college.

For a number of charter schools, roughly 10 percent of all of public dollars meant for educating children in these schools go to pay fees for private companies called «charter management organizations.»

The Microsoft founder said in a keynote speech Thursday in Cleveland that a majority of the millions of dollars the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will spend over the next five years will go to networks of public schools, created to share achievements and failures in teacher development and curricula.

In the 2016 fiscal year, the county paid nearly $ 40 million dollars for students with disabilities who could not be appropriately served in public schools to go to specialized private schools.

«Because of the failed leadership in Tallahassee, Hillsborough County schools are having to cut teachers, including bilingual classroom aides, and can't even afford to repair air conditioning in certain schools — while brand new for - profit schools are being funded and built with tax dollars that should be going to our public schools,» Cruz said.

Although $ 20 million dollars of this money will be counted in the Bridgeport Public School's state Education Cost Sharing grant, not a dime will go to the academic or socio - emotional needs of a single Bridgeport Public Schools student.

Also I'm sure you are also aware certified charter school teachers are also in the teacher retirement system which means public dollars are going to pay for their pension obligations.

Although parents can then use these dollars to pay to send their children wherever they wish to go, parents can not access nearly as much as what public schools receive.

The federal government best serves the nation's students by using their limited federal dollars to support the public school system and ensuring that federal dollars go to publicly accountable schools.

Go Jen — of course — and I plan to operate on my neighbor tomorrow — it's only a little heart problem — should be able to do it — and if I fail well so what — then I can run a bank and make millions of dollars even if I fail — but teachers (gods chosen selfless few) care for all of our kids and are the real hero's in this world — I am so thankful that my two daughters attend public schools and have been nurtured by those who have chosen a profession of giving and not one of taking — if you can read this post — thank your teachers — I am grateful for mine everyday — Thanks Ms Weigh K - Ms Brown Gr1 - Ms Shea Gr2 - Ms.

Our tax dollars should go directly to public schools for these programs and to real arts and music teachers.

Tax dollars shouldn't be going to «unaccountable private schools» when public schools are struggling to make ends meet, and «voucher schools don't perform as well» as public schools, Wisconsin Education Association Council president Betsy Kippers said in a statement.

For decades, the life cycle of the young, middle - class D.C. resident has gone something like this: Move to the District, get a good job, meet a nice boy or girl, get married, have a kid and — faced with mediocre public schools or the prospect of tens of thousands of dollars in yearly private school tuition — move to the suburbs.

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