Testimony submitted to the Joint Fiscal Committees on the SFY 2015 - 16 Executive BudgetElementary and Secondary
Education Budget Hearing.
Testimony submitted to the Joint Fiscal Committees on the SFY 2014 — 15 Executive Budget Elementary and Secondary
Education Budget Hearing.
Testimony of AU Hogan Delivered on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the Elementary & Secondary
Education Budget Hearing
Testimony of Tenicka Boyd Delivered on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the Elementary & Secondary
Education Budget Hearing
The call comes after King spoke at
an education budget hearing in Albany Tuesday.
Advocates have continued to gather together for meeting and days of action in anticipation of the May 24th New York City Council Youth and
Education budget hearing.
Testimony of AU Hogan Delivered on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the Elementary & Secondary
Education Budget Hearing
Testimony of Tenicka Boyd Delivered on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the Elementary & Secondary
Education Budget Hearing
Not exact matches
The Plain Dealer via Cleveland.com, «Gov. John Kasich, Ohio House and Senate Republicans reach deal on
education policy,» June 12, 2012 Ohio House Republicans caucus blog, «Finance Chairman Ron Amstutz announces committee
hearings on school funding,» April 30, 2012 The Columbus Dispatch, «Kasich says he would scrap Strickland «s schools plan,» Sept. 22, 2010 Ohio Office of Management and
Budget, The Reforms Book, Executive budget — FY201
Budget, The Reforms Book, Executive
budget — FY201
budget — FY2012 - 13
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Noting that the state
budget places significant responsibility with the Regents for clarifying and fleshing out changes to teacher evaluation, Vice President for
Education Evelyn DeJesus said that public
hearings would ensure that all voices are
heard.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The Board of
Education will host a public
hearing at its 7 p.m. meeting to listen to public comments on its proposed $ 253,685,636
budget for the 2016 - 2017 school year.
«The first
budget hearing will be Jan. 23 and that's higher
education and we will have a series of
budget hearings on different topic areas in the
budget, whether it's
education, healthcare, the environment, mental health — there are several areas in the
budget we will take a deep dive into.
A joyless
budget season is even more sobering due to growing Department of
Education outlays for unnecessary outside contracts, UFT President Michael Mulgrew told a joint City Council
hearing on April 11.
Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary
budget oversight
hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans»
Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on
Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of
Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive
budget for New York City.»
Testifying at the year's first NYC Council
budget hearing, de Blasio's Budget Director (and former top Assembly staffer) Dean Fuleihan said the city would be hurt by deep cuts proposed by Cuomo in funding for homeless services and insufficient education fu
budget hearing, de Blasio's
Budget Director (and former top Assembly staffer) Dean Fuleihan said the city would be hurt by deep cuts proposed by Cuomo in funding for homeless services and insufficient education fu
Budget Director (and former top Assembly staffer) Dean Fuleihan said the city would be hurt by deep cuts proposed by Cuomo in funding for homeless services and insufficient
education funding.
Assembly
Education Chair Cathy Nolan said at the
hearing that lawmakers in her chamber did push to give additional funding to struggling schools, but those funds were not included in a final
budget deal.
Also, the Senate majority has redirected $ 500 million worth of competitive
education funding Cuomo proposed in his
budget — money the GOP insists, as per LG Bob Duffy's testimony during the joint
budget hearings — was supposed to apply to this fiscal year.
That is on display in
Budget Director Bob Megna's prepared remarks this morning to the joint legislative
hearing on
education, where he knocked what Cuomo has described an overly burdensome «
education bureaucracy.»
At 9:30 a.m., a joint legislative
hearing is held on the higher education portion of Cuomo's 2015 - 16 budget, Hearing Room B, LOB,
hearing is held on the higher
education portion of Cuomo's 2015 - 16
budget,
Hearing Room B, LOB,
Hearing Room B, LOB, Albany.
A reader sent in this clip of Assemblyman Joel Miller getting rather heated outside yesterday's joint legislative
budget hearing on
education aid, arguing with one of the AQE protestors who crashed the event with chants of: «Governor Cuomo, don't kiill CFE!»
At 9:30 a.m., the state Legislature holds a joint committee
hearing on the 2018 - 2019 executive budget proposal in regard to elementary and secondary education, Legislative Office Building, Hearing Room B, second floor,
hearing on the 2018 - 2019 executive
budget proposal in regard to elementary and secondary
education, Legislative Office Building,
Hearing Room B, second floor,
Hearing Room B, second floor, Albany.
At 9:30 a.m., the fourth of 13 joint legislative
budget hearings will be held, this one focused on elementary and secondary
education,
Hearing Room B, LOB, Albany.
At 9:30 a.m., Senate Finance Committee Chair Cathy Young and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair Denny Farrell preside over a joint
budget hearing on the higher education portion of the governor's spending plan, Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St.,
hearing on the higher
education portion of the governor's spending plan,
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St.,
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., Albany.
Also at 1 p.m., Joint
Budget Legislative General Conference Committee: Topic «Higher
Education»,
Hearing Room C, LOB, Albany.
At 2 p.m., Joint
Budget Legislative General Conference Committee: Topic «
Education»,
Hearing Room C, LOB, Albany.
As legislators and
education advocates parsed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
budget in the first of 13 joint
hearings, elements of his free tuition proposal came under greater scrutiny, with the governor's office moving to counter concerns about the program's cost, scope and impact on private colleges.
The 10th of 13 joint legislative
budget hearings will be held in the LOB today, with the focus on the K - 12
education portion of the executive spending plan.
Also at 12:30 p.m., a joint legislative
hearing is held on the higher education portion of Cuomo's 2016 - 17 budget proposal, Hearing Room B, LOB,
hearing is held on the higher
education portion of Cuomo's 2016 - 17
budget proposal,
Hearing Room B, LOB,
Hearing Room B, LOB, Albany.
The State University of New York, «the largest comprehensive system of postsecondary
education in the country,» now serves 600,000 students each year, Chancellor Nancy Zimpher told the state legislature at a
budget hearing in January.
At the state
budget hearing, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York spoke about
education, children's services and affordable housing.
DeFrancisco, who was overseeing the joint
budget hearing on
education for the senate majority, was looking for a copy of the schools chancellor's testimony.
Specifically, Warren asked the lawmakers at a joint legislative
budget hearing to provide an additional $ 31 million in municipal
education funding, in order to offset the city's obligation to the Rochester School District.
The focus on higher
education the first day is a break with tradition, as lawmakers have generally scheduled the first day of the joint legislative
hearings on the
budget to be «tin cup» day — when mayors and local government officials discuss the impact of the spending proposal on their municipality.
The New York State
Education Commissioner testified at a legislative
budget hearing, where he once again
heard complaints from concerned lawmakers on the fast track adoption of the new national Common Core standards.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)--
Education issues are on the agenda in Albany as state Assembly lawmakers hold another in a series of public
hearings on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
budget proposals.
Magee had testified before the Legislature's joint
hearing on the higher -
education portion of Cuomo's executive
budget plan on Jan. 24.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
education agenda took a solid one - two to the gut, courtesy of two of New York City's heavy hitters during a joint
budget hearing on
education in Albany on Feb. 3.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Sen. John DeFrancisco Wednesday at a legislative
budget hearing on
education blasted the state attorney general's probe into discipline in Syracuse schools.
The state's
education commissioner testified at a legislative
budget hearing, where he once again
heard complaints from concerned lawmakers regarding the fast track adoption of the new national Common Core standards.
Education leaders from around the state will come to Albany next week for
budget hearings, where they'll ask legislators for more money, and they'll likely get it.
NYSUT tends to maintain an arm's - length distance from some of the more attention - getting political actions organized by AQE, such as a February rally outside the Executive Mansion and a protest that halted a legislative
budget hearing on Cuomo's plans for
education.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew offered lawmakers a solid and sensible plan for facing the state's economic challenges without hurting students during a joint legislative
hearing on the governor's proposed
education budget on Feb. 15 in Albany.
Speaking at the last public
hearing before the City Council and City Hall finalize next year's
budget by the June 30 deadline, Mulgrew said the UFT has repeatedly brought ideas to the table on how to close the city's projected
budget gap without teacher layoffs, such as cutting back on outside contractors at the Department of
Education or using a portion of the city's rainy - day fund.
Layoffs are not the way to balance the city's
education budget, UFT President Michael Mulgrew testified at a City Council
budget hearing on June 6.
UFT Vice President for
Education Evelyn DeJesus testified before the New York City Council Committee on
Education regarding the FY 2016 preliminary
budget, mayor's FY ’15 preliminary management report and agency oversight
hearings.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew testified on Feb. 15 at a joint legislative
hearing regarding Gov. Cuomo's proposed
education budget.
I'd like to begin by thanking Daniel Dromm and the
Education Committee for holding this
hearing and ensuring that important
budget issues involving our neighborhood public schools get the attention they deserve.
These changes couldn't come at a more opportune time, and our members were heartened to
hear that Speaker Mark - Viverito's list of
budget priorities includes fulfilling the promise of a sound basic
education.
She told lawmakers at a joint legislative
budget hearing in January that it is a top priority, citing studies that indicate children who participate in high - quality preschool programs are 50 percent less likely to be placed in special
education courses, 25 percent less likely to drop out of school, and 60 percent more likely to attend some college.