Sentences with phrase «education by billions of dollars»

That decision held that Washington is underfunding public education by billions of dollars, according to The Seattle Times.

The state promised the Supreme Court that they would implement ESHB 2261's reforms «over a ten - year period, beginning in 2009 and concluding in 2018,» which would «increase state funding of basic education by billions of dollars.»

In late 2011, a trial court judge, Sheila Rappaport, issued a bizarre and outrageous decision declaring that Colorado was underfunding education by billions of dollars.

That paved the way for a bizarre 2011 trial court decision holding that the state was underfunding education by billions of dollars each year.

Not exact matches

Congress expanded Medicare by adding a prescription - drug entitlement that will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, and federal education spending has gone up as well.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

Sources told the Daily News that the hardest - hit items will be education and health care, which will be reduced by billions of dollars.

The State Board of Regents, which is appointed by the legislature to be in charge of education, recommends $ 2 billion additional dollars.

Billy Easton, with Alliance for Quality Education, explains report showing schools are underfunded by billions of dollars.

«There has been a «dumbing down» in education for years and we need Gov. Cuomo to help to reverse it in upstate NY by including the $ 1.9 Billion dollars in the budget to go towards improving the education of our children,» Faust said.

In 2013, over 5 billion dollars were awarded by the National Science Foundation to support research and education [3]; the National Institutes of Health dispenses even more money for health - related research and clinical studies Since everyone benefits from progress in science, the US federal government should be praised for financially supporting so many university researchers and research projects.

The answer is through the next iteration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA); by attaching the mind - set of RttT and i3 to the billions of dollars of annual education aid to states, we can use incentives to encourage the right behaviors quickly and inexpEducation Act (ESEA); by attaching the mind - set of RttT and i3 to the billions of dollars of annual education aid to states, we can use incentives to encourage the right behaviors quickly and inexpeducation aid to states, we can use incentives to encourage the right behaviors quickly and inexpensively.

«Yet Republicans insist on giving tax breaks to the superwealthy while shortchanging programs like Head Start, No Child Left Behind, student loans and grants, and other education initiatives by billions of dollars.»

In an Education Week commentary essay about school boards in 2009, I wrote, «[M] y sense of things, after two stints on my local school board... is that school boards have been overtaken by the «educatocracy,» by powerful trade unions, certified specialists, certification agencies, state and federal rule - makers and legislators, grants with strings, billion - dollar - contractor lobbyists, textbook mega-companies, professional associations, and lawyers — the list could go on.»

The American public education system, by most accounts, is broken, despite taxpayers throwing billions of dollars at it.

All told, Clinton increased education spending by 6 percent ($ 2.7 billion using constant 2007 dollars) over his Republican predecessor, which earned him the praise and political support of the education establishment.

Driven by news of shortages in certain subjects (such as math, science, and special education) and in rural and inner - city schools, state legislatures have earmarked billions of dollars for salary increases and teacher training.

The lion's share of these ARRA education dollars was appropriated through the new $ 50 billion State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF), a population - based program created to expeditiously replenish education budgets decimated by declining tax revenue.

Almost 20 years ago, I wrote a long public letter to Bill Gates that drew lessons from earlier philanthropic efforts in K - 12 education — including many billions of dollars wasted by the likes of Ford, Rockefeller, and Annenberg.

Buffett, who has invested hundreds of billions of dollars in expanding and improving educational opportunities in the United States, will be joined by his wife Suzie and Melinda Gates on Sept. 26 to discuss education.

Amid fanfare around the billions of dollars being delivered to schools through the federal economic - stimulus package, members of the National Conference of State Legislatures are warning that the education agenda being pushed by the Obama administration is shaping up to be just as prescriptive and intrusive as the 8 - year - old No Child Left Behind Act.

The plaintiffs in CCJEF v. Rell charge that the state is violating the constitutional right of Connecticut's children to an adequate education by depriving school districts of billions of dollars.

The impact of this idea is being fiercely felt today with state legislatures spending billions of tax dollars to fund separate, unfair and unequal systems of publicly funded education choices, including private school vouchers championed by Betsy DeVos and Jeb Bush.

Funding for college work - study programs would be cut in half, public - service loan forgiveness would end and hundreds of millions of dollars that public schools could use for mental health, advanced coursework and other services would vanish under a Trump administration plan to cut $ 10.6 billion from federal education initiatives, according to budget documents obtained by The Washington Post.

The critics of modern school reform that I know are people who see enormous trouble in the public education system, but don't think it will be fixed by spending billions of dollars on questionable teacher assessment systems linked to standardized test scores, or expanding charter schools that are hardly the panacea their early supporters claimed they would be, or handing out federal education dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distieducation system, but don't think it will be fixed by spending billions of dollars on questionable teacher assessment systems linked to standardized test scores, or expanding charter schools that are hardly the panacea their early supporters claimed they would be, or handing out federal education dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distieducation dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distiEducation Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distinguished.

By Anthony Cody Education reformers have invested billions of dollars in numerous ventures that promote their vision, and we'll see them in the next few weeks.

Her position has alienated Moskowitz from local charter leaders and advocates, who have taken pains to draw a bright line between their support for school choice and the policies advocated by the Trump administration, which has proposed a widespread school voucher program along with billions of dollars in cuts to public education.

Pointing to LA Unified's soaring numbers of students living in poverty and learning English, Caputo - Pearl suggested, «If Broad and other billionaires want to ensure a great education for every child, they should invest half a billion dollars, and more, in an LAUSD foundation, run by the democratically elected school board, to fund sustainable neighborhood community schools that address the myriad educational and socio - economic needs of our students.»

WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate announced today the final agreement for the obligation of $ 1.84 billion dollars in funding for the state of Louisiana's Recovery School District (RSD) and Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) for the repair and replacement of public schools in Orleans Parish, including the City of New Orleans, damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Cut public education budgets by a couple of billion dollars.

Brown said the policies he had promoted were addressing those issues: Passage of Prop. 30, the initiative approved by voters two years ago that is generating billions of dollars of extra tax revenues for schools, and the Local Control Funding Formula that is targeting billions of state education funds to low - income students and English learners.

This so - called reform movement is all about accountability but no one seems to be responsible for the education stifled and careers ruined by NCLB, not to mention the billions of dollars wasted.

Integrity in Education and the Center for Popular Democracy aren't the first to warn of problems plaguing an under - regulated industry fueled by billions of tax dollars.

That's a troubling conclusion to reach in light of the expenditure of more than a billion dollars on NAEP over 40 - odd years by the U.S. Department of Education and its predecessors.

The union always claims that the Vergara Lawsuit, the film «Waiting for Superman», Students First, Michelle Rhee, Students Matter, are all part of a proposal / plot by billionaires to do the following: A. Privatize all public education to funnel billions of dollars in profits to the top 1 % and mostly to a few billionaires.

Donald Trump's education transition leader has indicated that Trump's administration will focus on expanding school choice by redirecting billions of dollars in existing federal funding to charter and private schools.

The billions of dollars that the federal government is pouring into turning around some of the nation's lowest - performing schools appear to be showing preliminary promise, according to student - achievement data unveiled by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan last week.

Before the George W. Bush administration, billions of dollars in education spending were doled out by the federal government with no accountability.

Our earnest Secretary of Education, who famously (and bizarrely) promised Congress a billion - dollar edu - bonus if it reauthorized NCLB by the administration's deadline and to the President's satisfaction, was back at it on Friday.

Although the fiscal situation of the University is strong, the $ 60 million NCAA penalty, anticipated fines to be imposed by the Department of Education and the direct costs of dealing with the Sandusky mess (> $ 16 million to date) are not zero, even for an institution with a billion dollar budget.

Legalize and Regulate Marijuana WHEREAS, despite almost a century of prohibition, millions of Canadians today regularly consume marijuana and other cannabis products; WHEREAS the failed prohibition of marijuana has exhausted countless billions of dollars spent on ineffective or incomplete enforcement and has resulted in unnecessarily dangerous and expensive congestion in our judicial system; WHEREAS various marijuana decriminalization or legalization policy prescriptions have been recommended by the 1969 - 72 Commission of Enquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, the 2002 Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, and the 2002 House of Commons Special Committee on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs; WHEREAS the legal status quo for the criminal regulation of marijuana continues to endanger Canadians by generating significant resources for gang - related violent criminal activity and weapons smuggling — a reality which could be very easily confronted by the regulation and legitimization of Canada's marijuana industry; BE IT RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will legalize marijuana and ensure the regulation and taxation of its production, distribution, and use, while enacting strict penalties for illegal trafficking, illegal importation and exportation, and impaired driving; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will invest significant resources in prevention and education programs designed to promote awareness of the health risks and consequences of marijuana use and dependency, especially amongst youth; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will extend amnesty to all Canadians previously convicted of simple and minimal marijuana possession, and ensure the elimination of all criminal records related thereto; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will work with the provinces and local governments of Canada on a coordinated regulatory approach to marijuana which maintains significant federal responsibility for marijuana control while respecting provincial health jurisdiction and particular regional concerns and practices.

For example, last week Senator Penny Wong relentlessly pursued a line of inquiry on the cuts to Indigenous health services — revealing that despite the significantly poorer status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, services to them were being cut by over half a billion dollars with the future of a broad range of health, social welfare and education programmes still in budgetary limbo.