Sentences with phrase «equitable school aid»
The Regents will also push for a more equitable school aid formula and for some adjustments in the implementation of the Common Core academic standards, Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch said in a statement.
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«For our schools to continue to improve and provide our students with the best education possible, they must have proper and equitable funding — our State Aid Proposal is aimed at making that happen,» State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said.
Also at 11 a.m., Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and his colleagues will be joined by education advocates and professionals at a press conference to call for equitable education funding and the release of school aid runs, back of Assembly chamber, state Capitol, Albany.
State Sen. John Flanagan (R - East Northport), chairman of the Education Committee, said in talks leading up to the budget presentation, that Republicans who control the Senate told the governor that any proposed cuts to school aid should to be «fair and equitable.»
The issue of equitable aid was at the heart of the $ 1.11 billion lawsuit brought by the Alliance for Quality Education on behalf of 26 students in eight small city school districts, including Kingston, in 2008.
Nixon has worked over the years with the Alliance for Quality Education, a group heavily funded by unions that has pushed for more equitable distribution of state aid to public schools.
Lastly, we continue to advocate for equitable distribution of state facilities aid for all public schools.
He gave the state 180 days to propose reforms leading to a rational, equitable and verifiable distribution of education aid and school construction funds.
As it stands today, charter public schools lack equitable access to school housing aid reimbursement.
Additionally, charter schools do not have access to equitable facilities funding or recurring and reliable state building aid for capital construction and renovation.
That means equitable funding, access to building aid and protections for a parent's fundamental right to choose a public school that works for his or her child.»
Can you imagine how great the school would do if it received facilities aid or more equitable funding for its students?
College access advocates need to develop long - term structural solutions to these disparities such as equitable school finance laws and more generous financial aid policies.