Sentences with phrase «expanding public funding for private school»

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Section 529 plans: The new law expands use the use of Section 529 plans to cover $ 10,000 of annual expenses for public or private K - 12 schools Previously, use of 529 funds was limited to higher education expenses.

This sliding scale of regulatory involvement allows for all qualified private schools to access public funding and expands private school access for low - income Louisiana families.

In the past 15 months Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida and now Nevada have all adopted new programs that dramatically expand public school funding for private school options, Peshek said.

While the President's FY 2012 Budget requests funding to improve D.C. public schools and expand high - quality public charter schools, the Administration opposes targeting resources to help a small number of individuals attend private schools rather than creating access to great public schools for every child.

A Republican - controlled Legislature is considering a number of proposals that would change or reduce funding for public schools, including increasing the number of private voucher schools across the state, expanding the number of independent charter schools and applying letter grades to schools in report cards.

She has made clear her K - 12 priority is expanding charter schools — which are publicly funded but privately operated — and vouchers or voucher - like programs, which use public money to pay for private and religious schools in different ways.

As Bridgeport Superintendent of Schools Vallas rolled out his plans for a revamped Bridgeport education system, he included the creation of a «Good Schools Bridgeport Foundation» which will «support the school district by securing public and private funding that... and to use that funding to help the district expand high quality school options.»

The version approved by the Joint Finance Committee last week included flat funding for public schools, expanded private voucher schools attendance, continued teacher licensing, conversion of some Milwaukee schools to charter or private voucher schools, reduced transportation spending, huge slashing on the University of Wisconsin's funding, and elimination of 60 guard tower positions in the state's prisons.

Advocates blame Christie for Camden's failings, saying he has forsaken traditional public schools for an expanded charter school system and the creation of public - private hybrid schools called «renaissance schools,» both of which drain funding from the district's budget.

They're essentially taking Obama's formula one step further: expanding «choice» to include vouchers, so parents can use public funding to pay for private and religious schools.

Its mission is to focus public tax dollars on the K - 12 education of public school students by opposing legislation in the Indiana General Assembly that would fund private school vouchers, expand private school tax credits, privatize charter schools by allowing private colleges and agencies to be authorizers, put for - profit managers in place to take a profit from operating public schools and privatize public schools through any other means.»

Walker — who has previously cut funding for K - 12 and higher education while expanding the private school voucher program — said in his sixth State of the State address that his pledge could mean tens of millions of dollars for the state's public schools.