Sentences with phrase «expansion of taxpayer»

The state superintendent race pits two former school district superintendents and longtime educators against each other — a proponent of expanding school choices and an opponent of the state expansion of taxpayer - funded school vouchers.

Evers, who now opposes the expansion of taxpayer - funded school vouchers in Wisconsin, also once voiced support for them in 2000 — when only students in Milwaukee could use them.

That's why I strongly opposed the statewide expansion of taxpayer - funded private school vouchers, and as governor, I will seek to roll it back.

We know that President - elect Donald Trump favors school choice, which could mean an expansion of taxpayer - funded vouchers and other alternatives to traditional public schools.

Both lawmakers, whom Humphries referred to as his campaign co-chairmen, have been supportive of the expansion of taxpayer - funded vouchers for private schools.

Evers earlier this year praised Walker's budget proposal, but until now the two have been at odds over how much money the state and property taxpayers should send to schools, the expansion of taxpayer - funded vouchers and on Walker's signature piece of legislation known as Act 10, which nearly eliminated collective bargaining for public school teachers and resulted in massive membership losses for the state's largest teachers union, which has heavily backed Evers.

On schools, Walker said he trusts parents to choose schools for their children, foreshadowing what is expected to be his planned expansion of the taxpayer - funded voucher program.

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Expansion states have seen a marked reduction in unpaid bills at their hospitals, which in turn reduces the need for hospitals to pass along some of their costs to taxpayers and people with health coverage.

Third, Medicaid expansion could cost Louisiana taxpayers up to $ 1.7 billion over the first 10 years of implementation, and the cost will keep rising.

CPP expansion will also insulate future generations of taxpayers from the burdens of financing growing numbers of seniors through tax - financed public pension programs.

«Tioga Downs» expansion will foster hundreds of new jobs and spur much - needed economic development in the Southern Tier, plus generate millions of dollars for public schools and local governments — with all private money and zero taxpayer dollars,» Commission Executive Director Robert Williams said in a statement.

Then there's the cost of Heathrow expansion to taxpayers.

The proposal includes a $ 55 gas and sales tax refund to taxpayers, and tax breaks for retired teachers, as well as the expansion of rental subsidies for seniors, housing for homeless veterans and an expansion of early childhood education.

As a result of NYS not properly allocating the funds, the taxpayers of the County are forced to effectively pay twice for the maintenance and expansion of the E-911 system.

To quantify the extent to which most taxpayers would be willing to underwrite future costs of the expansion, the researchers conducted a national online study in 2012 that asked respondents to respond yes or no to a dollar value — ranging from $ 4 to $ 80 a year — that they would be willing to pay to support management of the expanded sanctuary.

In service of the goals of its benefactor, WILL has undertaken an aggressive campaign of actual and threatened litigation to ward off scrutiny of and crackdowns on voucher program abuses, to force taxpayers to underwrite transportation for private school voucher students and to advocate for further expansion of the voucher program in the media and with the release of pseudo-science.

The continued growth in popularity and expansion of school voucher programs makes it vital for parents, taxpayers and policymakers to understand their affect on the bottom line.

He is making his second run for the position and opposes the Common Core State Standards and favors expansion of educational options — including taxpayer - funded vouchers — other than public schools.

When coupled with the fact that there is no transparency or accountability in terms of how charters spend taxpayer dollars are the very reasons why we need to put the brakes on charter expansion and require them to serve the same student populations and be just as accountable as traditional public schools.

That kind of congestion could require taxpayers to bear the brunt of significant rail expansion.

AFTER spending upwards of a trillion Euros of taxpayers money on the disastrous Energiewende program, all but destroying Germany's industrial heartland and causing widespread energy poverty to consumers and businesses alike, ideologically green - agressive Germany is giving up on its mad rush into unreliable «energy» — wind and solar — undergoing the biggest coal - fired power expansion in her history...

Even without Zinke's planned offshore drilling expansion, the Government Accountability Office estimates that taxpayers» contingent liability in the Gulf of Mexico for decommissioning costs could be as much as $ 35 billion.