Sentences with phrase «for public scholarships»

That is why a number of prominent progressive church leaders recently signed «A Progressive Call for Public Scholarships.»

And, tomorrow, don't miss Ed Week's special commentary package on the RHSU rankings — including a lively discussion of what it means for public scholarship when the academy leans left.

The Center for Public Scholarship held its fourth annual University in Exile event earlier this month at The New School's Tishman Auditorium.

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Together these leaders — long identified with the struggle for racial and economic justice — demand a test of vouchers with one basic criterion in mind: «Do public scholarships help or hurt our poorest children and the children of ethnic minorities?

You have made your own scholarship accessible to the church and the wider public, as in the television series you've worked on for the BBC on Jesus and the Middle East and your new series of «New Testament Guides for Everyone.»

It is evident in his irresponsible treatment of affairs of state: his public corvee of Israel's free men; his extravagant court supported at the expense of the nation; his administrative division of the land in disregard of traditional tribal bounds; and his whole ingrown life in a court that defied the realities of Israel's basic peasant economy and spent its days in the grand style, with feasting, royal processions, and dilettante scholarship in a setting of magnificent architecture, erected by Israel's peasants, and with women enough for all and to spare.

Typically the board of trustees was reconfigured to follow administrative leadership without let or hindrance, the faculty was tamed with increased emoluments and funds for scholarship, and the donors and public were won over by a rhetoric of assurance.

... This would provide a more just system with far fewer headaches, but the public and people who run college athletics have been beaten about the head for so long with the notion that any remuneration beyond a scholarship is immoral that they can't abide common sense.

Michele is also the recipient of the 2015 Connecticut Nurse's Association Award for Public Service and the University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Nursing's Lillian R. Goodman Award which recognizes a doctoral student who exemplifies a humanitarian approach to leadership, scholarship, and a deep commitment to the development of professional practice, education and research.

In settling the D.C. lawsuit, Chartwells agreed to make $ 14 million in credits and payments to the school system and committed to provide $ 5 million in philanthropic support for the schools, including $ 4 million to the D.C. Public Education Fund for «innovative programs» and $ 1 million to several nonprofit organizations that promote literacy and provide mentors, college scholarships and academic enrichment.

New York residents entering the state's public two - and four - year colleges are able to apply starting today for the new Excelsior Scholarship and, depending upon eligibility, could attend school tuition - free beginning as soon as the fall semester.

The bill, which has been a long - sought goal for Catholic officials, is aimed at strengthening both public and private schools through private donations to scholarships and non-profits.

Nevertheless, he insisted the bill — which provides tax credits for donations to public schools and scholarship programs for private and parochial schools — remains a troubling one for the Democratic conference.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill earlier this month and created a scholarship program that makes state public universities tuition - free for families making up to $ 125,000 annually.

One is an education tax credit that would give donors a tax break for funding scholarships to allow poor children to attend private schools, and also for money given to extra curricular programs at public schools.

Cuomo and Senate Republicans have been aligned on a number of key issues, including keeping a cap on local property tax increases permanent, as well as a tax credit for donations to public schools and private school scholarship programs.

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The Executive Budget includes an Education Tax Credit (ETC) that would provide individuals and businesses with a substantial credit against income taxes owed for donations to private and public schools, or scholarship organizations.

The spending includes $ 5.3 million for ads in 2013 and $ 539,000 in 2017, pushing Cuomo's new public college scholarship.

Governor Cuomo has proposed a tuition - free scholarship for families making under $ 125,000 at all public universities in the state.

The compromise would have yoked the Dream Act — which provides tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants — to the tax credit for donations to private and parochial school scholarships as well as public school programs.

However, a spike in enrollment because of the scholarship program could lead to negative side effects for both the state and city public college systems, the report found.

All told, 45,000 students eligible for the Excelsior Scholarship are attending state or city public universities without paying tuition costs.

The new legislation is similar to his previous proposal in that each person who donates to a scholarship fund or public school is eligible for a credit equal to 75 percent of his or her contribution, up to $ 1 million.

The Senate's proposal offers $ 150 million just for the credit incentivizing donations to scholarship funds and public schools, and that investment would grow to $ 225 million in the second year and $ 300 million in the third.

ALBANY — Unlike past proposals, Governor Andrew Cuomo's new legislation establishing an education tax credit offers more incentives for donations to private school scholarship funds than public schools.

Cuomo's previous proposal, which he included in the state budget before it was rejected by lawmakers, offered $ 50 million each for donors to scholarship funds and public schools, up to $ 100 million total.

But Kolb says he knows talks are going on about the top two remaining issues, renewing New York City's rent laws and an education tax credit for donors who give up to a million dollars to fund scholarships for poor children in private schools and fund afterschool activities at public schools.

A lot of New York residents want to take advantage of the Excelsior scholarship for public colleges and universities in the state.

PLATTSBURGH — The state is now accepting applications for the Excelsior Scholarship program designed to fill in the funding gaps at the state's public colleges and universities.

Astorino has said he supports the growth of charter schools in New York and blames Cuomo for the failure of a tax credit proposal that would incentivize donations to private school scholarship funds as well as public schools.

«We're very excited about the launch of our Excelsior Scholarship application at our public colleges... we expect it to be a game changer for tens of thousands of students across the state,» said state Budget Director Robert Mujica.

Skelos, meanwhile, reiterated he will push in the post-budge legislative session for the education investment tax credit, which is aimed at spurring donations to public schools and non-profit scholarship programs that aid private schools.

The measure would provide tax credits for donations to non-profit scholarship finds that aid students in attending private schools, donations to public schools and help teachers who spend their own money on classroom supplies.

The investment tax credit, which is aimed at encouraging donations to public schools and non-profit scholarship programs for private schools, remains a heavy lift for Assembly Democrats, who already trying to calm the statewide teachers union for approving a variety of Cuomo's education reform proposals.

He was there with me as we fought for and won a fifteen - dollar minimum wage, paid family leave, free tuition through the Excelsior Scholarship, and as we invest in our public transit system's infrastructure.

The Parental Choice in Education Act would provide tax credits for those who donate to private and parochial schools for purposes of scholarships, tax credits to parents who pay tuition to private and parochial schools and tax credits to teachers - in both public and private schools - who make personal purchases of school supplies and food to support their underprivileged students.

Cuomo did not go into further details about his plan to create a new scholarship for public higher education, and that the budgeted cost remains $ 163 million, the senators said.

Several Republicans broke with their party to vote against and the proposal, which also contains language allowing bullied students to transfer to other public or private schools and receive a tax credit scholarship to pay for it.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his 2016 - 17 executive budget proposed establishing a $ 150 million credit for donations made to public schools, local education funds, school improvement organizations or private education scholarship organizations.

The Excelsior Scholarship program will cover tuition costs for residents attending the state's SUNY and CUNY public university system, whose family household income is less than $ 100,000 this year.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez today rallied with religious school parents, kids and administrators in East Harlem for the passage of the controversial education investment tax credit — which would incentivize private donations for scholarships at parochial schools and other private schools, as well as public school scholarship funds.

A new scholarship for graduates of the Buffalo Public Schools interested in studying human rights - will be available at UB next year.

He's also pushing legislation that would allow these immigrants to apply for Cuomo's new Excelsior Scholarship, which covers the cost of in - state tuition at public colleges and universities.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, inserted the Dream Act into his $ 141.6 billion executive budget, and linked it to a new tax credit for donations to private and parochial school scholarship funds as well as public schools.

The education tax credit, a proposal lobbied for by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, would allow for private donations to public schools and create scholarship programs for needy students to receive access to private education, including parochial schools.

More than 22,000 students across the state received the Excelsior Scholarship, a program that covers tuition for full - time students at New York's public colleges and universities, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

A proposal that would link a tax credit for donations to public schools and fund private - school scholarships to the Dream Act is not «viable» Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said on Monday after emerging from a closed - door meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Coalition for Opportunity in Education, a group whose advocacy is focused exclusively on the Education Investment Tax Credit, which would incentivize donations to private school scholarships or public schools, spent $ 659,404.