Sentences with phrase «for local governments and school districts»

In Illinois, which added more than 700 gigawatts of wind last year, wind farms have generated tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue for local governments and school districts, according to a recent Illinois State University study.

Floss says the money could also be used to replenish reserve funds for local governments and school districts, who've had to draw down their reserves in recent years to pay for operating expenses.

Cuomo was also able to convince the state Legislature to approved a 2 percent limit on property tax increases for local governments and school districts.

For local governments and school districts, this year's limit on local property tax increases is a low bridge.

Nevertheless, tax cap supporters want to make the measure a permanent one for local governments and school districts.

Not exact matches

The school meals program is a government mandate, and it should be adequately funded by the government, in a way that makes fresh healthy scratch cooked food a possibility for every school district without having to fall back on finding a local angel or passing the hat among the school parents.

Local government and school district officials have been pushing for changes to make it easier to budget within the cap, though that is unlikely to occur this legislative session.

The Team, chaired by Senior Advisor to the Governor Larry Schwartz, includes representatives from private industry, education, labor, and government and look for ways to reduce the costs of mandated programs, identify mandates that are ineffective and outdated, and determine how school districts and local governments can have greater ability to control expenses.

The tax cap, enacted in 2011, forces school districts and local governments to keep tax increases at 2 percent or the rate of inflation (with other factors built in for adjustments)-- unless approved by a 60 percent «supermajority.»

Except for a small — but notable — group of outliers, local governments and school districts are not providing clear or comprehensive or even the most basic information on their websites.

Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Jr. and Rome Mayor James Brown announced today that Oneida County and the city of Rome have been asked to be co-applicants for a NYS Department of State Local Government Efficiency Grant that is being applied for by the City of Rome School District.

The Team, chaired by Senior Advisor to the Governor Larry Schwartz, will include representatives from private industry, education, labor, and government and look for ways to reduce the costs of mandated programs, identify mandates that are ineffective and outdated, and determine how school districts and local governments can have greater ability to control expenses.

Another noteworthy development: The Long Island senators are now saying a tax cap is unlikely not only in this budget, but in this entire session due to the lack of mandate relief to soften the blow for school districts and local governments.

He said the state should also enact a single payer health care plan that would eliminate the counties» contribution to the Medicaid program as well as the private health insurance bills that local governments and school districts now pay for their employees.

For purposes of this section, the total General Fund calculation shall not include sales and compensating use tax revenues shared with local governments and school districts.

The Workforce Diversity Taskforce will be tasked with evaluating the notification and posting procedures for exams and hiring to ensure they are clear to all audiences, suggesting locations for posting announcements that would encourage broader participation, and helping to more broadly promote awareness for the wide variety of employment opportunities in county and local government as well as other civil divisions such as local school, fire, and library districts.

School districts and local governments alike are bracing for another year of budgeting with a tax cap of less than two percent.

«For years the small business community, municipal officials, and taxpayers have travelled this state pushing «Let NY Work,» a common sense platform of mandate relief proposals that will reduce mandated costs on school districts and municipalities, allowing local governments to live within their means while providing the services citizens need.

«The passage of Proposal One is a big win for local governments, school districts, and taxpayers across New York State,» Cuomo said.

Finding the correct formula for relieving the local governments and school districts of burdensome state mandates may probe difficult as lawmakers try to work out a deal that would pave the way for a property tax cap.

With the ceiling on school and local property taxes in effect, a consortium of groups representing school districts, business and local governments today renewed calls for sweeping changes to required state spending.

The cap does not necessarily have its fans on the local government and school district level, however, and some there have pushed for changes to the cap, which is linked to rent control regulations for New York City and the surrounding area, due to expire next month.

Local governments and school districts are asking for a reduction in unfunded mandates in order to comply with a 2 % property tax cap imposed by Cuomo and the legislature last year.

Governor David Paterson recently signed into law CSEA - backed legislation to clarify that school district, and other local government workers, including those employed by public benefit corporations, be granted time off with no charge to their accruals for mammograms and prostate cancer tests.

They'll be looking for ways to reduce the costs of mandated programs, identify mandates that are ineffective and outdated, and determine how school districts and local governments can have greater ability to control expenses.

Cuomo hailed the low tax figures Thursday while plugging his latest proposal to provide qualifying homeowners with tax rebates for two years, provided their school districts and other local governments keep within cap limits and achieve greater cost efficiencies.

A controversial proposal to change how local governments and school districts are compensated for state - owned lands in the Adirondacks and Catskills by utilizing a payment - in - lieu - of - taxes system was not included in the final spending plan, a decision roundly praised by local stakeholders.

A tax cap backed by Cuomo in 2011 has been place for school districts and local governments since 2012.

School districts and local governments have voiced concerns that a 2 percent cap as proposed by Cuomo — and approved by the Republican - led Senate in January — would be too difficult to live within because of required spending for debt, health care administration and distribution and pensions.

He also successfully pushed for a 2 percent tax cap on local governments and school districts, which was heavily pushed by business groups and lobbyists.

To help those bodies, Republicans pushed for concessions that they say will help local governments and school districts deal with the tax cap.

And instead of beating up on local governments for high property taxes, the state should bring school districts, the chief driver of escalating property taxes, into the conversation when it comes to sharing services.

Cuomo's Five - Year Financial Plan keeps revenue sharing with local governments flat at a time when scores of local governments and school districts are headed for insolvency and a takeover by state Control Boards.

Schuler said the Chamber agrees with school districts and local governments in their call for state mandate relief to help lower costs but that can not be an excuse for property tax increases.

Local governments and school districts DO depend on property taxes for their budgets.

The initiative requires counties outside of New York City to prepare «a plan for shared, coordinated and efficient services among the units of local governments contained within the county, excluding school districts,» according to the governor's office.

«I think this language creates significant instability for school districts and other local governments,» Friedfel wrote in an email.

Only five people came to the podium to discuss a preliminary document that includes dozens of suggestions for sharing services among local governments and school districts.

However, these upgrades could make it more economically feasible for the County to begin borrowing under its own authority once again like all other local governments and school districts including the City of Buffalo (which has a rating of A + one step below Erie County's new rating).

DiNapoli's office drafted the «early warning» monitoring system last September and shared details of the proposal with all of the state's local governments and school districts for their review during a 60 - day comment period.

The plan is a response to Gov. - Elect Andrew Cuomo's push for state lawmakers to approve a 2 percent cap on yearly increases in property taxes by school districts and other local governments.

The next governor and Legislature could create a set of new retirement - plan options for local governments, school districts and public authorities to choose from.

Cuomo's plan would offer a $ 400 million state subsidy to local governments and school districts for up to two years, which would give taxpayers a direct tax credit that would offset the increase in their bills.

But local governments and green groups bitterly oppose the measure, citing concerns over reduced payments to their localities and school districts, a lack of comprehensive study and how the program might change under future administrations — all of which would lead to a larger tax burden for local taxpayers.

Still, Cuomo remains proud of the property tax relief enacted under his administration, including the property tax cap that, while good for taxpayers, has left some local governments and school districts scrambling to constrain spending despite rising health care and pension costs.

For both the between - schools and between - districts analyses, the dollars analyzed include total operating funds from federal, state, and local governments, and use real - dollar teacher salaries.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

In fact, Reading School District superintendent Melissa Jamula, the daughter of a former Reading police captain, is by all accounts a powerful advocate for the district with the local business community and local and state government District superintendent Melissa Jamula, the daughter of a former Reading police captain, is by all accounts a powerful advocate for the district with the local business community and local and state government district with the local business community and local and state government leaders.

Reading School District Superintendent Melissa Jamula is, by all accounts, a powerful advocate for the district with the local business community as well as local and state government District Superintendent Melissa Jamula is, by all accounts, a powerful advocate for the district with the local business community as well as local and state government district with the local business community as well as local and state government leaders.

Contributors to the final plan included representatives from the New Orleans Public Schools, state and local government, Louisiana universities, the U.S. Department of Education, the Broad Foundation, the Gates Foundation, the Council of the Great City Schools, IBM, Teach For America, the American Federation of Teachers, New Orleans nonprofits, and the Philadelphia, Norfolk (VA), and Oakland public school districts.