Sentences with phrase «for school construction»

Among likely voters, 55 percent would vote yes if asked to vote on a bond measure to pay for school construction projects.

The money was taken from a 25 - year bond for school construction, to buy disposable equipment.

But instead, the 2015 legislature completely ignored this problem providing only $ 200 per student for school construction in the 2015 capital budget.

The coalition has started a public - awareness campaign and is pressing for state and federal funding increases for school construction and renovation, leaders of the effort said last week.

Included: On - line resources to help educators make a case for school construction or renovation.

As a result, the state has established a new system to pay for school facilities and added substantial resources for school construction.

The district is asking voters this fall to boost sales and property taxes to help pay for school construction, school security and teacher pay.

Those include interest payments on bonds for school construction and renovation projects approved by voters.

As a result, the state does not provide money for school construction and renovation; its failure to do so lowers its grade for school climate.

The State Allocation Board approved $ 1.4 billion in priority» funding for school construction projects Wednesday.

Voters in Los Angeles will decide next week whether to approve the largest - ever bond issue for school construction in a single district — $ 2.4 billion to pay for renovations at hundreds of the massive system's schools.

Wake County leaders are hoping taxpayers will be more willing to support borrowing money for school construction projects if they don't ask them for more than $ 1 billion at a time.

The baseline is used in calculating tax restrictions on individual school districts, which vary widely depending upon exceptions allowed under the law, such as voter - approved borrowing for school construction and renovation.

A manager for the School Construction Authority referred to workers on a Staten Island project as a «f — king Mexican crew» and told them they'd be deported when Trump gets elected president, a lawsuit claims.

The other two measures — a $ 214 million expansion of the «Best & Brightest» teachers bonuses (HB 7069), and changes to how local and state taxpayer dollars for school construction must be shared among traditional and charter schools (SB 376)-- passed largely along party lines but without almost any debate.

In Virginia, local school divisions and school boards are responsible for developing the educational and architectural program specifications as well as determining the number and type of classroom spaces needed for a school construction project.

California has $ 9.2 billion available for school construction thanks to a 1998 bond issue, and Anaheim has plans for six school expansions and five new schools over the next 10 years.

U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D - N.Y.) again introduces the «America's Better Classrooms» Act, which would enable schools to borrow more than $ 25 billion interest - free for school construction and renovation.

This plan builds off of the nearly $ 1 billion investment included in CPS» FY17 capital plan, which was funded primarily by the Capital Improvement Tax — a property tax levy passed by the City Council in 2016 that provides funding specifically for school construction, equipment and maintenance.

Overall aid for the Nassau - Suffolk region, including reimbursement for school construction and renovation, would rise by $ 98.5 million, or 3.3 percent.

As the economy has weakened and state governments scramble to slash costs and balance budgets, the flow of money to local districts for school construction has slowed in some states.

The estimated cost for school construction and repair under Bush's plan is about $ 2 billion over ten years.

The non-partisan Tax Foundation estimates that Colorado will bring in nearly $ 70 million in new taxes, with initial proceeds being used for school construction.

FRANKFORT — Summit Hill School District 161 board members approved the sale of $ 16.4 million in construction and renovation bonds this week, a move made possible by passage of a $ 23.9 referendum proposal in April for school construction and renovation.

In states like California, one of eight where recreational marijuana is legal, hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue have been raised for school construction and health programs.

Newsday's calculations focus on operating funds, because those are widely considered a more meaningful measure of what a district receives than aid for school construction and renovation, which may or may not go to a district in a given year, depending on whether the work is completed then.

They have no taxing power, no access to state capital budgets, and, ordinarily, no bonding authority — they are shut off from the prevailing public sources of revenue for school construction.

The May 8 bond issue would raise $ 335 million for school construction improvements and would qualify for a match of $ 500 million in state...

The Republican Party maintains that the primary responsibility for school construction remains at the state and local level, according to a press release from Goodling's office.

In an effort to fill the growing funding void for school construction, Assemblywoman Julia Brownley reintroduced Thursday legislation authorizing $ 6.1 billion in statewide bonds.

It is an age of unprecedented spending for school construction; it is an age of record budget deficits and cutbacks.

Legislators are also likely to face pressure this year to approve a $ 1.9 billion statewide bond referendum for school construction and maintenance, an issue Horn called «incredibly important» Thursday.

Nevertheless, Pate said her organization is tracking the bills today, although the group's primary focus is on efforts to approve a nearly $ 2 billion bond bill for school construction needs statewide.

The change in attitude about capital funding was never more clear than one day this summer in Ohio, where state support for school construction funding was insignificant until about five years ago.

The East Baton Rouge Parish (La.) school system is putting together a «wish list» for school construction over the next decade that envisions up to 15 new schools, including both creating new campuses and replacing existing facilities.

For poor school districts in Arizona, the fund represented the only ongoing source of funds for major repairs and improvements to their schools, according to Tim Hogan, a lawyer for The Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, which had filed earlier lawsuits challenging Arizona's funding methods for school construction.

the 2017 Washington legislature failed to provide even a single penny for school construction and repair:

From unobligated Literary Fund balances, the Department of Education shall provide up to $ 10,000,000 the first year and up to $ 10,000,000 the second year in direct loans for school construction.

But instead of dealing with these huge problems that affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of children, the 2015 capital budget only provided $ 440 per student for school construction and repair.

Currently, Walker is helping Iowans United To Save Our Schools — an amalgam of parents, educators, community leaders, and executives of the gaming industry - to lobby for legislation that would earmark all state revenue from Iowa's casinos and racetracks for school construction.

Proposed Changes to State / Local Cost Shares for School Construction Funding (for IAC approval on 9/28/17)

«He also criticized the state's generous reimbursement policy for school construction projects, especially in an age of decreasing enrollment.»

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Monday that cash - strapped Chicago Public Schools is likely to borrow against a $ 45 million property tax increase he's proposed in his budget for school construction.