Sentences with phrase «from local tax dollars»

The money we receive from state funding is approximately $ 5,000 less per student than the amount surrounding high schools receive from local tax dollars.

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1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

AAN may have carried out «grassroots organizing,» but a crucial section of the network's tax return shows the money for that organizing didn't come from grassroots sources such as local activists or small dollar donors.

At 1:30 p.m., Assemblyman Joe Lentol; Justin Kalifowitz, co-founder of NY is Music; Maya Kremen of Local 802; musicians, producers, and music industry professionals from across New York call for inclusion of a music industry tax credit in the budget, Million Dollar Staircase, state Capitol, Albany.

Local mayors and county executives across the state, including Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings, say they back the amendment because host communities will receive millions of dollars in revenue from the gambling centers for tax relief.

Other reforms Hawkins is calling for include a windfall tax on pharmaceutical companies» opioid wealth, a surtax on high - dollar pass - through income from LLCs and other pass - through vehicles, a clawback of the new federal tax cuts if not used to increase workers» pay, home rule for local income taxes, and tax credit «circuit breakers» to protect low - to - moderate income tenants and homeowners from unaffordable rents and property taxes.

In many regions, especially along the coasts, escalating home prices yielded additional dollars from property taxes — the main source of local...

Ironically, the federal dollars arrived before the recession - induced fiscal crunch hit local revenues from local property taxes, as it takes a year or two, sometimes longer, for depressed property to be assessed at its new, lower value.

In particular, K - 12 education relies heavily on local revenues, which on average contribute approximately 44 percent to the education budget (Johnson et al., 2011), with these dollars drawn mostly from local property taxes.

The proposal redirects hundreds of millions of dollars from public schools — often, school districts that rely most heavily on federal aid, forcing them to cut vital services or raise local property taxes.»

Those amounts represent total funding, include federal, state, and local tax dollars and private support from foundations.

They don't know whether the dollars in their school came from the federal government, state income taxes, or local property taxes.

«Why should a rural legislator vote to take tax dollars from his or her local schools to send to private schools in faraway cities?

The fact that the Snyder plan does nothing to stop districts from using property tax dollars to fund their operations belie such local control arguments.

While the AFT's L.A. local and its traditionalist allies in were none too fond of this funding, and did as much as they could to characterize the dollars as being akin to carpet - bagging, the likely presence of dollars from the national AFT and its statewide affiliate (as well as the fact that traditionalists have long benefited from national alliances, including the NEA's move last year to pour $ 5 million into successful campaigns to pass Prop. 30 and its $ 50 billion in tax increases as well as defeat Prop. 32) meant that they couldn't play up the outside money angle as effectively as they desired.

Charter schools, though public, only get money from the state, meaning they do not receive local property tax dollars.

Under the new law, the state supplement funding state charter schools receive in place of local tax dollars will increase from the five lowest funded districts in the state to a per - pupil amount equal to the state average of local revenues.

The goal is to create new markets and an additional layer of top down control funneling more tax dollars from local budgets.

Georgia instituted competitive public schools facilities funding 11 years ago and by law charter schools are eligible for E-SPLOST — education special local option sales tax — dollars but GCSA's report said, ``... the dividends from these programs have, thus far, been very limited.»

Taxpayer dollars from two primary sources — from the state sales - tax supported «school funding formula» and local property taxes — and get divvied into several funds, some of which are earmarked for a very specific expenses.

Of course, the problem is even where teachers have agreed to a wage freeze you have increasing costs — without additional state aid — those extra dollars will have to come from the local property tax which is much more unfair for the middle class than raising money through the income tax (assuming you don't let the millionaires off the hook like the Governor did).

Public schools receive funding from three primary sources: local, state, and federal tax dollars.

What politician would defend to local constituents a bailout package where foreign firms directly benefit from the expenditure of domestic tax dollars?

Whatever your opinion of (and tolerance for) local taxation, gazillions of dollars of tax - free bonds from all over America are backed by general tax revenues.

Because we don't receive local, state or federal tax dollars or support from the Humane Society of the United States, and are not a United Way Agency we rely on these donations to make our work possible.

The Kansas Humane Society is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization and receives no federal, state or local tax dollars, support from the Humane Society of the United States, is not a United Way agency, and depends entirely on private donations and fees for service.

As a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization, KHS receives no federal, state or local tax dollars, support from the Humane Society of the United States, is not a United Way agency, and depends entirely on private donations and fees for service.

The government of Belize and the banking community have wanted to expand the population base and bring additional tax revenue into the country for some time now because it's good for a country and local community to see tax dollars come from the tourist industry.

The local population gained revenue and jobs from the budding communities and the country gained tax dollars.

CFACT contributor Mary Kay Barton shows how wind farms re in reality tax farms that squeeze local residents out of tax dollars as they dramatically reduce the value of the farms in communities that were doing quite well before some of their elected officials sold out to gain fame and fortune from wind developers.