Sentences with phrase «full funding so»

«Milwaukee's Public Schools need full funding so our kids can get the quality education they deserve, not experiments in taking control away from our locally elected school board and handing it to an unaccountable political appointee.
To improve special education, we need to ensure full funding so that districts can hire certified special - education teachers; reduce paperwork so special - education teachers have more time for planning and instruction; and provide administrators with training in special education.

Not exact matches

But telephone fund - raising is high - stress work, so most employees are on the job less than full - time.
Once the momentum of this flow of money gets into full speed, public fund managers search for ways to produce returns that are better than their peers, so the window begins to open for IPOs.
So if you own a mutual fund full of 30 year bonds, if interest rates go up one percent, your investment will lose 20 % in value.
I use my tax advantaged accounts for funds where more trading occurs to I don't get taxed on the gains, and only invest in full index funds (VTIAX and VTSAX) in my taxable account since there is little trading volume so I can minimize my tax exposure.
I'm a higher rate tax - payer (occasionally) so want to make the best of the tax breaks available and I just want to understand if this single «fund of funds» would be eligible for the full UK tax relief I would be entitled to.
A serial entrepreneur himself, Gonçalo is only too aware of the long path leading to a successful funding round which is why he is so determined to help entrepreneurs achieve their full potential.
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
The problem with public goods, then, is that the market will not provide them in sufficient quantities: those funding them will be unable to capture the full value of the benefit they are providing because so many of the beneficiaries will simply free - ride.
Louise Sutherland from the Hertiage Lottery Fund said: «The bell ringing simulator is as you might expect, it simulates ringing bells in a group, so that you can learn as a single person without the need for a full set of eight ringers.
The injury crisis we're currently in has been placed entirely on his shoulders and maybe rightly so (selling and loaning out defenders when we are short on numbers) for me that's the only crime he committed but if someone has the full picture of what happened in summer enlighten me because maybe just maybe he wanted to bring in a defender but the board didn't avail the funds to him.
Indeed it was only when I decided to investigate some of Knighton's claims about being refused transfer funds and being reduced to playing «the brother - in - law of the club's doctor» because he was so short of players, that the full realisation that Knighton was a fantasist finally became apparent.
Had I been mayor I'd have gone about it a different way, by requiring any formula company that wants to market directly to consumers in a vulnerable position to fund the salaries of three full - time lactation consultants for every 10 beds in a maternity ward so there is always an LC available to troubleshoot problems, along with providing training in breastfeeding once a year for every RN, LPN, and MD on the floor.
Without reform, it argues, by 2036 pension funds will have become so inflated that all officers receiving their full pension entitlement will have a fund worth at least # 500,000.
Citizens of other countries are entitled to tax funded benefits provided by their countries, so they would be in their full right to require their citizens to file tax returns as well.
The funds would be used to set up at least one polling site in every county 12 days before Election Day so that voters can have several weekdays and two full weekends before elections to cast their ballot early.
Surely one day the real story of the term limits debacle will be written, and it will be full of luscious details: the assurance to Christine Quinn that she will be crowned the first female mayor in 2013; the Committee Chairs that were passed around like so many lollipops at a birthday party (Mr. Bloomberg of course in the role of scary clown); the allocation of special funds to right - voting Council members.Basically, a register of threats and bribes and blame - passing that rivals anything else in the history of shady municipal dealmaking.
Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.
The state Bar Association plans to put on a «full - court press» to fight the MRT's proposal to cap so - called pain - and - suffering awards at $ 250,000 and create an insurance fund for babies that suffer brain damage at birth.
The state has never released a full financial plan regarding the Tappan Zee bridge replacement program — a not - so - minor point that allows the state to leave wiggle room on how the work is going to be fully funded.
So that means 79 percent of the children did not have state - funded full - day pre-K, confirming Nixon's claim.
The Library appreciates and thanks Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz for recommending a county funding increase of $ 469,483 (2.0 %) to libraries in his 2017 Proposed Budget through funds generated by growth in the equalized full value property tax base so there is no increase in the property tax rate.
Library System Director Mary Jean Jakubowski expressed her appreciation, stating: On behalf of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System we want to thank Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz for recommending a county funding increase of $ 451,766 (2.0 %) to libraries in his 2015 proposed budget through funds generated by growth in the equalized full value property tax base so there is no increase in the property tax rate.
«The entire council is really dedicated to poverty reduction and economic development and aligning those two efforts, so we're really looking forward to using some of these funds to make sure that economic opportunity is available to the full diversity of our community and of our region.»
In 1995, an advisory opinion allowed a Louisiana Rep. Jim McCrery to use campaign funds for childcare so his wife, the full - time caregiver of their infant son, could attend campaign events with him.
The Library very much appreciates and thanks Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz for recommending a county funding increase of $ 460,277 (2.0 %) to libraries in his 2016 proposed budget through funds generated by growth in the equalized full value property tax base so there is no increase in the property tax rate.
This week, the full House approved its first spending legislation of the year — a so - called «minibus» that packaged together four individual spending measures covering defense, energy, and other areas — while Senate appropriators unveiled and approved two bills funding NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Departments of Commerce and Transportation.
For reasons of bureaucracy, it was impossible to postpone my Irish funding for a full 12 months, so instead it was postponed by 6 months.
In such cases, it is possible to request a no - cost time extension from your funding body so that you can still meet your research objectives and spend your full budget, rather than having to return the unused funds once the original project completion date has gone by.
«The grant will fund setting up infrastructure [for efforts to] connect groups and junior scientists around the country with our group and each other; helping local groups organize meetings and workshops by providing full - time logistical support; and beginning to look through the data that exists about the scientific enterprise [so that] we can... advocate for change,» McDowell tells Science Careers by email.
«Many of these things hang together and you can't really go the full length on one without another, so any significant step on any of these will be welcome,» Markus Rodlauer, deputy head of the International Monetary Fund's Asia Pacific Division in Washington, told Reuters.
Friday 21 February saw the official opening on the epn campus of several new buildings which were funded in part or in full by the local and regional authorities in the framework of a so - called CPER contract (Contrat de Projets Etat - Région).
Today we publish the full details of the UK Longitude prize so that scientists and innovators can start the race to win funding for what is becoming regarded as one of the world's most critical scientific challenges.
Blogging isn't my full time job so these funds are used to maintain this site.
This short film, which would later be made into the full - length film «The Evil Dead», was used to solicit funds from investors so they could make «The Evil Dead».
The fact that Braff funded the film through his notorious Kickstarter campaign also means no studio interference so this is the untarnished piece bolstered by full creative control.
«This government is committed to making sure schools are funded fairly so all pupils have access to a good education - a key part of our core mission to raise standards across the country and make sure every child reaches their full potential.»
One sensible move is to embrace full Title I portability, so that states can use federal funds to help low - income students attend the district, charter, or private school of their choice.
Our big challenge of course is getting those states that have not yet implemented the full Gonski principles to actually commit to doing so and that the Abbott Government commits to making sure that they fund Years 5 and 6.
You never hear the full story of what happened and the likely role of the research team in filling major gaps, funding extra training, providing lunch at every meeting, and doing whatever they could to preserve the integrity of the process so that the evaluation could proceed well.
«Tony Abbott must honour the full duration and funding allocation of each of these agreements so that kids are getting the extra support they need at school,» Gavrielatos said.
In focusing on who should be laid off in times of budget crises, he omits the larger problem at play: full and fair funding of our schools so all kids have access to the classes — like music, art and physical education — and opportunities they need.
While the hold - harmless provision is designed to protect school districts from reductions in their Title I funding, it has also kept 22 states from setting aside the full portion of Title I school improvement funds since 2002 because they did not have enough funds to do so after satisfying the hold - harmless provision.
One sensible move would be to embrace full Title I portability, so that states can use federal funds to help low - income students attend the district, charter, or private school of their choice.
«If Dan Patrick and his followers wanted to give all students and their parents a meaningful educational choice, they would more adequately fund public education, so that children of all economic backgrounds would have a full menu of academic offerings and electives in their neighborhood public schools,» said Texas State Teachers Association President Noel Candelaria.
Add in the tens of million spent by local school districts on computers and internet expansion so that students can take the on - line tests, along with the substitute teachers who were brought in so that full - time teachers could be pulled out to «learn about the Common Core,» and well over $ 150 — $ 200 million dollars (or more) in public funds have been diverted from instruction to the Common Core and Common Core testing disaster.
The full program has $ 75 million in tax credits, so that will produce $ 100 million in scholarship funds.
We will continue to propose ways to improve the way education is funded in Indiana, endeavoring always to align our fiscal policy with our education policies and building upon recent successes, like making sure every family that wants to enroll their child in full day kindergarten can do so.
All charter schools deserve full and equitable funding so we can continue doing the important work of educating children.»
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