State leaders, Phelps says, must reassess a system that allows North Carolina, like many states in the U.S., to rely almost entirely on local school districts to
fund facility costs, despite local districts widely varying assets.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance,
cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain
cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the
cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional
funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the
cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit
facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit
facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other
cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected
costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
Engineering company Monadelphous Group has provided its joint venture partner AnaeCo with a $ 4.6 million loan
facility to help
fund the remaining
cost of the company's WMRC project in Shenton Park.
Nail Jack Tools is seeking an equity investment of $ 5 million to
fund the purchase of the manufacturing
facility and to
fund initial production startup
costs, materials inventory, marketing and promotion, and rollout of the product into mass market.
OnDeck also extended the maturity date of its asset - backed debt
facility that finances its line of credit offering to May 2019, increased the
facility's borrowing capacity to $ 100 million, and decreased the
funding costs by 200 basis points.
The latter, partly
funded by Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris, will
cost some $ 220 million and will include high - end apartments and villas and berthing
facilities for 600 vessels.
Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased
costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating
costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to
fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit
facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Publicly -
funded institutional investors may be able to leverage private capital on as much as a 10:1 basis by accepting a 10 % first - loss for being the junior equity partner in a stacked capital deal.140 The evidence suggests that pooling risks across institutional investors and developing expertise within one
facility can lead to
cost savings.
I do agree with this completely — all private groups exploiting publicly
funded facilities should pay 100 % of the
costs incurred (and perhaps a fee above - and - beyond the
cost, but that's for the bean - counters to decide).
Construction of the complex and associated
facilities was estimated to
cost R41m, which was entirely
funded by the CPUT.
The Federal Government loosens the strings attached to its multibillion loans
facility for northern Australia, scrapping a requirement for half the
cost of projects to be
funded privately.
But to the extent some districts (because of labor
costs, size of the free / reduced population, lack of
facilities, etc.) can't match those exemplary meals, I'd love to get parents more up in arms over school meal
funding as well.
The
funding is contingent on the Arlington Skate Committee finding a location and securing enough
funds to build the
facility, which is estimated to
cost $ 50,000 to $ 85,000.
Park District officials have said they can partially
fund a new
facility, but could not cover all the
costs.
To help
fund our operations
costs, such as maintaining our website and servers, business fees, Facebook advertising, printed materials for health providers and health
facilities, etc..
Top - up
funding can also reflect
costs that relate to the
facilities needed to support a pupil's or student's education and training needs (either for individuals or on offer to all), and can take into account expected place occupancy levels and other factors, see section How place
funding and top up
funding work together.
Among the differences are
cost of labor, availability of outside
funding, quality of
facilities, and socioeconomics of the community.
The task force will explore
costs, licenses, space,
funding and research related to establishing a public or private care
facility here.
These were balanced by a number of benefits, including sharp
cost reductions for Greene, an ongoing revenue stream for Columbia and the possibility of additional
funding from Albany to support the shared
facility.
Second, providing incentive
funding for future voluntary library consolidation projects stems from a previous County Executive sponsored initiative to consolidate two or more older / smaller libraries into one larger modern
facility, providing greater capability to provide library service while controlling annual operating / staffing
costs.
Language tucked into Cuomo's budget plan would give the city 60 days after a declared transit emergency to appropriate an identical sum committed by the state to
fund «the capital
costs of repairs and construction deemed essential to ensure the continued safe and effective operation of such transit
facilities.»
Flanked by Stringer and chancellor Carmen Fariña at Tuesday's press conference, de Blasio further broke down how the $ 23 million would be spent: $ 5 million on hiring
costs that will be shared by 50 middle schools, $ 7.5 million to upgrade existing arts
facilities, and a $ 3.1 million
fund directed to schools with certified full - time arts teachers, at $ 1,000 a teacher.
«FEMA continues to
fund projects within flood plains, thus favoring
cost control rather than working to move critical
facilities out of floodplains,» Glaser said.
An LDC, a quasi-public corporation that is
funded by tax dollars but operates independently, removes all control over who eventually buys the
facility, and what
costs we as a County are forced to bear until that point.
The declaration means federal
funding is available to the State and to tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a
cost - sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of
facilities damaged by the flooding in the counties of Jefferson, Niagara, Orleans, Oswego, St. Lawrence, and Wayne.
However, it is important to note that the 1.8 percent increase may overstate the year - to - year trend because the $ 75.0 billion total includes approximately $ 1.2 billion in DOE to fully
fund construction
costs for a number of R&D
facilities projects in advance.
Most of the building's
cost was paid through the NIH's buildings and
facilities budget, with a small amount contributed from
funding from the American Recovery and Investment Act.
Its first outside
funding round, in late 2008, raised $ 10.5 million to build the first
facility producing commercial,
cost - effective feedstocks and biofuel from algae.»
The Senate included no
funds for DHS's proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense
Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas, which is expected to
cost more than $ 1 billion.
Several jurisdictions were then invited to propose incentive packages to attract the research
facilities to their communities and the institute selected the offer of Palm Beach County for 100 acres of land and
funds to cover the building
cost of this first phase of the Scripps Florida campus, approximately $ 137 million.
LIGO has turned out to be the largest ever
facility funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF),
costing many hundreds of millions of dollars and involving over 1000 scientists from across the globe.
This is an existing UK government -
funded deep underground science
facility operating in the working Boulby potash, polyhalite and salt mine on the northeast
cost of England.
Districts are reimbursed through another
funding stream for students who have left traditional district schools for charters: 100 percent of per - pupil in the first year, 25 percent for the next five years, as well as an annual per - pupil
facilities cost of approximately $ 900 dollars.
In Texas, charters don't get
facility funding, which for YES Prep means a start - up
cost of $ 11.5 million per school.
In addition, charter schools are generally required to spend a significant portion of their budgets on rent or
facilities - related debt service, an extra
cost that is generally not included in most charter - school
funding formulas.
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.
Most CMOs say that
facilities costs, inadequate per - pupil
funding, and limited access to high - quality teachers and leaders are barriers to growth.
This
funding gap, coupled with the fact that traditional districts often control access to public school buildings, means that many charter operators fall back on a «patchwork of solutions» to cover their operating
costs, find adequate school
facilities, and transport students.
The Manhattan middle school relies on public
funds for everything but its
facilities, cutting
costs by eliminating admin positions and increasing class size.
Unfortunately, the state's
facilities aid law — which grants charter schools space at no
cost in a district building or
funding to support a private placement — currently extends to only some New York City charter schools, and none outside of NYC.
To close this
funding gap, we must raise the difference each year to cover operating and
facilities costs.
Texas charter schools, which receive state
funding for enrollment, must cover the
cost of
facilities.
While the authors do suggest that
funding follow students, and they address how to deal with varying
facilities costs and attracting uniquely talented educators for particular roles, they do not address the dearth of qualified educators and other resources needed to run a school in some places.
Schools raise extra
funds through government grants and community donations, which allows them to spend on average an additional $ 1,100 to $ 1,500 per pupil above and beyond usual school
costs for longer school days, weeks and years and for annual field trips and costly
facilities.
When the Aurora Expeditionary Learning Academy (AXL) in Aurora, CO refinanced higher
cost debt through the Mountain West Charter Schools
Fund, it was able to lower its overall
facilities financing burden while
funding additional improvements, resulting in more dollars for the classroom.
While most charter schools are forced to divert operating
funds to cover the
cost of
facilities, the problem is more acute for rural charters.
By acting as a partial guarantor or «co-signer» for the school's lease or loan payment obligations, IBBF is used to induce, leverage and partially secure
funding from private capital investors and traditional banking sources (landlords and lenders) to provide a 100 percent financed
facility at an affordable
cost to the charter school borrower.
«My current school does not accept a penny of federal
funding, or any federal grants, even though we are on a shoestring each year and are able to operate only based on our tuition (which covers about 70 % of our
costs), our ability to attract groups to use our
facilities during vacations and summers for revenue, and our (my) ability to fundraise,» said Jorgenson.
As the legislature deals with the need to provide fair
funding for the common good, system components must be preserved, including recapture, school district - based adjustments (like small and sparse adjustment and
cost of education index adjustments), weighted pupil
funding for special population students (including compensatory education, bilingual education, special education, and gifted and talented), transportation and especially
facilities.
LISC was already providing low -
cost facilities financing for charter schools in California; it has helped with the
funding for $ 22 million in middle and high school construction in East and South L.A..