Sentences with phrase «fund the local school district»

This is driven largely by the high rates used to fund local school districts.

Not exact matches

VICTORIA — Local MLAs say students in Victoria and Saanich will benefit from safer, more efficient and comfortable schools thanks to over $ 7 million in provincial funding for school upgrades in the Greater Victoria and Saanich School Distschool upgrades in the Greater Victoria and Saanich School DistSchool Districts.

Besides inflation, the provincial government has fobbed off a whole array of additional downloaded costs to local school districts — costs the government largely controls, but doesn't provide sufficient funding to cover.

In the tradition of the Humanitarian Bowl (the former name of the Famous Idaho ® Potato Bowl), many events during game week will raise funds and awareness for local charities, including the United Way, Optimist Youth Football, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Boise School District, Treasure Valley YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, Girl Scouts, and Armed Forces personnel.

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.

Under this Act, all school districts that participate in federally funded child nutrition programs must adopt and implement a Local School Wellness Policy school districts that participate in federally funded child nutrition programs must adopt and implement a Local School Wellness Policy School Wellness Policy (LWP).

Additional accountability requirements: N.J.S.A. 18A: 33 - 15 to 18 (2007) requires new school districts participating in any of the federally funded Child Nutrition Programs to submit their local policies to the state Department of Agriculture for a compliance check with the state's NJ School Nutrition / Wellness Policy (2005), which contains policy content requirements that go beyond Sectioschool districts participating in any of the federally funded Child Nutrition Programs to submit their local policies to the state Department of Agriculture for a compliance check with the state's NJ School Nutrition / Wellness Policy (2005), which contains policy content requirements that go beyond SectioSchool Nutrition / Wellness Policy (2005), which contains policy content requirements that go beyond Section 204.

The local school district may appropriate dedicated funding to keep prices low.

If we rely on local communities to raise funds to improve food, we'll soon have a patchwork of wealthier (or more committed) districts with good food, and poorer districts (where, I would note, more children are reliant on school food) with less healthful offerings.

Every school district that accepts federally subsidized funds needs to have a «Local School Wellness Policy,» which is a district - wide docschool district that accepts federally subsidized funds needs to have a «Local School Wellness Policy,» which is a district - wide docSchool Wellness Policy,» which is a district - wide document.

This article from a local Boulder, CO paper discusses the newly - launched fundraising campaign, and points up the very issue we've been talking about so much in recent weeks here on TLT: namely, can a district offer the kind of healthful food that Chef Ann champions without extra funding (over and above what the USDA reimburses schools)?

Many school districts and community users rely on a combination of federal and local funding, as well as various partnerships, to offset costs associated with shared use of school kitchens.

Southern Local School District students will benefit from a nutritious morning meal throughout the school year due to the grant funded by Walmart and awarded by the Partners for Breakfast in the ClasSchool District students will benefit from a nutritious morning meal throughout the school year due to the grant funded by Walmart and awarded by the Partners for Breakfast in the Classchool year due to the grant funded by Walmart and awarded by the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom.

«In the short term, I call on the State Department of Education, local school districts and the union leadership to expedite their negotiations on a teacher evaluation system to prevent the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.

Also at 11 a.m., Schenectady City School District Superintendent Larry Spring holds a press conference on the local education funding increase with Sen. Jim Tedisco, and Assemblymen Angelo Santabarbara and Phil Steck, and Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy, Mont Pleasant Middle School Library Media Center 1121 Forest Rd., Schenectady.

Gargiulo, a retired BOCES teacher and longtime coach in local school districts, says he also opposes Common Core and will press for funding to fight heroin and opioid abuse.

This year's budget must demand local districts disclose their funding formulas so we know what the rich schools receive and the poor schools receive.»

Sen. Todd Kaminsky, at the podium, displays an anonymous ad from Facebook that falsely said he lost money for his local school district when in reality, the schools gained funding.

An official from Cuomo's office told POLITICO the proposal would focus more on the methodology of how districts are distributing funds, and wouldn't infringe on voter rights as local voters approve the district budget as a whole and not how resources are distributed by school building.

In recent weeks, as Nixon began her upstart campaign, Cuomo has been talking about a budget proposal that would require school districts within cities with a population of more than 125,000 people — New York City, Buffalo, Syracuse, Yonkers and Rochester — to submit an annual plan detailing the allocation of local, state and federal funds by school building.

Forand also cited DiNapoli's audits of state and local governments and school districts that save taxpayers millions of dollars statewide while using the investment clout of the pension fund to influence corporate behavior such as in addressing climate change.

Districts are restricted in the amount of local revenue they can raise to fund school programs by state property tax caps, which took effect in 2012.

«The state considers approximately one third of all districts in the state as high need, and the additional funding will benefit most school districts in the state, especially in the face of a state - imposed 2 percent property tax cap that restricts local revenues,» Moody's found.

«The data shows school districts continue to be in a prolonged period of fiscal stress due to the continuation of the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA), failure to fully fund the Foundation Aid formula and cap on local revenues,» said Michael J. Borges, NYSASBO's Executive Director.

He has also enacted tax caps to undermine the ability of local schools districts to make up for the state's funding shortfall.

When asked what issues he would focus on to serve specifically the town / village of Harrison, Buchwald said that he would continue to push for the passage of a local hotel occupancy tax, attempt to relieve some of the property tax burden specific to Harrison, seek funding to repave the state roads within the town, and continue his support of the «great Harrison Central School District.»

Actual increases in tax collections imposed by districts may end up being more or less than 2 percent, depending on local factors such as bond issues to fund school reconstruction or repairs, which are exempt from the cap.

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.

Education analysts at both the state and local levels asserted Wednesday that more than $ 2 billion in added funding will be needed in 2016 - 17 just to allow the state's 700 - plus school districts to continue offering student services at current levels.

Local school districts typically struggle to make up for major state funding cuts on their own.

At least 11 school districts that originally planned to apply for state pre-K grants won't seek the funding, and it's likely more will decide against participating as local administrators struggle with the timing and reimbursement structure of the program.

Just when some schools thought they had cleared the threat of a takeover, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state could withhold funding for struggling schools if he and the legislature can not agree on which ones should be taken away from the local school district.

The state Senate voted (again) to end gap elimination aid — a policy that allowed the state to withhold a portion of school funding from local districts to prop up the state's overall budget.

As local governments and school districts here in New York now deal with a tight 2 percent cap on property tax levies, it will be interesting to see how municipalities turn to revenue raisers to fund complex projects.

The Governor then offered a four percent increase in state education funding to each school district that reached an agreement with its local teachers» union on a new evaluation system consistent with the state's framework.

Cuomo has argued his $ 1.5 billion cut can be weathered by local school districts without teacher layoffs, and said school funding is sometimes absorbed by the «education bureaucracy.»

The Governor then offered a four - percent increase in state education funding to each school district that reached an agreement with its local teachers» union on a new evaluation system consistent with the state's framework.

I fought to secure a $ 27 million increase in funding for local schools in our Assembly District.

11:00 AM — Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda and Senator Rubén Diaz announce major state funding for local district schools.

SUPPORT legislation that provides funding for local school districts to invest in security equipment and school resource officers to help secure school infrastructure.

Bridgeton — Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assemblyman John Burzichelli joined with local officials, educators and others in a community forum to mark the increase in school funding for the Bridgeton School District as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE&school funding for the Bridgeton School District as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE&School District as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE&school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE»

While only 22 % percent of New Yorkers think the recently enacted state budget is either excellent or good for the people of the state, at least 71 % agree that creating a $ 2.5 billion clean water infrastructure fund, increasing aid to local school districts by $ 1.1 billion, allowing ride - sharing services to operate in the state, and making SUNY / CUNY tuition free for families making less than $ 125,000 will make New York better, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters released early Monday morning.

Senate Appropriations Chairman Rob Bradley, a Fleming Island Republican, said the Senate has agreed with the House on how to use local property taxes to help fund the 67 school districts.

«It's not sustainable, and what they do is they keep pushing the cost down to the local taxpayer, saying, «We cut at the state level», which is true, but somehow it has to get funded, which really pits the taxpayer against the school district,» Brown said.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there's a need to tackle funding inequities in poorer school districts in his State of the State Address earlier this month, and Syracuse City School District administrators said they agree: The local district needs moreschool districts in his State of the State Address earlier this month, and Syracuse City School District administrators said they agree: The local district needs moreSchool District administrators said they agree: The local district needs moDistrict administrators said they agree: The local district needs modistrict needs more help.

The state would also help local governments and school districts set up their own charitable funds.

Local school districts, including New York City, have until next January to implement a systemwide teacher evaluation system, though the governor assured New Yorkers that with the day's agreement, New York City was sure to be eligible for its share of the state's 4 percent school funding increase.

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.

Republicans defended the increase in charter school funding as part of an agreement included in a separate education bill (HB 7055) that will let school districts keep their local property taxes for maintenance and construction rather than share it with charter schools.

The legislation also permits school districts and other local governments to establish charitable funds.