Sentences with phrase «funded by public money»

As For James, I have met him and found him an interesting and intelligent character who earns a living by being abrasive but he is not a scientist or represents a scientific organisation funded by public money.

His students are among the lucky 1,822 who have won lotteried seats at Cambridge's three charter schools — independent schools that are funded by public money but not bound by many of the state codes that regulate traditional public schools.

The call for «revised school choice arrangements» will have resonance in the UK, where the coalition government's programme to launch free schools funded by public money was in part inspired by Sweden.

School choice includes charter schools, funded by public money but given more flexibility and accountability than traditional neighborhood schools.

The River Foundation works to provide amenities and enhancements not funded by public monies; opportunities that will allow residents and tourists alike to enjoy the river's natural beauty, immerse themselves in its history and become thoughtful stewards of its future.

Not exact matches

Investors would get a (then) 35 % tax credit on money invested in a portfolio of startups managed by his firm, GrowthWorks Capital (now part of Matrix, a public holding company he created to bring together different divisions of his empire, including venture capital and mutual funds).

A summary document describing the funding — it mentions steering the money toward programs «that help police officers, teachers and firefighters» — hints that one specific intended purpose could be a fix for eligibility issues encountered by borrowers expecting to get Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

It is of great importance that the public is confident that the federal funds rate will be, on average over time, within the target range set forth by the FOMC, and that other money market rates will continue to move closely with changes in the federal funds rate.

* Note: Mutual fund families, as listed by Strategic Insight (August 2004); institutional money managers, as listed by Institutional Investor (July 2004); and public pension funds, as listed by Pensions & Investments (January 2004).

* Note: Public pension funds, as listed by Pensions & Investments (Jan. 2006); Money managers, as listed by Institutional Investor America's Top 300 (2005); and Mutual fund families, as listed by Strategic Insight (Nov. 2005.)

In California, the risk capital test considers whether there is attempt by an issuer to (1) raise funds for a business venture or enterprise (2) through an indiscriminate offering to the public at large, (3) where the investor is in a passive position to affect the success of the enterprise, and (4) the investor's money is substantially at risk because it is inadequately secured.

If they want cheap places where they can express their religion, let them seek it in the «free market» and quit trying to force the government to pay for their private activities through subsidies, tax exemptions, resources like schools, public property of all sorts, or anything funded by government monies.

The point is is that it IS wrong to force someone not to talk about their god, but that it is ALSO wrong to take money from someone who doesn't believe in that god by force (e.g., taxation) and then turn around and give that money to someone who does to promote their views about that religion (such as funding a memorial with public funds).

That's exactly what's at the heart of this — that the use of public funds (e.g., tax dollars) should NOT be used to promote (e.g., force down the throat of others) any particular religion or religious belief or practice — that money shouldn't be taken by non-Christians by force (via taxation) and then given to Christians to put up displays of Christian religious symbolism.

I have worked in a public pre-school (paid for by the same money that funds k - 12) and those children sang a blessing.

«What is amazing about this prosecution is a lot of public funds have been expended by the Crown Prosecution Service... why should public money be spent on something like this?»

Among the Buffalo Billion related questions were the review of Joe Percoco's disclosure form revealing outside income from Buffalo Billion vendors, details of Cuomo's last conversation with Percoco, the recent disclosure by Solar City of a reduction in the expected number of jobs, why the Public Authorities Control Board delayed a decision of funding certain payments related to Solar City and whether public money funding the Buffalo Billion was treated «as sacred» and if so, why an investigation is occuPublic Authorities Control Board delayed a decision of funding certain payments related to Solar City and whether public money funding the Buffalo Billion was treated «as sacred» and if so, why an investigation is occupublic money funding the Buffalo Billion was treated «as sacred» and if so, why an investigation is occurring.

The vote by the Public Authorities Control Board would send the money to a «public benefit» corporation created by SUNY Poly for the funding of the SolarCity project at the Riverbend site in western NewPublic Authorities Control Board would send the money to a «public benefit» corporation created by SUNY Poly for the funding of the SolarCity project at the Riverbend site in western Newpublic benefit» corporation created by SUNY Poly for the funding of the SolarCity project at the Riverbend site in western New York.

He kicked off his mayoral bid by loaning his campaign $ 100,000 of his own dough, intending to pay the money back once he qualified for public matching funds.

This is in sharp contrast to, say, letting state - funded organisations from enforcing their faith (and by extension, the bigotries and inequalities of that particular faith) with the assistance of public money and state support.

Of # 60 million of public money made available to fund new sites, only # 43 million was taken up by councils.

The loan was only recently made public by the Cuomo administration, which said the Clean Water Fund money would be used to protect the Hudson River estuary rather than simply support construction.

In her testimony, Katz said the controversy brought about by these reports illustrated the need for the Queens Library to become more open to the public about how it decides to spend its money, the vast majority of which is made up of taxpayer funds allocated to the Library by the City of New York.

In Yost's view, JobsOhio's principal funding source, bonds backed by state liquor revenues, was so closely tied to public money that he should be able to audit JobsOhio's books.

The public spending cuts will wound a sector bolstered by injections of funding under Labour from the mid-90s when money was redirected away from universities to early years learning and further education.

The final measures passed Sunday by the Senate provide for the flow of funds to state agencies, money to be sent to school districts, public college tuition to be cut or raised for students depending on their family incomes, and non-fiscal matters, including the legalization of ride - hailing upstate.

Sen. Kathy Marchione questioned whether the money for public financing would be better spent on gap elimination aid for education, while Sen. Greg Ball threw a pointed jab at Democratic Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, wondering out loud about independent expenditure groups funded by «Soros.»

The Ministry of Trade and Industry contravened existing law on public financial management, particularly the Financial Administration Regulations, by allowing the use of an existing account for the receipt of monies that it claimed were private funds;

Ultimately, however, his plan falls short by allocating less than $ 1 billion in new education money this year at a time when public schools are still owed more than $ 4.4 billion in Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) funding.

Speaking before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday on the non-disclosure of the funds, the Deputy Controller and Accountant General, Kwasi Owusu, said the money was recalled by the Chief of Staff,

Silver champions fair elections Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Election Law Committee Chairman Michael Cusick have introduced legislation to bring fair elections to New York by reforming the state's antiquated campaign finance laws and creating a public financing system for all state offices, shifting the focus of elections to the substance of the issues and candidates — not the money used to fund them.

On - topic questions include: whether de Blasio and McCray's partnership is modeled on the Clintons, how the Mayor's Fund will be financed including whether they plan to ask Michael Bloomberg to contribute money, the anticipated size of McCray's staff and office location, whether McCray will regularly issue a public schedule, how de Blasio decided to appoint McCray, whether she will continue to be active in other efforts related to the administration such as the pre-K initiative, whether McCray is ready for increased public and press scrutiny and how others who disagree with any actions or decisions by McCray at the Mayor's Fund can address those with the mayor.

«These mailings undermine the Democratic process by perpetuating incumbency from the public fisc [state money] and constitute an unethical and constitutionally dubious waste of taxpayer funds,» Singas wrote.

Scottish First Minister Jack McConnell has launched a new campaign, funded by money confiscated from criminals, to urge the Scottish public to inform on drug dealers.

That ban on contractors» money was approved by the legislature along with a public financing system under which taxpayers pay for grants to fund state candidates» campaigns.

While Schulz's suit is over the use of public money to pay settlements, this suit is also being funded by public dollars: Due to an earlier tangential involvement in the case, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said his office couldn't defend Silver.

Hogan could not raise additional money in the campaign, while Brown was capable of raising additional funds by not committing to public financing.

A bill by Councilman Ben Kallos (D - Manhattan), discussed at a hearing Monday, would prohibit campaigns from accepting public matching funds off money raised by lobbyists who bundle unlimited contributions from other donors.

That's when donations are matched by public funds in order to level the playing field for candidates who may not have as much money as their opponents.

The CWU - previously led by Alan Johnson, so hardly a hotbed of Hard Leftism - should stop wasting its money on New Labour and start funding individual candidates, regardless of party (if any), who do in fact support public services, strong unions, rural communities, national sovereignty (both as against the EU and as against the foreign acquisition of a key national asset), and the monarchy's direct link to every address in the count.

:: Public money has regularly been used to fund dinners for the Panel of Chairs - a group of around 40 MPs appointed by Mr Bercow and paid up to # 15,000 a year to assist him with parliamentary duties.

The path to election reform is somewhat muddled; most rules governing contribution limits and the matching funds program that provides public money to candidates are derived from legislation passed by the City Council.

Daudu, who was first arraigned in April 2010, was prosecuted by the EFCC on a 208 - count charge bordering on money laundering and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N1.4 billion.

Over the last several months, discussions of the Common Core State Standards have been eclipsed by the public's reaction to major issues which have arisen in their implementation — issues such as declining student test scores, and the role of such test scores in teacher evaluations, evaluations mandated if a state was to receive its share of federal money from the «Race to the Top» funds.

Cancer Research UK (CRUK), which is funded by donors rather than public money, said it could not be expected to fill the gap.

A substantial amount of the public money directed to Fort Schuyler and Fuller Road has come from a new pot of money created by the Legislature in 2013 called the State and Municipal Facilities Program, or SAM, to fund capital projects.

Despite being denied public funds and derided by some politicians for seeking «little green men», SETI still carries out searches with private money.

This organization has a great backstory — started by a public school in Washington D.C. as a home - grown repository for screencast lessons made by their teachers, they caught the attention of edtech funders and ended up with seed money to take their idea to a national level.

What Henry brings to the table, she says, includes the ability to supplement the school's public funds by raising money.

By most accounts no one, not even the traditional public schools have enough funds to educate everyone and some charters, such as John W. Lavelle Preparatory Charter School, are pulling - off excellent results with some of the toughest sped kids and basically the same money as everyone else.