Sentences with phrase «funders for private»

Iran ranks 144th on the World Bank's annual list of best (and worst) countries for starting a business, and government funding for private - sector entrepreneurs is almost non-existent within the country.

As VC funding for private companies broke records in 2014 and 2015, startups competed to spend like sailors on shore leave.

The poll on education funding, done by Environics Research for the Alberta Teachers Association, dealt only with public attitudes about public funding for private schools.

I think probably the strongest argument for reducing funding for private schools is that Alberta is more generous than other provinces.

Completely scrap the the funding for private schools, but in the event it's not politically expedient for the government heading into an election, at least consider a reduction in funding levels to financially aid the public system and alleviate some of the pressures they currently are experiencing with class size, lack of teachers and the challenges inherent in providing school lunch programs.

Indeed, as reported by the New York Times, states have promoted these tax credit programs to raise funds for private schools, even though the number of AMT filers is relatively small, approximately five percent of all filers.

In Nicaragua the U.S. combined powerful military embargoes with military funding for a private guerrilla force, the contras, thus decimating that country.

The seven - mile trail linked east and west Aurora.In 1981, the Fox Valley Park District Foundation was created to serve as a trust fund for private donations.

ALBANY — The Senate on Tuesday unveiled $ 218 million in capital projects, providing funds for private companies, local authorities and previously undisclosed big - ticket expenses such as a music center at Skidmore College and a semiconductor plant in Saratoga County.

This not withstanding, the current party executives are misappropriating and fleecing the party of its scarce funds for their private benefits».

The mayor proposed a new retirement fund for private employees.

He said there were «numerous issues» the residents of his district wanted to address in Albany, including the education investment tax credit bill, security funding for private schools and additional funding for infertility drugs.

«You can't use public funds for private enrichment,» said Levy, who heads the Center for Cost Effective Government.

In Connecticut a state - run retirement fund for private sector workers is scheduled to begin next January.

An increase in the allowed number of charter schools and tax credits for those who donate or set up scholarship funds for private and religious schools are also on the table.

Other, more minor, storylines include Julian's (Perrineau, Snitch) difficulty getting funding for his private school when one of his donor's shows him evidence of his former - stripper wife Candy's (Hall, Superhero Movie) youthful dabbling in prostitution, reality TV star Shelby's (De Sousa, Laurel Canyon) sexual prowess, Jordan's (Long, Are We Done Yet?)

Supplemental Educational Services is an attempt to privatize public education by using public funds for private vendors.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act, which President George W. Bush signed into law last year, represented a victory for the advocates of public school choice: the law rejected funding for private school vouchers, but did mandate that districts allow children in persistently failing schools to transfer to public schools that perform better.

This is the same rationale used earlier this year by voucher opponents in the Wisconsin legislature, which cut funding for private schools in Milwaukee's school choice program and enacted a public school - style regulatory regime for those schools.

The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled last week that the accounts do not violate state constitutional provisions against using public funds for private or religious schools.

Critically, the survey finds that 27 percent of respondents did not use any of the funds for private school tuition.

Federal policymakers would have to decide between a program that would potentially crowd out existing state funding for private school choice and one that would target money to states without choice, which might seem unfair to states with existing programs.

Those who argue in favour of public funding for private schools claim that private schools are more efficient and academically outperform public schools.

In terms of partisanship and ideology, support for using public funds for private schools is 15 points higher among Republicans than Democrats, and 17 points higher among conservatives than liberals.

The first question only mentions using public funds for private schools, while the second version references funding private or religious schools.

When only funding for private schools is mentioned, Christians and non-Christians react similarly, with 52 % and 51 % opposing vouchers, respectively.

In the past 15 months Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida and now Nevada have all adopted new programs that dramatically expand public school funding for private school options, Peshek said.

Those surveys found a majority opposed to public funding for private school tuition, though the PDK / Gallup Poll showed an increase in support for the idea.

Students would need to be registered for 100 days in a public school before they could access public funds for private education.

When Republicans have taken control of Congress and state legislatures, they have often tried to push through legislation that weakens unions and provides funds for private schools.

Fast forward to 2017: President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos have championed a plan to provide federal funding for private school voucher systems nationwide, which would funnel millions of taxpayer dollars out of public schools and into unaccountable private schools — a school reform policy that they say would provide better options for low - income students trapped in failing schools.

Advocates claim there is great public demand, despite the fact that a 2013 Gallup poll indicated that opposition to the use of public funds for private schools is at 70 %, its highest level ever recorded in that survey.

In the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s, private school advocates tried to build support for tuition vouchers, payments of public tax funds for private school tuition.

This brief history illustrates how Republicans were motivated by political reasons to move away from their century - old position as strong advocates for public education and to become supporters of public funding for private schools.

He discussed reducing the funding to states — such as California and Colorado — that do not have their own voucher programs, which allow families to use public funds for private schools.

Her proposals would end school board salaries, impose term limits, require appointed superintendents, and promote funding for private schools, and strip charter school authorization authority from local school boards.

The hearing focused largely on the administration's proposed cuts to school programs while boosting funding for private - school vouchers and charter schools.

He also opposed any increase in funding for private voucher schools, which state law now ties to an increase in public school funding.

The $ 23 billion budget deal speeding through the N.C. General Assembly this week includes a platoon of significant public school initiatives, including much - touted teacher raises, a swift ballooning of the state's funding for a private school voucher program and dramatic cut - backs for North Carolina's central K - 12 bureaucracy.

The reduction of resources at the federal, state / provincial, and local levels and the potential of public funding for private schools underscores the importance of reconnecting democratic purposes to the functions of schools.

House committee considers education spending bill that trims Trump's cuts, drops funding for private choice the74million.org/article/house -...

«On a Friday night without any publicly shared drafts or public hearings, the forces behind taxpayer funding for private and religious schools struck again,» Evers wrote in a news release.

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The diversion of funds to charter schools and vouchers redirects public funds for private aims.

«Choice» has become a popular mantra in education - reform circles, used primarily to describe initiatives to increase the number of charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately operated, and to increase funding for private schools through voucher systems.

They «buckled under the demands of education bureaucrats» by killing off what would be the first use in Texas of state funds for private - school tuition, he said in a written statement.

If they can't get public funds for private schools, they try to privatize the public schools.

They can use the funds for private tutoring.

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Public funds for private gain.