Sentences with phrase «funding over the biennium»

In total, the budget request amounts to a $ 707 million increase in funding over the biennium, not including legislated automatic increases for vouchers and independent charter schools.

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Using some of the funds that would be available thanks to slashing 8,500 + TAs over the next biennium, local school districts would be able to hire additional classroom teachers to eventually get early classroom student to teacher ratios down to 15:1.

The paper makes the point that state public education funding was cut by $ 5 billion over the 2011 - 12 biennium and that bilingual and special education programs suffered as a result, thereby contributing to the decline in achievement.

Overall, total state funding for public education in the 2006 - 2008 biennium will increase by approximately $ 1.5 billion over the fiscal year 2006 base.

Based on these discussions, our focus is on a proposal that encourages the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee to provide $ 5 million annually in state funding over the next biennium for legal aid services to the indigent where legal assistance would: (1) help remove barriers to employment; or (2) protect vulnerable residents from abuse.

Working with the State Bar of Wisconsin and other stakeholders, the Commission is calling on the Legislature to appropriate $ 3 million in GPR funding over the 2013 - 2015 biennium to provide legal services to low income abuse victims.