Sentences with phrase «funding schools»

A majority of families involved in publicly funded school choice programs come from low - income communities.

We have to adequately fund schools in order to make them better.

Teacher recruitment and retention continues to represent a significant challenge, with the proportion of state funded school teachers leaving the profession rising again in 2015.

Do you support fully funding school districts to the levels entitled under the law?

Nevertheless, advocates have pushed him to spend more, arguing urban and rural school districts have been left short changed by the state's complicated formula for funding schools.

He also supports using scarce state resources to fund school vouchers.

We want change in the way the gun control process works, change in the amount of funding schools receive, and change in how things are run in general.

Current law does not limit the amount of funding school districts can use to reduce class sizes.

A larger, publicly funded school choice program would require the creation of new private schools.

Competitive foods are any foods or beverages sold in schools separate from the federally funded school meal programs.

Competitive foods are any foods or beverages sold in schools separate from the federally funded school meal programs.

As long as a child can attend an adequately funded school in her district, that obligation is satisfied.

Real estate property taxes usually help fund schools, libraries, police and fire departments and other public services.

So while we are opening up diversity of provision there will be no for - profit providers in our publicly funded schools system.

Problems in public schools do not need to be solved by creating a bunch of charter schools, publicly funded schools with less regulations, like teachers unions rules and school board mandates.

The pupil premium is extra funding schools receive for every disadvantaged pupil they teach and is worth # 2.5 billion this year alone.

It is now time to properly fund our schools so that every child has equal access to a quality education.

The trust could lease space to any publicly funded school at a price that reflects the real costs of occupancy.

I'm very supportive of addressing a number of the gaps that we have from previous years, and sufficiently funding our schools on as equitable a basis as possible.

Free schools are state - funded schools which can be set up by community groups or charities - but are now most commonly opened by academy trusts.

Rather, the state chose to waste millions of taxpayer dollars in a futile attempt to keep the facts about its failure to fund schools from coming out in court.

Currently, by funding schools through property tax, people in wealthy neighborhoods often get better schools, she said.

All federally funded schools need to meet certain guidelines when offering lunches to their students.

Over one - third of the revenue raised from that measure will be dedicated to funding school construction.

For a student in a rural or poorly funded school looking for a class in marine sciences or Web programming, an online course may be the only option.

The fair funding consultation proposes funding all schools directly (not via the local authority).

He can't see a public interest in the performance of students in privately funded schools, he added.

We should be funding school food as if it's a priority, not as if it need to be in competition with education dollars.

That's how we'd describe the prospects for passage of the massive bill funding school lunch and other child nutrition programs this year.

That means that taxpayers are funding these schools who fail to provide students with applicable job skills.

Additional amendments required private school students to take the state's standardized tests and the state to fully fund its school aid formula before implementing the scholarship program.

This would save billions, which could be used to fully fund schools more quickly.

Free schools, which the government introduced in 2010, are new publicly funded schools set up by private individuals, businesses and other groups.

That is, it assumes that if there were no Title I program, the district would have funded each school equally.

If approved, the levy would replace the existing levy to fund schools operations for three years.

When funding any school, whether public or private, the government should not surrender the longstanding principle of equal treatment for all regardless of religion.

If you're passionate about ensuring that all students to have access to high - quality, publicly - funded school options, we need your help!

Limited funding is a major challenge in implementing all aspects of the common standards, since 82 % of school districts expect to have less funding this school year than last.

The round also includes a new debt facility to fund school expansion.

The system would then stop funding schools and begin funding families.

State - funded schools benefit from a 15 % discount and those with a higher than average number of children receiving free school meals are eligible for 60 % off the standard rate.

They are publicly funded schools open to all students that operate with fewer regulations than traditional public schools.

Learn more about our work to fund schools sufficiently and fairly.

Still in question is how to fully fund the school safety initiatives.

Need to raise money to fund a school trip, buy new uniforms, or for needed classroom supplies?

There have been less fines for poor school attendance than last year, despite the absence rate in state - funded schools increasing from 1.1 per cent to 1.3 per cent.

Today, most states are funding schools less than what they did before the recession in 2008.