Sentences with phrase «get more state funding»

So charters will get more state funding than the local school district, plus local districts will now pay them an additional penalty for each charter school student.

Previous versions of state performance - based funding (PBF) policies were frequently criticized for encouraging colleges to simply become more selective in order to get more state funding (see a good summary of the research here).

(e.g. Less wealthy towns get more State funding; wealthier towns get less State funding).

Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has tangled with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Republican State Senate to get more state funding for anti-homelessness initiatives, applauded the Schneiderman plan though no one from his office attended the event.

Not exact matches

Ahlborn has stated he has more than 400 investors willing to buy into the project — and says the Hyperloop could potentially sell energy by producing more power than it needs — but even at the lowest possible estimate, it's unclear whether the project would be able to attract enough funding to get off the ground.

Mayor David Bing plans to challenge the census findings, saying the city can qualify for more federal and state funding if it can get its population count to 775,000.

Maine, Kentucky, Arizona, and Alaska all get more federal funding than the original in the new version, according to a state - by - state breakdown released by the authors.

Mayor Bloomberg said this morning he is becoming increasingly pressimistic that the city and state will get the FMAP funds they had expected to receive from Washington, DC, and he has directed his agency commissioners to start preparing for more cuts as a result.

What's more, New York also stands to lose a big chunk of its federal Medicaid funding if Congress ever manages to get a deal on repeal and replacement of Obamacare, with the most recent proposal — Cassidy - Graham — calling for block granting those funds, in a move that would hurt New York more than any other state, Cuomo said.

At stake is more than $ 800 million in funding that will be divvied up among regional economic development councils around the state, with some getting much large pieces of the pie than others.

It took several more days for Empire State Development, SUNY Polytechnic and the office of Governor Andrew Cuomo to identify a funding source and get the money to LPCiminelli, the lead developer on the project.

It is amazing to me, in this great State of New York, with all the financial resources we have, that the Senate and Assembly can not get together, as well as the Governor, to see what needs to be done to provide balance of education and the needed funds to allow students, parents and families more of an opportunity to attend parochial schools.

Boyland, a Democrat, was convicted in 2014 of accepting $ 13,800 in bribes for helping to a carnival promoter get a carnival permit, and of funneling more than $ 84,000 in state funds for a nonprofit in his district to his campaign coffers.

Or has the state made it more difficult to get EFC funds?

While New York sends more in tax dollars to Washington than we get back, over one - third, or $ 57 billion, of New York State's FY 2019 All Funds Budget is comprised of federal fFunds Budget is comprised of federal fundsfunds.

We do know Sen. Latimer will raise taxes / fees on Westchester residents, he'll have to do that to pay for all the spending he's got planned, Latimer's notion that Westchester can simply get more federal and state aid to fund his spending plans is also rather stupid.

New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio wants to pay for pre-K for New York City children by raising New York City income taxes on households earning more than $ 500,000 saying that if state funding gets cut, pre-K for New York City children will still be funded.

I think the county should be working more with the state to get funding for a lot of these mandates.

Queens Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, whose committee shapes the city's annual budget, estimated that the Trump administration could endanger more than 10 percent of the funding the city receives directly from Washington — plus additional federal monies that get channeled through the state.

The two agree that the state has to do more to ensure that school districts in Dutchess County are getting «their fair share» of state aid, although they differ on how best to reduce the reliance on property taxes to fund education.

De Blasio's key challenges now include renewing mayoral control of the public schools and getting the state to live up to more of its court - ordered funding obligation.

Those things have added up to a mayor that takes her message to Washington, to complain about delays in replenishing the Highway Trust Fund; to Albany, looking to get more state spending on infrastructure; and to the Clinton Global Initiative, as a member of the infrastructure working group.

Paterson thanked the president and congress for the funds the state has received but also called on Congress for more federal funding to «provide us with the resources to help New Yorkers get back to work.»

Birchez Associates, an affordable housing builder, donated more than $ 250,000 to Cuomo and often got tax deals and state funds ahead of higher - rated rival plans.

Despite getting flak from civil rights advocates over his decision to veto bills that would have legalized specific kinds of pocket knives and offering more state funds to compensate lawyers designated by the court to represent defendants who don't make enough money to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case, people roared in applause throughout Cuomo's speech.

Given how many legislators take state grants to run for office — more than 80 percent of sitting legislators have gotten Citizens» Election Program funding, says Michael J. Brandi, executive director of the State Elections Enforcement Commission — it's a wonder that CEP has been targeted for elimination by both major parties in recent ystate grants to run for office — more than 80 percent of sitting legislators have gotten Citizens» Election Program funding, says Michael J. Brandi, executive director of the State Elections Enforcement Commission — it's a wonder that CEP has been targeted for elimination by both major parties in recent yState Elections Enforcement Commission — it's a wonder that CEP has been targeted for elimination by both major parties in recent years.

The freeze on charters» per - pupil funding won't officially end for another year, but these innovative public schools will get direct state grants to reduce the gap this year — and also get markedly more facilities funding.

JAMESTOWN - New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli was in Jamestown last Friday to get an update on state - funded economic development efforts in the city, along with meeting with and endorsing two candidates for Chautauqua County... [Read morState Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli was in Jamestown last Friday to get an update on state - funded economic development efforts in the city, along with meeting with and endorsing two candidates for Chautauqua County... [Read morstate - funded economic development efforts in the city, along with meeting with and endorsing two candidates for Chautauqua County... [Read more...]

Cuomo, noting that New York already sends $ 48 billion more in tax revenue than it gets back in services, argued that GOP leaders in Congress were using the Empire State as a «piggy bank» to fund tax cuts for other states.

City schools will get a total funding cut of $ 510 million next year under the most austere state budget in more than a decade.

State lawmakers helped get the MTA to use funding from its budget on evaluations for the West Shore Light Rail system, first proposed more than a decade ago to connect Richmond Valley to Elm Park and link with light rail connections in New Jersey.

Nothing is more important to the environmental health of Nassau County's South Shore, but the state's hope of getting Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for it is, alas, a pipe dream.

Albany, NY — The region's economic development officials got more than they hoped for from a trip to Albany Thursday, bringing home $ 103.7 million in state economic development funds.

She estimated Buffalo schools would be owed more than $ 100 million in aid from the state, had Albany followed the decision that came out of a landmark school funding lawsuit won by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, a group Nixon got involved with when her oldest teenager began as a kindergarten student in a New York City public school.

«If the MTA doesn't get the funding it needs, the MTA will have to choose between cutting the size of the capital program or borrowing more, which could lead to less reliable service or higher fares and tolls,» said State Controller Thomas DiNapoli.

«Not only do the big state universities have flat support from NIH; they also have a problem getting funds for more tenure - track positions.»

Critics of the current system argue that if Europeans get this right, Europe could become a more attractive research environment than the United States, which is suffering from a weak economy and deep cuts in federally funded research.

[9] These weights mean two states with the same number of poor and non-poor students would get more Title I funds if those students are economically segregated across school districts.

States and localities should also do more to ensure that charter schools get an equal share of education funding.

In 1999, California passed a statewide bill that provided $ 40 million in state funds over five years for school districts to set up home visiting programs and get parents more involved in education programs.

Obama said the federal government should fully fund the federal No Child Left Behind law, investing more money in early childhood education, teacher training, and charter schools, which get public money but operate free from many state rules.

«In March the Higher Education Funding Council tracked 130,000 students beginning degrees in 2007 - the results showed that state pupils were more likely to get a 2:1 than those who had been privately educated.»

More detail regarding the teachers» analysis and recommendations can be found at One State, One Future, as well as ways the public can get involved in advocating for fairer funding in Connecticut.

Investing District Funds Getting more state revenues than expected for the budget year?

Approval of R - 55 also would allow Washington state to get our share of more than $ 200 million a year in federal funds earmarked exclusively for states that authorize charter public schools.

In some cases, wealthier towns got even more funding as poorer districts lost state funds, a point made painfully clear by the judge.

According to the State of the Sector report, the funding deficit for public charter schools can be large, and the resources spent on facilities that traditional public schools automatically get diverts much needed funding from the classroom, forcing public charter schools to do more with less.

So how on earth did we go from having one of the «best» campaign finance reform laws in the nation to a campaign in which Malloy gets $ 6.2 million in public funds, while accessing another $ 10 million or more in campaign donations including money from state contractors and others who personally benefit from the governor's policies.

However, what has remained relatively secret is that Bronin's PR person is a well - paid adviser for Families for Excellent Schools, the New York based charter school industry group that spent more than $ 1 million lobbying Connecticut legislators on behalf of Governor Malloy's proposal to divert millions of dollars in scarce state funds so that Bridgeport and Stamford could get new, privately owned, but publicly funded charter schools --- one of which will make former Capital Prep Principal Steve Perry very rich.

And to address years of concerns about his signature 2013 law, the Local Control Funding Formula, Brown is finally ready to require that school districts be more transparent about how the funds are used and how this spending promotes the stated goal of the law: to get more help to English - language learners, foster students and students from impoverished families.