Sentences with phrase «gives local governments and school districts»

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Given the low rate of inflation in recent years, school districts and local governments have chaffed under caps that have been largely under 1 percent allowances.

County leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other local government and school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.

Cuomo's plan would offer a $ 400 million state subsidy to local governments and school districts for up to two years, which would give taxpayers a direct tax credit that would offset the increase in their bills.

More funding is needed in many districts to address the lack of resources, but given the recession, we will need to rely upon better coordination between schools, nonprofits, and local government to respond to student needs.

In 2006, Philadelphia received a $ 20.5 million grant from the U.S. government to develop a merit pay program, but the local union — which had initially supported the program — abandoned it, and the district gave the money to charter schools instead.

Commonly known as the «Anti-Affirmative Action Proposition,» among other things, it prohibited ``... the state, local governments, districts, public universities, colleges, and schools, and other government instrumentalities from discriminating against or giving preferential treatment to any individual or group in public employment, public education, or public contracting on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.»

Over the years, local governments, including school districts, have been given more and more to do or abide by without funding to help make it happen.