Sentences with phrase «in diversion of public funds»

«Will there be sanctions for individuals or corporate bodies involved in diversion of public funds?

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We believe the funds in the accounts are part of the proceeds of crime, particularly money laundering and outright diversion of public funds.

The plan would also reinstate a «lockbox» to limit the diversion by the state of any new MTA revenues for other purposes and would create a work group to assess the adequacy of public transportation in the city and its funding.

Aside the five defendants, prominent politicians were named in the charge as beneficiaries of the alleged Public fund diversion.

It said the houses were seized while it was investigating the governor in relation to various offences including diversion of public funds.

Kalu's legal ordeal began in 2007 when the EFCC first charged him at the High Court in Abuja with 107 that included official corruption and criminal diversion of public funds totalling over five billion.

Preserve Ramapo organized the event in response to perceived misuse and diversion of public funds, alleged damage done to the town's tax base and failure to provide budgetary transparency, cronyism, and the proposed tax cap override, which did pass and permits the town to raise taxes over the 2 percent state limit.

The Minnesota Federation of Teachers has filed suit in federal district court in St. Paul to block the state's 1985 Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act on the grounds that the law violates both the state and federal constitutions by permitting the «direct diversion» of public funds from public schools to church - related colleges and universities.

The rise of private schools in the South and the diversion of public funds to those private schools through vouchers was a direct response of white communities to desegregation requirements.42 In Louisiana, the state established the Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission, which offered vouchers of $ 360 for students attending private school but only provided $ 257 per student to those attending public schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public Welfare Funin the South and the diversion of public funds to those private schools through vouchers was a direct response of white communities to desegregation requirements.42 In Louisiana, the state established the Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission, which offered vouchers of $ 360 for students attending private school but only provided $ 257 per student to those attending public schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public Welfarepublic funds to those private schools through vouchers was a direct response of white communities to desegregation requirements.42 In Louisiana, the state established the Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission, which offered vouchers of $ 360 for students attending private school but only provided $ 257 per student to those attending public schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public Welfare FunIn Louisiana, the state established the Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission, which offered vouchers of $ 360 for students attending private school but only provided $ 257 per student to those attending public schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public Welfarepublic schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public Welfare Funin vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public WelfarePublic Welfare Fund.

In court papers filed on November 24, 2015, parents suing to block Nevada's voucher law responded to the Attorney General and his backing of the State's sweeping voucher program that will result in the diversion of critical funding earmarked solely for the education of children in the public schoolIn court papers filed on November 24, 2015, parents suing to block Nevada's voucher law responded to the Attorney General and his backing of the State's sweeping voucher program that will result in the diversion of critical funding earmarked solely for the education of children in the public schoolin the diversion of critical funding earmarked solely for the education of children in the public schoolin the public schools.

More than 55 teachers union groups in Washington state have voted to go on «rolling walkouts» not only to protest the lack of funding for public schools but also the diversion of hundreds of millions of dollars away from the classroom and into the pockets of Wall Street corporations that make the high stakes tests.

Today, while much of the discussion about «Education Reform» revolves around the diversion of scarce public funds to privately owned and practically unaccountable charter schools and the debate about whether the Common Core Standards are useful or appropriate and whether the unfair and discriminatory Common Core testing scam can be derailed, there is a growing realization that the rise of the Common Core is one of the biggest public relations snow jobs in American history.

The resolution cited the fact that charter boards accept public money but lack democratic accountability, that charter schools are contributing to increased segregation, that punitive disciplinary policies are disproportionately used in charter schools as well as other practices that violate students» rights, that there is a pattern of fraud of mismanagement in the sector in general, and it then called for opposition to privatization of education, opposed diversion of funding from public schools, called for full funding for quality public education, called for legislation granting parents access to charter school boards and to strengthen oversight, called for charter schools to follow USDOJ and USDOE guidelines on student discipline and to help parents file complaints when those guidelines are violated, opposed efforts to weaken oversight, and called for a moratorium on charter school growth.

Chris McLaren (@mistermclaren) in Cambridge, Ont: Omnibus crime bill: fact - ignoring ideological symbolism or cynical diversion of public funds to impending corporate prisons?