Sentences with phrase «including allocation of funds»

The institutional dimension of culturally responsive pedagogy emphasizes the need for reform of the cultural factors affecting the organization of schools, school policies and procedures (including allocation of funds and resources), and community involvement.

Not exact matches

The census will be the basis for the allocation of a great deal of funding — over US$ 600 billion, in areas including health, public health, nutrition and law enforcement.

Where Blooom advises customers to diversify their allocations, for instance, many of Costello's peers (including his own sister, Annie) were siphoning off their savings into a single money market fund, thus minimizing the amount of money that can actually accrue over time.

Investors who want to increase their tax deferred retirement savings beyond the contribution limits of an IRA or 401 (k), with the ability to invest in a wide range of investments including equity, bond, and asset allocation funds

She literally discussed and answered questions about all of the investing topics I have recently been thinking about — including weighing the pros and cons of placing all of your bond investments into tax - deferred accounts, why Vanguard decided to recently increase their recommended stock allocation to include 40 % international stocks, and how more investors using REITs (real estate investment trust funds) to balanced their portfolios and mitigate risk.

Mr. Wander has published several articles on a variety of investment topics, including risk management, asset allocation, the analysis and use of hedge funds, the application of quantitative investment approaches, and other topics focusing on both theoretical and practical investment concepts.

In addition, sovereign wealth funds — which generally diversify their portfolios to include a small portion of alternate assets such as gold, private equity and real estate — are likely to raise their allocations following the low yield in government bonds over the last couple of years.

* Maintain 2004 allocation of $ 700 million for the health care system, including $ 200 million for the elimination of health authorities deficits, $ 350 million for capital funding, and $ 150 million for equipment.

Over time, MFS has been a leading innovator in the asset management industry, including creating one of the first in - house research departments in the mutual fund industry in 1932, launching the first high - yield municipal bond fund and the first global balanced fund, and more recently creating «outcome - oriented» products, such as its line of target - risk, target - date, and other asset allocation strategies.

Discretionary managers in the UK are advisors to whom you hand over complete control of your investment portfolio including key asset allocation decisions versus a financial advisor who must consult with you about significant changes and fund switches.

Such revisions, including the movement of funding between these maintained institutions, are to be managed and agreed directly with the institutions concerned by using the high needs allocations flexibly and within the terms of the sixth - form funding agreement with EFA.

Some of the place funding is included in local authorities» initial DSG allocation and then deducted by EFA so that it can pay the funding direct, for example to academies.

Funding for the approximately $ 40 million redevelopment project comes from several sources including: New York State Homes and Community Renewal's Housing Finance Agency (HFA) provided $ 20.73 million of tax - exempt bond financing, a $ 5.27 million New Construction Capital Program low interest subsidy; HFA Middle Income Housing Program loan of $ 2.76 million and a 4 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credit annual allocation of just over $ 1 million which leverages nearly $ 10 million of Low Income Housing Tax Credit equity.

In the letter to you Dr Kachikwu alleged among others appointments and postings in NNPC without due process; award of contracts above $ 20m without following the legal and procedural requirements for such contracts including the Crude Term contracts - value at over $ 10bn; the DSDP contracts - value over $ 5bn; the AKK pipeline contract - value approximately $ 3bn; various financing allocation funding contracts with the NOCs — value over $ 3bn; and various NPDC production service contracts — value at over $ 3bn — $ 4bn.»

This includes demographic data, per - pupil funding and the allocation of centralized funds, according to an executive budget bill.

The state invested more than $ 12.2 million to finance the Doe Fund's development of Webster Green Apartments, including: a $ 1.2 million allocation of Low Income Housing Tax Credits and a $ 4.5 million Medicaid Redesign Team program loan through HCR; $ 6.5 million in Homeless Housing Assistance Program funds through OTDA; and a $ 159,000 New York State Energy Research and Development Agency (NYSERDA) energy efficiency grant.

Greater transparency for School Leadership Teams: In order for School Leadership Teams to fulfill their role of serving as advocates for their school communities, superintendents should be required to ensure that all principals in their districts give their leadership teams thorough information about fund allocations, including their schools» Galaxy Table of Organization in addition to the budget summary available on the DOE website.

«Another cash of monthly N1.3 bn budget support fund, including Internally Generated Revenue of about N300m is there and this is separate from the local government allocation, thus bringing total cash this month alone to N13.1 bn.»

The unexpended balance of each appropriation, less the commitments outstanding at the close of the fiscal year for which it was made, shall lapse at the close of such fiscal year; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the lapsing of appropriations which may be or are required to be made for an indefinite period or which include state refunds, allocations or grants applicable to said appropriations pursuant to any other provisions of law; and provided further that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the making of appropriations or contracts for the construction of permanent public improvements or works not to be completed during the fiscal year, or the acquisition of property therefor, or the establishment of bond or capital accounts, sinking funds or reserve funds, and each such appropriation, account or fund shall continue in force until the purpose for which it was made shall have been accomplished or shall have been abandoned by a two thirds vote of the County Legislature.

Included in the massive list of «member items» — funds individual council members dole out to non-profits — is a $ 5,000 allocation to Angeldocs, whose city funds are under examination by the city Health Department.

Moreover, whenever such arguments have been advanced, well - known counter-arguments have been rehearsed, including the difficulties in disentangling «English» from «UK» legislation; the knock - on effects for the allocation of funding across the UK; and risk of an in - built bias in favour of the Conservatives.

Then, several days later, the 51 members are given their allocations for discretionary funding known as «member items,» a roughly $ 50 million pot of cash for local nonprofits, including churches, little leagues and senior programs.

«If the agency had reached out to our investment professionals, it would have known the aggressive steps that Comptroller DiNapoli and CIO Vicki Fuller have taken to reduce hedge fund investments and limit fees, including lowering the hedge fund allocation to 2 percent of assets from 3 percent and paying below average fees.

Senator Klein's $ 1 million funding allocation will be used to modernize a portion of the The Rose F. Kennedy Center, including improvements to the 9th floor and the expansion of existing labs.

In a press conference before the start of the session, Horner and leaders from Common Cause and Citizens Union called on lawmakers to sign a «Clean Conscience Pledge» in support of a set of reforms, including a ban on outside income, greater transparency in the allocation of discretionary funds and closure of the LLC loophole.

This proposition means funding allocations will take into consideration the performance of specific hospitals, which will be determined by a comprehensive assessment of NHS trusts, including patient evaluation.

Assessing options and scenarios to proactively address potential significant additional budget reductions in 2011, including one of several options listed in the current Erie County Four Year Financial Plan to balance projected funding gaps that would reduce the Library's 2011 allocation by a further 10 % ($ 2.2 million); and

«Outstanding issues include under - investment in school technology infrastructure, significant inequities in allocation of Fair Student Funding dollars, disparities in gifted and talented education, resistance to training and support for new learning devices like tablets, inaction on liberalizing school space usage policy for community - based organizations, and poor community notification on significant changes to school utilization,» Adams said.

On topic question topics included the mayor's proposed $ 20 million allocation for arts programs and whether this is all new spending, whether it's typical for elementary schools to have arts teachers, the mayor's proposed $ 4.4 billion capital spending to address classroom overcrowding, how many new classroom seats that spending would produce and where they would be located, whether all trailers used by schools would be eliminated, the definition of «problematic behavior» used in dealing with the Absent Teacher Reserve, what the state funding to be used for middle school after school programs would have otherwise been used for and DoE support for schools that will participate in the program providing increased school autonomy.

The legislature agreed to the Empire Innovation Program and included language to direct the allocation of these funds.

«The rule changes announced today give rank - and - file members a more meaningful role in the Council's legislative process and ensure needed and greater equity in the allocation of discretionary funding, including for the first time the very large pot of capital funding.

These include the fate of more than $ 100 millions in state - to - city funding cuts proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo; whether more than $ 1 billion in affordable housing funding will be released; final budgetary allocations toward

He said «Government has consistently honoured its obligations to Labour by ensuring monthly salaries are paid from the 100 % FAAC allocation to the State and the Budget Support Fund including over 70 % of other receivables (Excess Crude and Paris Club Reimbursement despite the Federal Government advice of 50 % payment therefrom for salaries).

One of the 2003 allocations went to Self - Help Ventures Fund in Durham, North Carolina, which will use its $ 75 million allotment to originate loans for commercial and community facilities, including charter schools.

According to the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, all institutions receiving Title IV funds must submit specific data about their educational programs, student population, enrollment, attrition, and completion rates, staff and faculty, financial information, tuition and fees, and allocation of all student financial aid (NCES, n.d.) IPEDS HistoryIn 1995, NCES established the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) as a «voluntary organization that encompasses all sectors of the postsecondary education community including federal agencies, postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC, n.d., p. 4).

From a heritage point of view, the James review contained some welcome recommendations — including those on the importance of a much more systematic approach to the collection and upkeep of robust condition data (and the way that this should inform future funding allocations) and maintenance of existing buildings.

According to his pitch for the job on the parliamentary website, Halfon's priorities for schools include examining the new schools funding formula and «working for a fair allocation of available resources».

The DCPS funding formula does differentiate public funding based on the number of students at each grade level and in different special needs categories, including special education, English language learners, and those «at risk» for academic failure.38 DCPS would not disclose how or if it factors in parental donations when determining school budgets or allocations.39 However, it did report not having a policy to equitably redistribute parent donations or to prohibit these additional dollars from being put toward staffing.40

Congress authorized a budget allocation of $ 1.65 billion for this program, which can fund a variety of programs including character development and school climate initiatives.

Thus, all schools — district schools and charter schools — should receive an equitable allocation of resources, including operating funds and facilities.

Although today's announcement does not include additional funding, it is understood officials hope clarity on spending — particularly the allocation of local authority funding for 2019 - 20, several years ahead of time — will help schools and councils plan ahead.

Building on a fifty year career in the education policy realm that has included roles in the U.S. Bureau of the Budget, at Stanford University, and in two stints with the SBE, Kirst will play a major role the upcoming year in guiding implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), a new system of resource allocation designed to more equitably allocate money to California public school districts.

The district then transferred authority for many important decisions to the schools, including the recruitment and hiring of teachers, the selection of curriculum, and the allocation of funds.

What are the beliefs, attitudes and practices around school finance equity including resource allocation, distribution, sources of funding (i.e., hard or soft; local or state and federal), timeliness and appropriateness of funding (i.e., resources when they are needed, where they are needed)?

The budget reflects some dedicated funding directed towards these potential new students, including a one - time allocation of $ 500,000 to UC Berkeley's Underground Scholars Initiative, which assists formerly incarcerated students on campus and supports currently incarcerated students seeking to transfer to a UC.

Even after the subcommittee receives its allocation, funds will need to be distributed for programs beyond education — including the National institutes of Health, always a bipartisan priority for increases.

Costs for a program of this type could be calculated by using funding allocations for previous competitive federal - to - district grant programs and might include expenses such as release time, resident or prospective teacher stipends, and training for mentor teachers.

This table is an extension of the equity allocation table and includes the bond allocation weights in all U.S. Funds.

For reference, the stated investment objective and the current asset allocation of the funds is also included.

This table is an extension of the equity allocation table and includes the bond allocation weights in all Bank Loan Bond Funds.