Sentences with phrase «income voting districts»

NCTQ found that a sizeable portion of the county's turnover took place in two particular low - income voting districts, and that many of the teachers who resigned left after only teaching a few years in the classroom.

Not exact matches

Likewise, if you apply too many demographic criteria (upper - income women in Texas Congressional District 5 who are aged 30 - 45, with children, are registered Republicans but who haven't voted in the past two elections), you can end up with target universes that are too small to be useful, a great example of diminishing marginal returns.

While the incoming Democratic House majority is sure to use the 13th District as an example of the need for a paper trail for touch - screen voting machines, it seems unlikely that the party will get involved in the legal fight between Jennings and Buchanan.

The only identification requirement is proof of residency in the district; voting in participatory budgeting is open to all residents 16 years of age and older, removing traditional obstacles to full civic participation such as youth, income status, English - language proficiency and citizenship status.

Councilman Brad Lander — who was absent from the vote on salary hikes — also now brings in about 1.53 times his district's household income of $ 97,120, which includes Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus and Park Slope.

He voted for pension forfeiture and increasing penalties for law - breakers, but also wants to eliminate legislators» outside income, close the LLC loophole, reform campaign financing and provide district attorneys with more tools to prosecute corrupt politicians.

Every Democrat who voted opposed the bill, but so did 13 Republicans, many of whom represent districts in high - tax states that could be particularly hurt by the repeal of the state and local income tax deduction.

* A balanced budget completed on time and without increased taxes, fees, assessment or borrowing * Full disclosure of all outside income * A non-partisan commission to redraw legislative district lines * Vote against any unfunded mandates

The House of Representatives voted yesterday on the reauthorization of the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), which has paid the private - school tuition of low - income students in the District of Columbia since 2004.

But there is a fundamental flaw in fiscal federalism theory as it applies to education: the ability of taxpaying parents of school - age children to vote with their feet (leave school districts with which they are dissatisfied) is severely constrained for the low - income populations that are most likely to find themselves served by low - performing schools.

The House of Representatives will vote this week on the reauthorization of the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), which has paid the private - school tuition of low - income students in the District of Columbia since 2004.

On May 26, 2009, the San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt «A through G,» saying every student in the district deserved a fair chance at college, regardless of the color of their skin or income.

The Madison Prep board voted Wednesday night after an analysis by the school district found the pair of single - sex charter schools, geared toward low - income minority students, would cost $ 10.4 million more than previously estimated if it were to use union staff.

The proposal generated substantial controversy in the West Contra Costa school district, where the district board voted 4 - 1 in August to deny it, based on concerns that the school might not recruit students from low - income areas or have an adequate transportation plan for faraway students.

Also, Wisconsin's Joint Finance Committee voted to raise the income eligibility cap on the Wisconsin Parental Choice program from 185 % to 220 % of the federal poverty line, and to expand statewide independent charter school authorizers to include the Office of Educational Opportunity, any UW Chancellor, and any technical college district board.

Au contraire, it has led education policy makers to come up with ever - more - costly and damaging changes in educational practices to what is ultimately a non-educational problem — a problem that can not be solved by the schools no matter how much money Congress or state legislatures vote to give local school districts in the name of equity or compensation for the low - income students they happen to enroll.

Most of the Democratic Party (which controls the legislature and holds the governorship) votes against it came from middle or low income legislative districts.