Sentences with phrase «increased aid budget»

And while the US increased its aid budget by 14 per cent, it remains one of the lowest donors, contributing just 0.19 per cent of its gross national income, compared to 0.33 per cent in the UK and 0.38 per cent in France.

Defence secretary Liam Fox «can not support» plans to increase the aid budget to 0.7 % of gross national income, he has said.

How can you justify increasing the aid budget by 50 per cent with SCHOOLS and POLICE being cut by 20 per cent?

But $ 5 billion of that rests on the supposition that Japan will, as it hinted in a statement, increase its aid budget by 50 per cent over the next five years.

Not exact matches

«Multiple politicians have told us that in order for them to support measures like increased foreign aid budgets, they need to see the constituency first.»

Senior Consumer Analyst Jon Wolfenbarger said he found this survey helpful in confirming his expectations for improving lodging demand in 2018: «This research suggests that corporate travel budgets could increase by 4 per cent, aided by a stronger global economy and US tax cuts.

The budget increase, which has been praised by many non-governmental organizations working in overseas aid, squares with another seemingly competing Canadian opinion, however.

Remedial action on this front will require extreme vigilance over foreign aid budgets, and careful attention will have to be paid to the Clinton Administration as it tries to square its adherence to an international agreement that flatly rejects abortion as a means of family planning with its commitment to huge increases in U.S. aid funding to organizations that actively promote precisely that evil.

8 One does not need a medical degree to recognize that admitting homosexuals into the military would bring about an increase in the number of AIDS cases and would put additional financial and personnel strains on military medicine, which must contend with a declining military budget and the challenge of recruiting and retaining sufficient medical personnel.

In his recent FY2011 budget request, President Obama requested significant funding increases for two of the main programs we have in the fight against malaria: the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Oxfam are urging Australia's political parties to commit to a major increase in our foreign aid budget and the proportion of it that goes to working with small - scale producers, women especially, to tackle food insecurity in the global south.

If the food security budget were to double by 2016, and the aid program increased to 50 cents in every 100 dollars of government income as both major parties had committed to do, food security would be around 11 % of the aid budget.

«First, we're pleased that the Assembly included a seven - year extension of mayoral control, as well as an increase in school aid and funds for universal pre-K over the Executive Budget,» de Blasio said.

Local governments had raised concerns with the program as proposed by Cuomo's initial budget presentation, pointing to the costs they've managed to contain over the years as well as the lack of increased state aid over the years.

As per last year's budget agreement, this year's state education aid is scheduled to increase by 4 percent.

State aid in recent years has actually increased in state spending plans, while the budget this year closed the gap elimination adjustment.

Generally speaking, school districts are pleased with the $ 1 billion aid increase in the new budget, even though it comes with strings attached.

Cuomo has insisted that extending high rates on wealthy earners is a key piece of his budget, which also includes a $ 961 million spending increase for education aid and a $ 163 million plan to phase out college tuition costs at state and city universities for those who earn less than $ 125,000.

Local school districts are preparing for another tight budget season this year, with minimal state aid increases projected in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tentative spending plan and a cap of less than 2 percent on tax levy growth.

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The Governor's proposed budget increases formula - based school aid by $ 651 million, or 2.6 percent, to $ 25.8 billion.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders emerged from closed - door negotiations Sunday without a deal on the state budget, but eyeing a $ 1 billion increase in school aid and a package of laws to combat sexual harassment as a Monday night deadline loomed.

He says schools saw a record increase in state aid in the state budget, and no school has been punished with less state funding for not enacting the new teacher evaluations.

The district budgeted for a $ 20 million increase in state aid.

ALBANY — A coalition of major state education organizations is calling on the Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to increase school aid by $ 2 billion in the 2018 - 19 state budget.

Meanwhile, in a recent release, Republican state Senators Kathy Marchione and Hugh Farley announced funding secured in the state budget would ensure a 27 percent increase in VLT host aid for the City of Saratoga Springs and Saratoga County.

The Executive Budget increases School Aid by $ 961 million, including $ 428 million for Foundation Aid.

Governor Paterson's proposed 2009 - 2010 budget features reductions in state aid to CUNY and SUNY, despite a projected increase in enrollment for 2009 - 2010.

«While total state spending has been held to 2 percent annual growth and most state agency budgets have remained flat, school aid has increased by 27 percent over the last five years, proving that it's already a funding priority,» Peters said.

Cuomo proposed increasing state aid by 3 percent, or $ 769 million, to a total of $ 26.4 billion as part of the budget.

The Senate's proposed budget would increase school aid by $ 1.9 billion and includes a modified Education Tax Credit but not the Dream Act.

However, the Executive Budget eliminates use of the Foundation Aid formula for increased funding in future years.

House and Senate Republicans offered two different versions of no - tax - increase budget plans Tuesday that they insist can solve the state's projected two - year, $ 5 billion deficit without savage reductions in state aid to cities and towns and school funding.

The governor's Executive Budget proposal would increase school aid by $ 1.07 billion.

Once this was discounted, aid budgets increased by just nine per cent in 2005 - making it highly unlikely the G8 would meet last year's target of # 50 billion extra by 2010.

While total state spending has been held to two percent annual growth and most state agency budgets have been held essentially flat, School Aid is increasing by 6.5 percent for the 2016 - 17 School Year and will have increased by nearly 27 percent since 2011 - 12.

In particular, I hope that he will take a look at the overseas aid budget, which is increasing by 37 % in real terms at a time when he intends to implement 16 % cuts to the World Service.

In addition to pointing out that four on - time budgets in a row is something that had not been seen for decades, the governor highlighted the property tax plan and the increased education aid.

«Although school aid is statutorily capped at the annual growth rate of personal income, the projected increase for next fiscal year is a much larger 7.5 percent,» the budget watchdog wrote.

Education aid, one of the costliest items in the budget aside from health care, is expected to increase by 4.8 percent in the current fiscal year and grow by 5.3 percent on average over the next three fical years.

Cuomo would increase education aid in the state budget by as much as $ 1.1 billion, but much of the funding is linked to his policy proposals, which also include a strengthening of the state's charter schools.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed on a framework for the state budget with at least a $ 1.4 billion increase in school aid, a plan to allow the state education department to develop the new teacher evaluation system and tighter disclosure requirements for lawmakers.

The governor's budget, which includes a 3.1 percent increase in school aid, a two - year property tax freeze and phased - in business tax cuts, offers something for everyone in a year where Cuomo and all 213 members of the legislature are up for reelection.

He's said he'll recommend an increase in school aid by perhaps as much as five percent over last year, but he's also promised to not raise overall spending in the state budget above two percent.

The districts will see an average state aid increase next year of 3.45 percent in money for programs and services under a state budget deal approved early Saturday morning, according to documents provided by the State Legislature.

Either option for the school aid increase would be higher than the $ 1.1 billion Cuomo proposed in his executive budget, and higher than what was announced earlier this month when lawmakers were given a preliminary sketch of how much additional funds above Cuomo's proposal would be available for each area of the budget.

The governor's budget, which includes a 3.1 percent increase in school aid, a two - year property tax freeze and phased in business tax cuts, offers something for everyone in a year where Cuomo and all 213 members of the legislature are up for reelection.

Governor Cuomo has proposed increasing school aid by $ 800 million dollars in the new state budget, lawmakers have requested a few hundred million more.

ALBANY — After a two - hour debate that touched on climate change and several anti-Semitic incidents at the City University of New York, Republicans in the state Senate endorsed a one - house budget resolution that shifts costs to New York City, increases aid for public schools and cuts taxes for middle - income New Yorkers.

Assembly: Increases school aid $ 334 million over Executive budget proposal.