Sentences with phrase «increased education funding»

Proponents say the change would allow for increased education funding and year - to - year consistency in school budgets.

Over the past two years, Gov. Tom Wolf has championed our schools, fighting for increased education funding.

«Governor Brown's proposals will maintain level funding and provide a path for increased education funding in the long run.

Earlier this year, the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Foundation published a list of principles for school finance which includes the fundamental point that the basis of the equity argument for increased education funding should be challenged, because educational equity is not the same as school funding equity.

Alliance for Excellent Education The Alliance for Excellent Education advocates for at - risk middle and high school students by promoting increased education funding.

Producer of reports and briefs on at - risk middle and high school students that promote increased education funding and high school reform «to help make every child a graduate.»

As you may be aware, teachers across Colorado are attending rallies at the Colorado State Capitol later this week to call for increased education funding.

Republican legislative leaders are pointing to how they've increased education funding and are planning to give teachers this year an average 6.2 percent raise, the fifth straight year of raises.

Nutter was furious at the broadside and countered with a video of his own, claiming he has actually increased education funding and blames the state — read Governor Tom Corbett — for the shortfall.

Meanwhile, a key senator said he canceled a budget hearing because administration officials failed to deliver proposals to offset increased education funding with entitlement cuts.

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New York negotiations also focused on how to divide increased education funding and whether to increase the number of authorized charter schools.

This revenue forecast shows we have nearly $ 1.5 billion to invest in property tax relief for our middle - class and senior homeowners, increased education funding and college affordability for all,» he said.

This year, Cuomo increased education funding in the state: He asked for an extra $ 769 million, and the New York legislature gave him $ 1.1 billion instead.

Advocates of increased education funding seized on the poll's findings.

In a statement, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican, said the city already has a $ 4.2 billion surplus, and that the state has upped its share of Medicaid costs, subsidized hospital with new capital funds and increased education funding to «record levels.»

But Democrats, who run the Assembly, continue to argue that most increased education funding should go to the highest - need schools, which would happen if it were put in the «foundation» funding pot by which most state aid is allocated, and which also was cut drastically during the economic downturn.

In addition, the state has upped its share of Medicaid costs, subsidized hospitals with new capital funds, and increased education funding to record levels.»

Negotiations in Albany were also bogged down over how to divide increased education funding, the details of an affordable housing and development tax credit in New York City and whether to increase the number of authorized charter schools.

A spokesman for Gov. Cuomo declined to comment, but his office noted that, in fact, the state has increased education funding over the last two years, with an $ 805 million increase in 2013 - 2013 and a $ 1 billion increase in 2013 - 2014.

«We're going to demand that Governor Cuomo provide the funding that was afforded to us in a court decision for our schools,» she said as she joined advocates to push for more funding under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which in 2007 won a lawsuit against the state to provide increased education funding to the city.

Woodridge 68 - Seeking to increase the education fund tax rate to $ 2.43 from $ 2.08 and to increase the operations and maintenance fund tax rate to 55 cents from 25 cents.

The state increases education funding by $ 800 million, advocates want $ 1.2 billion.

Cuomo says the budget also doubles the child care tax credit, increases education funding and includes more money to fight the growing heroin epidemic.

If the legislature passes those, Cuomo says he's willing to increase education funding by more than one billion dollars.

One question focused on possible reasons to vote for «Woodstock,» citing reasons like fighting to improve the economy by taking on big businesses and monopolies, pushing for campaign finance reform, increasing education funding, changing the tax code to require the wealthy and large corporations to pay more and raising the minimum wage.

Advocates of increasing education funding had a setback yesterday, as the state's highest court narrowed a lawsuit that sought more money for school districts statewide.

What is fascinating is the Assembly just took away the ability to increase education funding with increased revenue estimates.

The governor proposes increasing education funding by $ 1.1 billion (only half of the $ 2.2 billion that nearly every education and student - focused organization in the state is demanding), but only if the legislature agrees to draconian education reforms that mistakenly blame teachers for poor student outcomes in underfunded, high need, low wealth districts.

Proposes a multi-year plan to increase education funding by approximately $ 1 billion each year over the next four years to provide for the complete elimination of the GEA.

«The Senate Republicans» «new tax» is an extension of the millionaires tax and they're saying they would rather give a tax break to millionaires than a tax cut to the middle class and increase education funding,» Azzopardi said.

As an example of one area where they've butted heads, he cited the state's refusal to increase education funding for the city after a landmark court ruling found the Big Apple has been consistently shortchanged.

ALBANY — A caucus representing lawmakers of color says money that Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed to devote to tax cuts should be used to increase education funding.

«I want to thank the governor and the Legislature for doing the right thing for our students by increasing education funding across the state by nearly $ 1 billion.»

«The Senate Republicans» «new tax» is an extension of the millionaire's tax and they're saying they would rather give a tax break to millionaires than a tax cut to the middle class and increase education funding,» he said.

Nixon also called on the governor to increase education funding, and said she would «commit to ending racial and economic inequality in this state.»

Swiping at Albany, the mayor increased education funds, then seemed to blame sexual harassment claims at schools on a «hyper complaint dynamic.»

Gore's plan increases education funding by spending $ 170 billion over ten years.

noncommittal Monday when asked during a forum in Washington, D.C., if he would further increase education funding again next year.»

They also push to increase education funding and discourage merit pay.

Mr. Roberts said the governor plans to increase education funding if re-elected, while also seeking to end last - in, first - out teacher - layoff policies.

Education was the top priority for Arizona voters, and many legislators have campaign promises to keep around increasing education funding.

Advocates and teachers have cheered his proposal to increase education funding by $ 1 billion.

The Our Schools Now campaign to increase education funding changes to include a sales tax hike.

She joined the conservative Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K - 12 Education, a policy group that included Finn; Eric Hanushek, an economist famous for arguing that increasing education funding doesn't necessarily improve student learning; and John Chubb and Terry Moe, authors of the definitive early manifesto for markets and choice in public schools.

CCSA and CCSA Families hope you will vote on November 8 to help English learners and increase education funding.

To date, no funding increase has ended a campaign to increase education funding.

The Spokane Education Association voted last week to hold a one - day strike on Wednesday to protest the Legislature's long delay in meeting a state Supreme Court's demand to increase education funding.

State lawmakers tried to avert a strike by passing measures in the past week to raise teacher salaries by $ 6,100 annually and support staff salaries by $ 1,250 annually, as well as increase education funding by $ 50 million.

Not exact matches

Going forward, the Fund's goal is to disperse between eight and 10 investments per year to entrepreneurs working to increase access to education, from Asia to Africa to Latin America.