Sentences with phrase «increases education funding by»

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

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

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

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.

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

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

With governments around the world reducing education funding, the costs incurred by young students are increasing.

Today the B.C. Liberal government announced that education funding will be increased by a mere $ 44 per student next year.

New York state accounted for most of the increase in state funding for preschool nationwide last year, according to a new report by the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University.

The union also released the results of a poll conducted by National Opinion Research that found 63 percent of New Yorkers would prefer to see a temporary income tax increase on the state's highest earners (1 percent for those who make more than $ 1 million and 2 percent for those who make over $ 5 million) over education funding cuts of between $ 800 million and $ 1.4 million.

If Scotland were to choose to go down the independence route, not only would there be more than enough oil income to make every single Scot better off by considerably more than # 500 a year, but also for its new government to close down the submarine bases in the Clyde without having to submit to any form of blackmail on currency issues, to increase the gap in health and education funding relative to the rest of the UK, to keep the ship yards open, and a great deal more besides.

The New York Post and the Daily News are reporting that Cuomo will try to force a resolution to the teacher evaluation stalemate in his budget, by requiring that schools who want a promised 4 % increase in education funding must agree with a newer plan devised by the State's Education Deeducation funding must agree with a newer plan devised by the State's Education DeEducation Department.

In June 2010 he was appointed by David Cameron's coalition government to head an independent review into poverty, [14] which proposed adopting a new measure centred around life - chance indicators and increasing funding for early years education.

The plan would need to be approved by the state's budget division and the Education Department for the districts to receive funding increases.

James, I'll think you'll find that it used to be Lib Dem policy to use the funds from scrapping the CTF to increase spending on early years education, but that this is no longer the case (the funds aren't targeted specifically for early years initiatives any more - or so I am told by Lib Dems).

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.

The $ 142 billion budget increases school funding by $ 1.4 billion, enhances legislative ethics rules and includes several of Cuomo's education reforms.

Mr. Cuomo had declared he would boost education funding by just over $ 1 billion only if the legislature agreed to adopt his reform plans — which included state receivership of failing schools, an increase in the charter cap, new teacher evaluations based on state exams, and changes to teacher tenure.

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.

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.

By proposing such a large increase, Cuomo seems to be trying to fund both priorities, but this is public education: A funding plan that will please all stakeholders is not a possibility; it's a zero - sum game.

Researchers at the IFS estimate that the cuts will hit higher education, as funding to universities has been cut by 40 %, but some of that shortfall will be recouped with increased tuition fees.

No 10 said the government is committed to increasing the average childcare funding rates paid to providers, with the Department for Education to shortly begin a review into rates overseen by childcare minister Sam Gyimah.

And there was some excitement when a group of protesters led in part by the Alliance for Quality Education, which favors funding increases, chanted outside the offices of Cuomo and members of the Senate.

The increase in per pupil funding was welcomed by MPs - Conservative former minister Anna Soubry said Ms Greening should be awarded a «huge gold star» - but those on the opposition benches pressed the education secretary on where the additional money was coming from.

We also must invest in on our children's education, provide meaningful funding increases for our schools and make sure that we move the economy forward by creating good paying jobs.»

The proposal, announced on March 10 by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Chair of the Higher Education Committee, represents a $ 1.7 billion investment in higher education by maintaining state support for CUNY operating costs, halting tuition hikes and increasing funding for other opportunity Education Committee, represents a $ 1.7 billion investment in higher education by maintaining state support for CUNY operating costs, halting tuition hikes and increasing funding for other opportunity education by maintaining state support for CUNY operating costs, halting tuition hikes and increasing funding for other opportunity programs.

Heastie, a Democrat from the Bronx whose party - mates dominate the chamber by a two - to - one margin, said higher taxes are necessary to fund increases in education and higher education spending and safeguard health insurance exchanges in the face of expected federal rollbacks.

Tuition at CUNY has increased by $ 1,500 over the past five years, with those funds going to pay for basic operating expenses rather than enhancing student educations, advocates said.

This year's push by parents and educators for additional state funding for public schools paid off when the governor and Albany lawmakers on April 1 finalized a new state budget that contained a $ 1.4 billion increase in state education funding, with $ 525 million going to New York City public schools.

The measure is expected to increase funding for education, expand access to affordable housing, create jobs and help ensure financial security for all Bronxites and New Yorkers by raising the minimum wage and preserving integral family programs.

A reinvented «New Labour» had further improved its credibility under Blair by promising traditional Labour essentials including more funding for healthcare and education, but also promising not to increase income tax and ending its commitment to the nationalisation of leading industries.

Nevertheless, the WFP's overtures presented him with a new dilemma: His «New Democratic Party» platform includes a pledge not to raise taxes and a promise to enact legislation capping future increases in local property taxes that directly contradict WFP tenets which seek more funding for education and social welfare programs by raising taxes on the wealthy.

«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.»

Leaving aside the question of whether this is simply due to easier exams, it's clear that this increased «attainment» is not resulting in greater employability — so the reported 65 % increase in education funding since Labour came to power can not be judged a good investment, by any stretch of the imagination.

Education funding for public schools, which now get an average $ 21,152 per student per year, would increase by at least 3.9 percent.

Mayor Bloomberg's proposed education budget for next year does almost nothing to make up for years of cuts to programs and staff, even though the state increased school funding to city schools next year by more than 4 percent, UFT Vice President Karen Alford testified at a City Council Education Committee hearing on education budget for next year does almost nothing to make up for years of cuts to programs and staff, even though the state increased school funding to city schools next year by more than 4 percent, UFT Vice President Karen Alford testified at a City Council Education Committee hearing on Education Committee hearing on March 21.

«A planned increase in education funding has been expanded by the Legislature — delivering help our schools badly need.

A deal reached between legislative leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo would increase funding for education by nearly $ 1 billion.

The lawsuit, which includes parents from Yonkers and New York City, was announced Tuesday by the Alliance for Quality Education — a labor - backed group that advocates for increased funding for schools.

The AAAS - Andrew M. Sessler Fund for Science, Education, and Human Rights honors Dr. Sessler's important legacy by supporting a variety of activities aimed at bridging the scientific, engineering and human rights communities; engaging young and aspiring scientists and engineers in human rights; and increasing the capacity of human rights practitioners to integrate scientific methods and technologies in their work.

The federal funds for the internationalization of higher education and research have been increased by 140 % between the 1998 budget and the 2002 draft budget.

Earlier this year David Van Essen, president of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), strongly urged the US House and Senate appropriations subcommittees on labor, health and human services as well as on education to increase NIH funding by 6.7 percent per year for each of the next three fiscal years, stating that this is needed «to ensure that our best and brightest young people will enter the field and continue to make neuroscience research advances.»

But Marrett couldn't explain how NSF planned to fund those increases from an education budget that would rise by only $ 13 million, nor what, if any, programs NSF wants to shrink or end.

The higher education strategy aims to modernize Slovenia's universities and give them more autonomy; it includes an increase in funding for the entire higher education sector to 2.5 % by 2020.

Chancellor George Osborne's assurance that the education budget would be protected was confirmed in the Spending Review, while he announced schools funding would increase by # 10 billion.

The premium is jointly funded by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and is to be used for increasing and improving physical education and sport for alEducation, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and is to be used for increasing and improving physical education and sport for aleducation and sport for all pupils.

Also in 2010, Representative Phillip Owens, the chair of the House Education and Public Works Committee introduced a bill aimed at establishing a more sustainable funding policy for CSD, and despite being stalled by opponents representing traditional districts, the 2011 - 12 state budget included a funding increase for CSD schools.

In the RAND report «Federal Options for Improving the Education of Low - Income Students,» released last week, we recommend reformulating Chapter 1 to play a far more significant role by increasing and concentrating funding for the nation's lowest - income schools.