Sentences with phrase «issue of adequate funding»

As it is now, when politicians raise the issue of adequate funding for schools, someone in the legislature will introduce a gambling bill.

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Pope Innocent found it so difficult to maintain an adequate number of troops in Jerusalem that he actually issued a «crusade bull» in December 1198, imposing an annual tax to provide a fund for crusaders who vowed that they would «remain to defend the eastern half for a year or more.»

She's also pushing hard for the legalization of marijuana in New York, and recommitted to the issues she's advocated for years, including LGBTQ and women's rights and adequate funding for public education.

Riverkeeper, an organization dedicated in part to protecting the river and its adjacent communities, has responded that the plan lacks transparency, the Council was too hasty in approving the plan without adequate funding information, and did not satisfactorily address key issues related to noise and air pollution and the destruction of marine habitats.

Chapters take on a variety of work, including: Regularly scheduled events for the public to discuss public education, school board candidate forums, monitoring school board meetings, translating proposed school board policies into other languages for various language groups, providing tours of schools for prospective students and families, working for adequate funding for public schools, engaging with bond elections, helping parents navigate enrollment policies, and in general, being involved in the issues of public schools in their communities.

Lily serves as the Vice President of Educational International for the North America and Caribbean Region, pursuing a common course of action on issues like collective bargaining, raising student achievement, and adequate funding that resonate around the world.

Yes, not having adequate funding has an effect on decisions regarding expansions for schools that don't have enough room, updating security systems which are critically important with the increase of school shootings or improving infrastructure issues that charter schools inherit from previously closed traditional public schools.

Education Trust and a cadre of civil rights groups (including the United Negro College Fund and NAACP) deserve praise for issuing a statement today calling for a reauthorization of No Child that effectively keeps in place the Adequate Yearly Progress provisions that have shined light on the consequences of the nation's education crisis on children from poor and minority households.

The actions of the Florida legislature reveals that by underfunding public education through repeated cuts, the Florida legislature ignores many children's rights issues such as adequate nutrition, health care, health insurance, healthy environmental conditions, or to an adequately funded, quality education K - 12 and post-secondary, but it funds private education in religious schools.

The question of how much public pressure would be required to improve the historically stubborn problem of adequate funding for legal aid and other access to justice services is a separate issue that can be set aside for now.

Opinions about the issue are typically divided, with critics warning that compulsory insurance would drive fees higher, and that other programs (for example, funds to compensate the victims of lawyers» criminal acts) provide adequate protection.

It calls for adequate funding for family law services which were eliminated in 2002, including issues of divorce, child access and custody, financial support and asset division.

Adequate funding of programs to promote good nutrition is essential to address Indigenous nutrition issues that impact on chronic disease» (p. 40, Summary and Recommendations).