Sentences with phrase «item on the school budget»

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The daylong veto-fest was designed to follow through on Paterson's vow to quash an estimated 6,900 spending provisions added to the budget by a defiant Legislature this week, including $ 600 million in school aid and thousands of legislative pet projects known as member items.

Senate leader John Sampson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver have agreed on the plan, but Sampson may not have the votes; Governor Paterson may use his line - item veto to strip it of member items (earmarks), millions in restored school aid, and any spending he doesn't think we can afford; and it may be anywhere from $ 200 million to $ 1.5 billion short of closing the budget gap, depending on whether Congress comes through with $ 1 billion in Medicaid funds.

GOP Senators helped Felder get a key item he wanted in the recently approved state budget, an easing of rules on curriculum for Yeshiva religious schools.

In terms of actual budget, in 2013/14 it was estimated that English maintained schools spent # 136 million on general school items and stationery.

Despite the fact that 95 percent of those surveyed in the August 2015 Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup Poll on Public Education said that the most important way to improve schools is to improve the quality of teachers, professional development is often the first budget item to be cut or reduced.

Average district per - pupil spending does not always capture staffing and funding inequities.14 Many districts do not consider actual teacher salaries when budgeting for and reporting each school's expenditures, and the highest - poverty schools are often staffed by less - experienced teachers who typically earn lower salaries.15 Because educator salaries are, by far, schools» largest budget item, schools serving the poorest children end up spending much less on what matters most for their students» learning.

While most of the action on education reform broadly, and school choice specifically, is at the state level, the items in the President's budget and these additional policy ideas would be a tremendous help in facilitating greater educational opportunity for America's K - 12 children.»

Indeed, as you will read, many of you stepped forward on incredibly short notice to do just that when the budget subcommittees in the Assembly and the Senate considered Governor Brown's proposed budget, which contains several common - sense charter school items.

Because charter schools typically spend 15 - 30 % of their budgets on facility costs, this budget item should really garner the proper attention.

What helped transform the school, he points to, is a line item on the budget that shows $ 505,000 in revenue from annual donations.

K12 has spent untold millions in public funds on ads — a luxury budget item that traditional public schools are not permitted even when competing with K12 for students.

But Kasich's pen stroke — that sealed vetoes on 44 items within the $ 71 billion budget — cut public school funding by a total of $ 84 million.

Schools and students alike are on budgets and most people can't afford a $ 500 luxury item like the iPad.

Set a budget for your back - to - school shopping before you hit the stores, and then figure out how much you can spend for the items on your list.