Sentences with phrase «lack of public funding»

Whilst Legal Aid is still available for mediation, for many other matters, it may not be applicable and whilst many of the referrals for family mediation Southampton might come from solicitors, if their numbers have also dwindled due to a lack of public funding, then it stands to reason that the number of clients they are able to refer for mediation would also drop significantly.

Lady Justice King highlighted the problems arising from lack of public funding for cases and concluded «serious consequences» could arise if solicitors were not able to accept instructions on a limited retainer basis.

In F (A child)[2013] EWCA Civ 1277, [2013] All ER (D) 295 (Oct), Black LJ highlighted the issue of lack of public funding for parents who wish to contest an application for a placement order, a situation she described as «wholly unacceptable in proceedings which may lead to the permanent severance of the relationship of parent and child».

The mother's lack of public funding meant that the final hearing was delayed to a date 7.5 weeks after the father's application (so that it was non-compliant with the 6 week timetable required by Brussels II A).

With regard to SRM, the lack of public funding has meant that some geoengineering experimentalists are pursuing private financing to conduct field research on solar radiation management.

The lack of public funding for education, health care, physical infrastructure and scientific research directly hurts our ability to compete in the world.

Kouoh also brought up the lack of public funding at the press conference, saying that it was «not acceptable to work under such conditions».

Not exact matches

However, with technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the gap between a lack of skilled workers and unfilled jobs.

The lack of funding combined with the toxic environment that surrounds the debate over gun rights has made most public - health researchers wary of touching the topic.

Yet while the U.S. government doles out funds to connected entrepreneurs, it lacks an integrated strategy to deal with the lack of public market financing for critical growth industries.

Going against the Silicon Valley orthodoxy, the venture capitalist has urged technology start - ups to go public as soon as they are able, instead of continuing to take venture capital funding: Taking on too much venture funding, he has said, can fuel a lack of discipline.

But the NDP Government led by Premier Rachel Notley gives the impression it would be just as happy if the private school funding issue would go away, notwithstanding the strong public support for defunding elite private schools and a general lack of public enthusiasm for private schools.

Completely scrap the the funding for private schools, but in the event it's not politically expedient for the government heading into an election, at least consider a reduction in funding levels to financially aid the public system and alleviate some of the pressures they currently are experiencing with class size, lack of teachers and the challenges inherent in providing school lunch programs.

«The lack of transparency in assigning public funds and the discriminatory impact on how vulnerable communities in particular are devastated by austerity may become evident again as Puerto Rico awaits disaster relief funds, and communities await to see how those funds will be distributed,» she wrote.

Questions — talks with EU partners on economic and financial issues, Available funds for Police and Crime panels to cover start - up and first - year running costs, Promoting lower electricity bills through the uptake of voltage optimisation, The effect the lack of a public inquiry into the death of Pat Finucane may have on British — Irish relations and on the Finucane family.

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»

«The basic purpose of this commission, according to the governor's charge, was to «comprehensively review and assess New York State's education system, including its structure, operation and processes...» In failing to deal at all with such major issues as funding, special education, the lack of appropriate supports for English language learners, as well as ignoring major current controversies such as implementation of [teacher evaluations] and common core systems, the commission has ill - served students, parents, and the public at large.»

Following several years of public input and careful analysis to address Dutchess County's long standing issue of lack of capacity and housing out inmates, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has submitted a bond authorization resolution to the Dutchess County Legislature to fund the design and construction of a new Dutchess County Justice and Transition Center (DCJTC).

Long Island school districts lack a reliable funding stream for public pre-K and serve less than one - third of an estimated 28,000 eligible 4 - year - old children, even as support grows for a universal program available to all children.

One of the main reasons for the lack of movement on party funding reform is that although the public has the view that influence can be bought, people in no meaningful way support the introduction of significant state funding to offset the loss of revenue from a cap in donations.

«However, we welcome the government's commitment to a public health campaign, despite the lack of detail around funding.

Most notably, the AG lacks subpoena power in corruption cases, which hamstrings him considerably — so much so that AG Eric Schneiderman has resorted to teaming up with state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who does have suboena power, to prosecute the misuse of public funds.

Jonty Olliff - Cooper, director of policy and strategy at A4E, talks to Kate McCann about private and public sector boundaries and a lack of funding for the Work Programme

Howie will be addressing the proposed conversion of four schools from public institutions to for - profit charter schools, segregated schools, lack of funding for schools, high stakes testing, Common Core, and the attacks on teachers unions.

Though she is a participant in the public matching funds program, which matches certain eligible donations at a 6 - to - 1 ratio, Malliotakis has not hit the matching claims threshold of $ 250,000 of qualifying funds needed to unlock the additional money, and her lack of a primary opponent would render her ineligible to receive funds yet even if she did hit it, leading her campaign to stress it is not a concern at this time.

The military equivalent of funding political parties was constituency building with generous disbursement of public funds and patronage to traditional and religious rulers; civil society; academics; military men and the business sector in the attempt to buy the legitimacy their governments lacked.

Unlike many public employees, postdocs generally lack job security beyond the funding of the particular lab where they work.

Sen, who also studies public - health issues such as racial disparities in obesity, wanted to follow up the firearm study, but shelved the idea for lack of funding.

The paper also identifies gross disproportional research funding for cardiac resuscitation as a significant problem, blaming public underestimation of the dangers of cardiac arrest and the lack of financial incentive for improving survival rates.

But the challenges facing public health managers run deeper than a lack of funding, says Agarwal.

Others consider the perennial underfunding of targeted programs like Head Start as evidence of a lack of political support for this approach, and argue that providing universal access is needed to ensure adequate public funding over the long run.

The CSD schools operated with a severe funding disadvantage from the outset, receiving little more than the Base Student Cost (BSE) allocation, with no support that would make up for their lack of municipal tax revenue that is the largest source of funds for South Carolina's traditional public schools.

Shanker had been a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy at Columbia University, but he quit for lack of funds and became a substitute teacher in the New York City public schools, where he had once been a star debater at the elite Stuyvesant High School.

Among them were public funding, decentralization, the separation of church and state, an open and forgiving structure, and a lack of gender bias.

The fact that overall funding progressivity remains low despite two decades of reforms suggests a troubling lack of progress on equitable funding of public schools.

«Parents / lack of parent involvement» was listed as the second most important element to improving public schools; finances and funding headed the list.

Charter schools face many of the same problems as public schools, including insufficient funding and a lack of resources for serving needy students, a report released last week concludes.

I suppose the public schools laying off teachers because of lack of funds should also fire ineffective teachers.

Building Inequality: How the Lack of Facility Funding Hurts New York's Public Charter School Students

A really thought out plan where now less than two years later public schools are laying off teachers because of lack of funds.

The Democratic governor and Lt. Governor who used to decry the lack of adequate funding for the state's public schools are now proposing the deepest cuts to public education in Connecticut history.

The Public Accounts Committee said there was a lack of consistency in funding and levels of support.

While this lack of expertise is not disqualifying in itself, her responses to questions at her Senate confirmation hearing about fundamental education functions such as the federal requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and accountability for public funds were unsettling to educators across the country.

Ms Baldwin also pointed to a «lack of policies and procedures» to «ensure public funds are protected and to secure best value for those funds», and said there had been «a significant number» of breaches of the academies financial handbook relating to a «lack of recruitment, independence checks, risk management and internal controls».

In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the public's desire for more high quality public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed in California: the funding inequity which results in charter school students being funded at lower levels than their traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choice.

The most serious problem facing public schools, according to parents polled, contrary to claims by reformers, is the fundamental lack of adequate funding, with school overcrowding being the second most serious concern cited by parents.

During a public comments section at the state Board of Education's July 10 meeting on the Local Control Funding Formula, community members complained that some districts gave short notice of meetings, lacked translators and ignored community perspectives.

LSUNow.com: Opinion: Lack of funding, charter accountability detrimental to public schools http://bit.ly/2lRD6xP

Obviously that is eight too many for WTU, which is suing over the use of state funding for the schools, as well as their «lack of public accountability.»

What California's Schools Can Learn From Chicago's Officials in California are still peddling the idea that the state's public - school system — which receives 40 percent of the general - fund budget, by constitutional edict — is struggling because it lacks money.