Sentences with phrase «legislature over school funding»

But this year was different because there was a fight between a Republican governor and a Democratic legislature over school funding.

Not exact matches

The new budget relies primarily on higher property taxes to increase school funding, raising more than $ 7 billion over four years and, the legislature hopes, finally complying with the Supreme Court order.

Just the other day I was lamenting with someone over the lack of interest in the TX legislature in funding school nutrition (with some limited exceptions.)

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.

Mr. Christie's proposed budget keeps spending low and avoided a showdown with the Democratic - controlled legislature over the state's school funding formula.

The important thing to remember is this formula is what the legislature decided on how it would fund schools.This was created to avoid a lawsuit over underfunding public schools.

For the 2013 - 14 budget year, a broad coalition of organizations, school stakeholders, education professionals, parents and community members are calling on the state legislature to: — Restore the nearly $ 1 billion in state funding cuts (made in each of the last two years) over a three -LSB-...]

This year, while cutting public education by more than $ 80 million, Malloy proposed and continues to demand that the legislature increase charter school funding by over 25 percent.

Mississippi's legislature has fully funded its public education budget only twice in over 20 years, and public education received a $ 20 million cut just this school year.

Over the years, charter school advocates have fought for and been successful in convincing the legislature to incrementally increase funding for charter schools in the SCPCSD.