Sentences with phrase «less than district schools»

Though charter schools are funded less than district schools, Great Hearts is committed to offering our students the best education possible, a Great Hearts education.

But Chingos points out that K12 schools receive an average of $ 7,393 in public revenue per student, 37 percent less than the district school average of $ 11,708.

This is a major improvement over previous CREDO studies, which showed that students in Texas charter schools actually learned less than their district school counterparts.

Not exact matches

N.J.S.A. 18A: 40 - 41.5 (2010) provides immunity from liability for school districts for the death or injury of a person due to the action or inaction of persons employed by or under contract with a youth sports team, provided there is an insurance policy of not less than $ 50,000 per person per incident, and a statement of compliance with the school district or nonpublic school's policies for the management of concussions and other head injuries.

Schools applying for the grant program must have support from their school principal, district school nutrition director and school nutrition manager, have school enrollment of at least 500, have a breakfast participation level less than 40 % and demonstrate an opportunity to raise breakfast participation.

(And these donuts actually have less sugar than a lot of other sweetened grain items served for breakfast by schools around the country, at least before the frosting and sprinkles are added by the district.)

No contract for 2016 - 17 food services in the District's public schools has been approved yet — less than two months before school begins again in August.

The decision to tear down the school built in 1962 was made this year after the New Lenox Elementary District 122 School Board learned repairs and drainage requirements for an addition would be less economical than a new sschool built in 1962 was made this year after the New Lenox Elementary District 122 School Board learned repairs and drainage requirements for an addition would be less economical than a new sSchool Board learned repairs and drainage requirements for an addition would be less economical than a new schoolschool.

Unfortunately, the ratio of male parent volunteers to female is still less than half in most school districts.

The report also shows that American Indian students, who account for less than 2 percent of the student population statewide, received more than one - third of all corporal punishment in North Carolina public schools, although most of that disparity was driven by one school district, Robeson County.

Nearly all of the state's 54 school districts have signed up for the program, and the schools are buying Alaska food they couldn't afford when they received only federal support amounting to less than $ 2 a meal.

Currently, many school districts charge less for the paid lunch than the government reimbursement.

Specifically, in the Munster, ID and Caroline County, MD school districts where percentages dropped off after the prices went up — Did those students switch to a la carte and spend less than $ 2.72 on food that was nutritionally worse?

Yes, Piedmont is one of the very, very rare districts with 0 % F&R eligibility, but we're talking about a 6 school district with less than 1,100 students.

Milk is one of the required components of a school meal, and milks with two different fat contents must be offered; our district pays less for chocolate milk than for white, so the industry here does not benefit from the sale of chocolate milk over plain milk.

School board officials said The Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 requires them to change pricing because the law states that schools must charge on average no less for paid student meals than the district receives in federal free meal reimbursement.

Furthermore, many public schools lack the facilities for cooking and food storage that Chef Boundas has at his disposal, and while I didn't find out exactly what Chef Boundas pays his labor, it may well be less than labor costs would be in a highly unionized district.

Finally, the big savings from P2 are really only realized if your entire district is very low income; implementing it in just a few very low income schools within a district which is less than 85 % low income may not save much.

We are told over and over that there's not enough money to fix school lunch, yet we live in a country where we consistently spend 2, 3, 4 or even 5 times more for our daily coffee than we do on food for our children's school lunch, which in most school districts amounts to less than a dollar.

Every now and then, an article will appear somewhere touting a «school food miracle worker» who is able to serve what appears to be healthier, higher quality food than what is typically found in school lunch programs, and sometimes the claim is made that the meals cost no more than what a typical school district spends on a less healthy meal.

At an annual cost of $ 410 million, the Family Tax Relief Rebate provides $ 350 to households with children under age 17 and annual income between $ 40,000 and $ 300,000; the Property Tax Freeze Rebate provides an amount equal to the annual increase in property taxes to homeowners earning less than $ 500,000 in tax cap - compliant local governments and school districts and costs $ 783 million annually.

Local school districts are preparing for another tight budget season this year, with minimal state aid increases projected in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tentative spending plan and a cap of less than 2 percent on tax levy growth.

Calls for altering the cap are back again this year as school districts face the prospect of setting budgets that allow for less than a 1 percent increase in the levy, or the amount collected in taxes.

County leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other local government and school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.

«The only reason I can think to do this is [is that] when real numbers come out in June and show less - than - positive results, it will be Bill de Blasio's administration's fault and not on Bloomberg's twelve - year legacy running the schools,» charged Miriam Aristy - Farer, President of District 6's Community Education Council (CEC).

With no discussion and in less than two minutes, the state's Smart Schools Review Board approved the second round of funding allocations to 36 districts from the $ 2 billion Smart Schools bond act approved by voters in 2014.

Actual increases in tax collections imposed by districts may end up being more or less than 2 percent, depending on local factors such as bond issues to fund school reconstruction or repairs, which are exempt from the cap.

Susan Schnebel, superintendent of Islip schools, said that next year's downward fluctuation in the cap could leave her district with $ 1.1 million less in operating funds than it has this year.

This morning, the New York City Independent Budget Office released data showing charter schools housed in private space receive 16 % less funding per student than district schools.

The schools in the Syracuse City School District have about $ 11,000 less funding for each student than wealthier schools in the state, according to a WSKG news article.

That means districts will be almost entirely dependent on the state to cover rising salaries and other education costs, school administrators said, and Cuomo's budget provides less than half the financial aid needed.

School districts and local governments alike are bracing for another year of budgeting with a tax cap of less than two percent.

All but four school districts in Erie and Niagara counties received less state aid for programs this school year than they did six years ago.

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.

But school districts have in recent weeks raised concerns about a tax cap that will allow for increases of less than 1 percent heading into the next budget season.

Funding provided by the Cuomo administration is now $ 9 billion less than required by court orders, leading to deep cuts for the Syracuse City School District schools and all throughout the State.

That analysis also shows the overall proposed aid increase for the Island's 124 districts is less than the additional state aid the governor proposed for the current school year.

The Vestal Central School District's board one year approved an increase of less than 1 percent.

The district's health insurance contributions will rise by just under 7 percent next school year, a less severe rise than the 7.5 percent one seen this year, according to the budget presentation.

While only 22 % percent of New Yorkers think the recently enacted state budget is either excellent or good for the people of the state, at least 71 % agree that creating a $ 2.5 billion clean water infrastructure fund, increasing aid to local school districts by $ 1.1 billion, allowing ride - sharing services to operate in the state, and making SUNY / CUNY tuition free for families making less than $ 125,000 will make New York better, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters released early Monday morning.

The Syracuse City School District is asking for $ 10 million less than what it initially requested for the next fiscal year.

There are unfunded mandates and lack of aid from the state, and while he has provided more money for education, it is less than the Campaign for Fiscal Equity settlement [the 2006 court ruling requiring the state to pay billions in backpay to shortchanged school districts]... When [Assembly Speaker Carl] Heastie proposed a slightly progressive income tax, he just rejected it.

Ulster's budget - making, like all towns and school districts, is an annual exercise in frustration, juggling rising healthcare and pension costs against a state - mandated tax cap which next year will restrict property - tax increases to less than 1 percent.

Even at the largest school districts (defined as those with more than 6,500 students), salaries would be capped at $ 175,000 - $ 4,000 less than the governor.

Right now, 12,700 Bronx families are still on waiting lists for seats in public charter schools, and the Bronx has fewer gifted and talented programs than any of the other boroughs, with less than four seats for every 1,000 students.Two of our school districts — District 7 in the South Bronx and District 12 in the central Bronx — don't have a single gifted and talented program, and together they educate more than 45,000 students.

From the late 1990s to the early aughts school districts were putting in less than one percent of teachers» salaries, while teachers contributed around 3 percent because the economy was doing well.

A survey last week by the New York State School Boards Association of 282 districts showed that only 14, or less than 5 percent, plan to add or expand a pre-K program in 2014 - 15.

New Jersey schools were also less restrained than New York's this year: Last month, Jersey districts were seeking average tax levy increases of of 4.8 per - cent — half again as high as the average in New York this week.

The graduation rate in the Syracuse City School District continues to be one of the worst in the state, with less than half the students getting their diplomas after four years of sSchool District continues to be one of the worst in the state, with less than half the students getting their diplomas after four years of schoolschool.

The Huntington Union Free School District, which operates eight schools with 4,650 students, spent an average of $ 4.7 million less than budgeted each year, according to the audit, released Friday by the state Comptroller's Office.