In Pennsylvania, Republican State Representative Mike Fleck is pushing a bill that would - for the first time - set minimum standards for how much time online students must spend on coursework;
limit public funding for virtual schools; and curb their spending on lobbying and advertising.
Not exact matches
Section 529 plans: The new law expands use the use of Section 529 plans to cover $ 10,000 of annual expenses
for public or private K - 12 schools Previously, use of 529
funds was
limited to higher education expenses.
Notably, in In re BP PLC Securities Litigation, Pomerantz currently represents nearly three dozen institutional plaintiffs, including U.S.
public and private pension
funds, U.S.
limited partnerships and ERISA trusts, and pension
funds from Canada, the U.K., France, the Netherlands, and Australia
for claims arising from the disastrous April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Tentative deals have been reached on parts of a new state budget, including about $ 1 billion in additional
funding for public schools, a work - around
for some higher - income New Yorkers to reduce the impact of new federal tax deduction
limits, and a freeze on what Albany sends to local governments around the state.
It is important to note that under Speaker Sheldon Silver's bill, (1) receiving
public funds depends on the candidate's ability to raise money from numerous small donors, so only donations up to $ 250 are matched with taxpayer dollars and that (2) candidates are
limited to a maximum amount of
public funds ($ 400,000
for Senate candidates and $ 200,000
for Assembly candidates in the general election race).
Comprehensive reform would not only to reduce these outrageous contribution
limits but also provide an incentive
for candidates to be responsive to their constituents, by matching donations up to $ 250 from district residents with
public funds.
What's more, they are enforced by an energetic and independent Campaign Finance Board, which oversees a carefully constructed system that combines generous
public matching
funds with
limits on contributions to political candidates,
limits that are especially strict
for lobbyists and others doing business with the city.
Under a Fair Elections system, candidates that abide by lower contribution
limits and enhanced disclosure rules would receive
public matching
funds for every small donation they raise.
His run
for speaker began two years ago and the Manhattan Democrat even eschewed the Campaign Finance Board's
public matching
funds program, which would have
limited his expenditures.
Cornegy did participate in the CFB's
public funds program, which meant he had to abide by a strict spending
limit of $ 182,000
for each of the primary and general elections.
Critics of the system are calling on Cuomo and the Legislature to impose stricter donation
limits and allow
for matching
public funds.
Meanwhile, the Brennan Center
for Justice at New York University Law School plans to push
for a system of
public funds to match smaller donations as a way to
limit the influence of big money donors in campaign fundraising.
But major victories
for good - government watchdogs such as
public financing of political campaigns and ending the practice of donating unlimited
funds to political campaigns through a web of
limited liability companies has alluded passage so far.
For example Germany has no
limits on campaign spending, but also has strict rules on transparency, and generous
public funding of political parties in order to level the playing field.
Taking
public financing would require them to abide by strict state - by - state spending
limits until a nominee is selected in exchange
for which he would receive matching
funds from the U.S. Treasury.
The measure would suspend the
public debt
limit from the bill's date of enactment until Dec. 8, 2017, and would provide
for government operations to be
funded at fiscal 2017 levels until Dec. 8, 2017.
Her policy priorities included enacting term
limits for state legislators and changing the state's
funding formula
for public education.
It also would institute a
public campaign financing system similar to New York City's, where candidates agree to spending
limits in return
for public matching
funds.
The plan would also reinstate a «lockbox» to
limit the diversion by the state of any new MTA revenues
for other purposes and would create a work group to assess the adequacy of
public transportation in the city and its
funding.
Funding for Gotbaum's office will be cut by about 40 percent after the City Council reached a budget deal last week — a move that the
public advocate called «political payback»
for not supporting Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Manhattan) during the fight to extend term
limits last fall.
That's because campaign spending in New York is closely regulated by strict and comparably low contribution
limits — even lower
for anyone with business before the city — and with a
public financing system that offers matching
funds from taxpayers to candidates who opt in and follow further fundraising rules.
Mr. Cuomo's call
for public campaign financing, along with substantially lower contribution
limits and much more aggressive enforcement of campaign finance laws, already faces the well -
funded wrath of a political establishment that cares little that elections are bought as much as they are won.
The amendment would suspend the
public debt
limit from the bill's date of enactment until Dec. 8, 2017, and would provide
for government operations to be
funded at fiscal 2017 levels until Dec. 8.
One of the counts reads: «That you Dr. Raymond Dokpesi and Daar Investment and Holding Company
Limited between October 2014 and March 19, 2015 in Abuja, conducted procurement fraud by means of fraudulent and corrupt act, to wit: receipt of payment into the account of Daar Investment and Holding Company
Limited with First Bank of Nigeria Plc of
public funds in the sum of N2, 120,000,000 from the account of the office of National Security Adviser (NSA) with the Central Bank of Nigeria for the funding of media activities for the 2015 presidential election campaign for the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 58 (4)(b) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 and punishable under Section 58 (6) & (7) of the same Act&r
public funds in the sum of N2, 120,000,000 from the account of the office of National Security Adviser (NSA) with the Central Bank of Nigeria
for the
funding of media activities
for the 2015 presidential election campaign
for the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 58 (4)(b) of the
Public Procurement Act, 2007 and punishable under Section 58 (6) & (7) of the same Act&r
Public Procurement Act, 2007 and punishable under Section 58 (6) & (7) of the same Act».
Participating candidates would have to abide by strict contribution and spending
limits in exchange
for the
public funds.
For instance, in a City Council race, for those participating in the matching system, the 2017 spending limit is $ 182,000 each in the primary and general election, so a candidate could receive up to $ 100,100 in public funds by raising about $ 16,8
For instance, in a City Council race,
for those participating in the matching system, the 2017 spending limit is $ 182,000 each in the primary and general election, so a candidate could receive up to $ 100,100 in public funds by raising about $ 16,8
for those participating in the matching system, the 2017 spending
limit is $ 182,000 each in the primary and general election, so a candidate could receive up to $ 100,100 in
public funds by raising about $ 16,800.
DiNapoli called
for a host of reforms to curtail state borrowing, including a constitutional amendment to
limit total debt to 5 % of New York's personal income and a ban on so - called back - door borrowing — the issuance of state -
funded debt through
public authorities and other entities.
«It is good that research budgets are less hit than other sectors, but the prior commitments of SFI [Science Foundation Ireland, a leading
public -
funding body], due to multiannual
funding, suggest that we are in
for 2 to 3 years of very
limited opportunity
for new competitive
funding, so some excellent work will not be
funded.»
Researcher Eduardo Simoes says if more
public health agencies adopted this tool to identify top health risks associated with chronic diseases among their specific populations,
limited funding for prevention efforts could be proportionately allocated.
Limited evidence shows that populations around the world have positive attitudes toward science and support
public funding for scientific research, and these attitudes have been generally stable over time, the committee found.
«One of the responsibilities that we have as scientists, particularly those of us who receive
public funding for our research, is to be engaged with the
public about our understanding of the way that the world works and also about the
limits of our understanding,» said the Stanford University researcher, who holds dual appointments with the School of Environmental Earth System Science and the Woods Institute
for the Environment.
Critics of the report pointed to the report's «new age, neo-naturalist» stance, noting that the nutrition scientists at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now the DHHS), who urged caution in the face of the
limited science on nutrition and chronic disease, could not compete with this popular ideology either
for public support or
for government
funds for additional research.21
In return, the parent receives a state -
funded account that can be put toward multiple but
limited uses: private - school tuition, tutoring from certified tutors, individual
public - school courses, online programs, community college and university tuition, standardized testing fees, curriculum costs, and saving
for future higher - education expenses in a tax - advantaged federal Coverdell Account.
What
limits would you place on a parent's right to choose a school
for his or her child using
public funds?
They clearly
limit the types of services
for which they will accept
public funds, depending on their judgment of how strongly
public funding will affect their ability to maintain their essential philosophy and mission.
For example, once an organization accepts
public funding and thereby becomes subject to local health and safety codes, it may find itself facing a
limit on the number of people that can be housed in a building.
Second, Don McAdams, founder of the Center
for Reform of School Systems, argued that philanthropy typically entails
limited dollars in the grand scheme of things, but has an outsized influence because this money is nimble and can be used to drive a state or a district's reforms, where it's hugely difficult to redeploy more than a sliver of
public funds.
This paper, co-authored by Safal Partners and
Public Impact
for the National Charter School Resource Center, examines practices used by some charter schools to engage EL families during recruitment, communicate with EL families with
limited English proficiency, and meet the special needs of enrolled EL students and their families, and also highlights the
funding mechanisms that support these strategies.
Few regulations would
limit the use of
public funds for this task, since creativity is needed to bring about more success than resulting from the current monopoly.
Refuse to support
public policies that promote unwise competition between schools, school districts, and states
for limited federal school
funding.
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.
For example, the majority of charters typically must pay for facilities out of general operating funds, and have limited access to public buildings — unlike school districts, which can access bonds for school construction and modernizati
For example, the majority of charters typically must pay
for facilities out of general operating funds, and have limited access to public buildings — unlike school districts, which can access bonds for school construction and modernizati
for facilities out of general operating
funds, and have
limited access to
public buildings — unlike school districts, which can access bonds
for school construction and modernizati
for school construction and modernization.
Past court cases, such as the Horton case, argued that Connecticut's method of
funding schools mainly through local property taxes was unfair to towns and cities with a
limited ability to pay
for public schools.
When hedge
fund managers argue that their income should be taxed at a 15 percent marginal rate, they
limit government revenue and squeeze
funds for a number of
public pursuits, including schools.
Georgia instituted competitive
public schools facilities
funding 11 years ago and by law charter schools are eligible
for E-SPLOST — education special local option sales tax — dollars but GCSA's report said, ``... the dividends from these programs have, thus far, been very
limited.»
They ignore the results of failure
for the past 20 years of experimenting with untested methodology and the terrible impacts that have accrued to
public schools, especially from stealing
limited funds earmarked
for public education.
In other words, private non-profit «entities» receive
public funds to operate
public charter schools with permission to operate outside of various state and local laws, such as
limited or no requirements
for teacher certification and collective bargaining; but only if they met State educational goals.
After spending hundreds of millions on lobbying, these groups were able to persuade tea - bag and conservative Republican governors and legislatures to repeal collective bargaining
for teachers,
limited bargaining rights
for others, dramatically expanded
funding for charter schools or otherwise undermine what most would describe as the American
public education system.
«I hope that WFP mounts a vigorous campaign, especially on the issue of education, pointing out that the Cuomo administration has tolerated highly inequitable
funding,
limited the ability of districts to tax themselves to meet their needs, and shown preference
for charter schools — which enroll 3 % of the state's children — over
public schools.
His new attacks on
public education include taking $ 17.1 million out of traditional
public schools, which will curtail extended day and summer programs in needy school districts, make universal preschool impossible, not
fund priority districts as promised and at less than last year, and
limit aid
for transportation of students.