Sentences with phrase «local budgets almost»

Programs providing school choice have saved state and local budgets almost $ 444 million over the past 16 years, a report released by the Indianapolis - based Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation concludes.

Not exact matches

There would be less need for regional or national administrators to decide on local budgets and to offer their guidance and program directives to areas they know almost nothing about.

Lawmakers wrapped up their regular legislative session last month almost giddy with their achievements: an on - time and frugal state budget, a local property - tax cap, renewed rent regulations and legalized gay marriage — all passed at the behest of the freshman governor.

What this could mean: Lawmakers in an election year will almost certainly be spurred to push for more money in the state budget that would flow to schools and their local municipalities.

HUD, which provides NYCHA with nearly 70 % of its operating budget and almost all its capital funding, requires NYCHA to certify in writing that it's complying with all local, state and federal laws and regulations.

The biggest cuts to police and local councils «in living memory» were yesterday unveiled by ministers with some parts of the country losing almost 10 per cent of their budget in a single year.

While almost 47 percent of local governments have environmental goals, only 19 percent of local governments have dedicated budget resources for sustainability or environmental protection, and only 9 percent had dedicated staff.

Overall, the report said that there had been real reductions in the education budget of almost 3.8 per cent since 2010 - 11 across Scotland's 32 local authorities.

The average New York State school district will have to increase property taxes by almost one - fourth and lay off 7 percent of its certified work force if budget cuts proposed by Gov. Mario M. Cuomo are enacted, a survey of local school officials indicates.

State Still Has a Role in Supporting and Holding Districts Accountable With the passage of Proposition 30 and almost nine out of 10 local ballot measures last November, the voters of California gave our schools an almost unprecedented chance to begin rebuilding after years of budget cuts.

More than eight in 10 (82 %) schools across the country have insufficient funding and budget to adequately provide for these pupils, and almost nine in 10 (89 %) school leaders have seen the support they receive for these children affected detrimentally by cuts to local authorities» (LAs») services.

Stamford's school budget is almost 90 percent local money.

The $ 20 million in start - up funds for charter schools remains in the budget, Proposition 98 funding increased by $ 288 million in 2016 - 17 from the January proposal, and there is an additional investment in the Local Control Funding Formula of $ 154 million also from the January proposal that brings the formula to almost 96 % of full implementation.

The report stated: «Academies are unlikely to welcome the ongoing (though diminishing) role of local authorities in setting school budgets, but will almost certainly accept this as a consequence of a minority government.»

With libraries around the world coming under almost as much threat of demise as brick - and - mortar bookstores, one UK library system is taking legal action to fight back against proposed budget cuts in their county that will mean the planned closing of a number of local public libraries.

However, compared to other Southeast Asian countries, you need to be more strategic in budget planning since it almost always requires local flights to transfer from one place to another.

Bird watching, biking, fishing, hiking and nature reserves are all on offer in the surrounding countryside and mountains, and the friendly local tourism office will be more than happy to advise on these options, as well as provide details of Ceres accommodation to suit almost every budget and taste.

To avoid enforced sobriety without blowing your budget, pick up beer or spirits from a local «wine store»; there's one in almost every town.

Besides the lucky 20, the state of most of the 4,000 public museums remains that of institutions almost entirely subject to local councils and therefore unable — since they don't control their own operating budgets — to create the right conditions to attract private donors.

There is a whole science to uppermost atmosphere physics, where a lot of stuff typically breaks down (like the ideal gas law and Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium which climatologists take for granted) but it's almost a different field all together with little, if any, influence on surface temperature and energy budget discussions.