Sentences with phrase «long budget debates»

Bryan authored a much - discussed draft of legislation last year that would have funneled five of the state's lowest - performing elementary schools into the state - controlled achievement districts as a pilot program, although the notion did not gain any significant traction during the General Assembly's long budget debates last summer.

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We're going to finish this budget, however long the debate takes.

In the heart of long and fiery debates over Erie County's 2005 budget, some citizens and public officials have asked the Library to revisit the 1998 Cohen study - a study that the Library's Board and administration never ignored and never abandoned.

The plan, which Cuomo announced in his 2015 budget, captivated New York City's health experts, who have long debated what to do about Brooklyn's health care woes.

Debate on both measures was predictably emotional, and went on long enough to prevent lawmakers from attending a planned briefing on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal at the Executive Mansion.

Each year we sift through the President's budget, monitor ongoing Congressional debates, and keep an eye on longer - term budget trends to provide timely and objective information and perspectives on the federal R&D enterprise to policymakers and the science and engineering community.

But he's long argued that policy issues should not be added into the budget process and this legislation addresses concerns about automatic expansion without proper debate,» says Michael Boerger, an aide to Ellis.

Over the last six months, school funding has been an almost constant feature in policy debate, from the proposed introduction of a National Funding Formula to the longer running cuts and freezes schools are facing to their budgets.

Rising development costs have long been a hot topic debate and there were concerns the PS4 and Xbox One could yet again make budgets rise significantly.

The debate about the size of the emissions budget is like a debate about how much cake we have left, and how long we can keep eating cake before it's gone.

As budget negotiations heat up, so does the debate over the balance between investments in the long - term future and short - term necessities.

As a technical aside, the conference saw some debate over the size of the «carbon budget» remaining to stay below 1.5 C, and how long it will take to exhaust it.

Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund and Senator Patty Murray (WA) for a discussion on the need to refocus the budget debate on our long - term challenges by prioritizing crucial investments such as expanding access to quality early education.

This week at the legislature — Colorado State Budget Over the past two weeks, legislators have been debating the «long bill,» otherwise known as the budget, to fund state government operaBudget Over the past two weeks, legislators have been debating the «long bill,» otherwise known as the budget, to fund state government operabudget, to fund state government operations.