Sentences with phrase «money from other public schools»

In 2004, voters repealed a charter school law after a hard - fought campaign financed largely by the statewide teacher's union, which argued that charters would siphon money from other public schools.

The AFL - CIO railed that the bill creates a «dangerous escalation of the charter - school program» and drains money from other public schools.

Not exact matches

And Protestants possessed a sense of unity as well, mostly when confronted by Catholics seeking public money for parochial schools or Jews seeking to oust Bible readings from public schools and other practices that seemed to cross the church - state line.

At our state conference last month, we overwhelmingly passed resolutions supporting guaranteed healthcare as a human right, free public education from pre-K through college or trade school, a living wage and fair compensation for all, investments in environmental protection and renewable energy, restoration of voting rights to former felons, public financing of elections to eradicate the corrupting influence of big money in politics, and other policies that serve the people.

Deutsch says it takes money away from other state needs, like funding public schools.

Although some progress had been made since the horrors of unhealthy school lunches had been made public by folks like celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, interest in hot lunch had plummeted to a dismal 43 percent of students, with schools losing money and making up costs from other parts of the budget.

That amounts to $ 6,439 per student this year, or about $ 2,000 less, on average, than at other Nevada public schools, which receive money from federal poverty and special - education programs.

While they're funded with public money, they generally operate outside of collective bargaining agreements (only about one - tenth of charter schools are unionized) and other constraints that often prevent principals in public schools from innovating for the good of their students (so the argument goes).

• Denver Public Schools, by comparison, spent 13 percent of its turnaround grant money so far on consulting and other help from private companies.

The plaintiffs» amended complaint contends the school choice programs, among other programs, unconstitutionally «divert» money from Florida's public schools.

Critics of charter schools say, among other complaints, that they drain money from regular public schools, skim talented students and nudge out disruptive ones.

The state teachers union and others oppose them because they hire nonunion employees and divert money from traditional public schools.

The trend of increasing racial and economic segregation is a nationwide trend — not just in Alabama and other Southern states.55 The South, however, was the only region in the country to see a net increase in private school enrollment between 1960 and 2000, and where private school enrollment is higher, support for spending in public schools tends to be lower.56 A growing body of rigorous research shows that money absolutely matters for public schools, especially for the students from low - income families who attend them.57 What's more, private schools in the South tend to have the largest overrepresentation of white students.58 In fact, research has shown that the strongest predictor of white private school enrollment is the proportion of black students in the local public schools.59

A major criticism by Hasse and others is that charter schools will drain sorely needed money from regular public schools, on the order of $ 75.5 million statewide over the next four years, based on projections by the state Office of Financial Management.

Charter schools draw fire from teachers» unions and other education groups, who say taxpayer money should be spent to fix traditional public education system rather than creating schools that have less oversight from state and local officials.

In the past, a majority of voters have sided with charter opponents, who have argued charters haven't proved to be better than other public schools, would drain money from them and leave them with the harder - to - educate kids.

Moreover, advocates should keep in mind that school districts in participating states access Medicaid dollars directly to pay for medically necessary services for students with disabilities.70 The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires that districts provide all necessary services and resources to afford every child a «free appropriate public education,» and some medically related supports qualify for Medicaid reimbursement.71 With less Medicaid funding statewide to meet that guarantee, states and districts would have to siphon money from other education funding streams to afford necessary medical services that support the learning of students with disabilities.

How much more do we take away from our public school systems that are already in trouble with funding because of the promised Lotto money which was just superseded by cuts in other places in the school budget.

But other factors suggest vouchers pull money from public schools.

Much of the blame for the disaster in our nation's public schools today can be traced to the Walton family's wealth, which in turn comes from the money people spend in their stores on school supplies and other items.

Unless North Carolina requires the same level of accountability and transparency from the private and religious schools that receive vouchers as it requires from other schools that receive public money, it is making education policy on hunches and ideology rather than real data.

Kelley ruled in a lawsuit backed by teacher unions and school boards seeking to shut down the voucher program and other changes that would funnel more money away from traditional public schools.

The increase in state funding would not take money away from other public school students, he said, because it would not come out of the $ 9 billion state education budget dictated by the school funding formula.

Another argument I've heard, that Charter Schools take money away from other public schools, is counter to my belief that the money should follow the sSchools take money away from other public schools, is counter to my belief that the money should follow the sschools, is counter to my belief that the money should follow the student.

If you bank with Webster Bank, Bank of America or any of the other corporations that are pushing Governor Dannel Malloy's corporate education reform industry agenda, the next time you go to the bank, speak with your insurance company or communicate with one of CCER's funders, ask them why they are using the money that they take from us to undermine our public schools and label our children as failures.

Without the benefit of any public hearing, S.B. 2 would overturn decades of giving priority to funding of neighborhood public schools by adopting the «money follows the child» concept which shifts taxpayer money away from traditional public schools to charter schools without requiring these charter schools to meet the same accountability standards as other public schools.

The resolution cited the fact that charter boards accept public money but lack democratic accountability, that charter schools are contributing to increased segregation, that punitive disciplinary policies are disproportionately used in charter schools as well as other practices that violate students» rights, that there is a pattern of fraud of mismanagement in the sector in general, and it then called for opposition to privatization of education, opposed diversion of funding from public schools, called for full funding for quality public education, called for legislation granting parents access to charter school boards and to strengthen oversight, called for charter schools to follow USDOJ and USDOE guidelines on student discipline and to help parents file complaints when those guidelines are violated, opposed efforts to weaken oversight, and called for a moratorium on charter school growth.

The other [concern] is they basically drain money from traditional public schools.»

This move should signal that he is not interested in providing adequate resources to public schools, but rather intends to shift money away from public schools to other «choice» schools, such as charters.

SB 2 would create a new and costly government entitlement program that removes taxpayer dollars from public schools and gives this money to families to spend on private / religious school tuition, college savings, tutors, supplies, and other educational expenses.

She has worked statewide to stop special needs and other types of private vouchers that take money away from public education and give to private schools with no requirements for accountability.

The good news is that the state has recognized the problem and has found some money to move forward with a plan to retrofit public schools and other important public buildings (thanks to Yumei Wang from the state's geohazards group for the alert on this).

To counter criticism of the business community from college campuses, business organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce should support scholars who will defend the free enterprise system, develop speakers and support speakers» bureaus that will counter the liberal rhetoric coming from college campuses, subject textbooks to ideological review, insist on equal time for speakers exposing the views of the business community for speakers on campuses, insist that college faculties be balanced by those who will defend the free enterprise system, request that graduate schools of business include courses that support the free enterprise system, encourage local chambers of commerce to provide the views of the business community in high schools, establish staff who work with the media to communicate to the general public the views of the business community, monitor and criticize television programs that unfairly criticize the free enterprise system and where appropriate file complaints with the Federal Communications Commission, monitor radio and other media and pressure them to cover the views of defenders of the free enterprise system, support scholars who support the free enterprise system to publish in scholarly journals, establish incentives for scholars to publish defenses of free enterprise in books, papers, and pamphlets, spend more money on advertising that expressly supports the free market system.

Peabody Energy return the $ 61 million in recent tax breaks to the city, especially $ 2 million from the St. Louis Public Schools system, so that money can fund education and other social services