Sentences with phrase «more state funding as»

The school district is in contract negotiations with its labor groups, and UTLA asked the school board to join its call for more state funding as part of its bargaining proposal.

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But it also looked at who's putting that knowledge into action, factoring in the percentage of state residents who held to good financial habits (like building an emergency fund), as well as bad ones (spending more than they earn or using payday loans).

As I describe in Survival +, there is a positive feedback in the process of concentrating wealth and thus political power: the more wealth one acquires, the more political influence one can purchase, which then enables the accumulation of even more wealth as the State / Elite partnership showers benefits and monopolies on those who fund elections, i.e. the wealthAs I describe in Survival +, there is a positive feedback in the process of concentrating wealth and thus political power: the more wealth one acquires, the more political influence one can purchase, which then enables the accumulation of even more wealth as the State / Elite partnership showers benefits and monopolies on those who fund elections, i.e. the wealthas the State / Elite partnership showers benefits and monopolies on those who fund elections, i.e. the wealthy.

«With more states implementing tuition limits, even as state funding remains constrained, the recent credit strengthening of the financially leading publics will moderate,» the report said.

(In an e-mail to Canadian Business, a spokesperson for Strategic stated that the grid note «included funds loaned to Concrete to deal with the significant real estate issues in their portfolio» and that the firm agreed to reduce the total by more than $ 1 million «as a courtesy.»)

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Educators in Phoenix and Denver rallied for more education funding at their state capitols on April 26, as part of a wave of teacher protests that have...

He concluded that, based on the current stated amount of underfunding at every big pension fund, if the Dow / SPX declined 10 % or more over a sustained period of time — where «sustained period» is defined as 3 - 4 month — every public pension fund in the country would collapse.

Bridgepoint Funding has been helping borrowers across the state for more than 16 years, and we can help you as well.

As such, we encourage the Committee to also devote time and attention to several issues that will help ensure the long - term stability of the individual market, including: Section 1332 waivers under the ACA; long - term stability funding; limiting third - party premium payments; and returning to the states more regulatory authority over the individual and small group markets.

But among them, the Saudis and smaller Gulf states have more than enough cash stashed in reserves, as well as sovereign wealth funds — at least $ 3 - trillion in various funds they can tap — to wage this price war for years.

In the United States alone, just those companies in the S&P 500 have been hoarding more than $ 1.9 trillion in cash which began in response to jurisdictional tax disparities and global economic uncertainty following the Great Recession, then accelerated over the past decade as big U.S. corporations accumulated profits offshore in lieu of repatriating the funds and taking a tax hit.

At the present time, the United States, Germany, Italy, France, China and Switzerland as well as the International Monetary Fund... [Read more...]

At the federal level, the Department of Education can implement STEM as a requirement in America's classrooms, and fund more initiatives like Race to the Top, a $ 4 billion dollar program that to incentivizes states to develop next - generation educational standards.

Besides, as stated, cutting the funding would not have actually made any kind of a dent in the budget and when faced with a government closure that would have resulted in our Troops not receiving paychecks, the issues should have been tabled for a more appropriate venue.

Thus self - help is not a substitute for government provision but rather an essential complement to it, ensuring that the state - funded assistance is more effective, and that it is seen as legitimate by the political majorities who must approve it.

However, in terms of other aspects such as government funding, privacy for non-adults, or geographical access, some U.S. states are far more restrictive.

The state funding will support a $ 1.6 renovation / expansion project that features dramatic interior improvements as well as new construction designed to make the nature center more welcoming and engaging.

Federal funding was provided to encourage sponsors in Arkansas to operate Summer Food for more days across the summer and to provide activities at sites in Mississippi; participation grew in both states as a result.

Mayor Bloomberg said this morning he is becoming increasingly pressimistic that the city and state will get the FMAP funds they had expected to receive from Washington, DC, and he has directed his agency commissioners to start preparing for more cuts as a result.

Lawmakers endorsed more funding for clean water programs by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his budget proposal as well as an extension of the state Superfund program.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan nudged New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to provide more information on how the city spends $ 9 billion in state funding for education as a precursor to considering an extension of mayoral control of public schools.

Or, as government watchdog group Reclaim New York put it about shifting more college funding onto state taxpayers, «You don't need a college degree to know that nothing is free.»

The State Comptroller says he's looking for more start up companies and entrepreneurs to invest in, as part of a partnership between the state's pension fund and private equity manaState Comptroller says he's looking for more start up companies and entrepreneurs to invest in, as part of a partnership between the state's pension fund and private equity manastate's pension fund and private equity managers.

The governor's offensive began with a Sunday statement from Budget Director Robert Mujica about a proposal to combat educational inequality not with more funding — as school advocates and Nixon have called for — but by granting the state power to review and veto plans by large districts to distribute it among schools.

The Executive Budget establishes 10 Regional Economic Development Councils, which will be chaired by Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy, to create a more regionally - based approach to allocating economic development funding and to act as one - stop shops for all State - supported economic development and business assistance programs in each region.

New York should lead all states toward more thorough and truthful public - pension accounting — linked to a more prudent funding method, as recommended by, among others, the Blue Ribbon Panel of the Society of Actuaries.

«We're going to demand that Governor Cuomo provide the funding that was afforded to us in a court decision for our schools,» she said as she joined advocates to push for more funding under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which in 2007 won a lawsuit against the state to provide increased education funding to the city.

-- MOUNT VERNON MAYOR ARRESTED — Journal News» Jonathan Bandler and Jorge Fitz - Gibbons: «Mayor Richard Thomas was arrested Monday, accused of stealing more than $ 12,000 from his political campaign and diverting more than $ 45,000 from his inaugural committee in what the state Attorney General's Office called a wide - ranging scheme to use those funds as his «personal piggybanks.»

It is amazing to me, in this great State of New York, with all the financial resources we have, that the Senate and Assembly can not get together, as well as the Governor, to see what needs to be done to provide balance of education and the needed funds to allow students, parents and families more of an opportunity to attend parochial schools.

We should explore funding for public education about safe storage, as more than half of crime guns in the Rochester area originated as legal guns in New York State.

Now more than ever, we need Brian's leadership in the State Senate as we fight for fair funding for our subways and busses.

In recent weeks, as Nixon began her upstart campaign, Cuomo has been talking about a budget proposal that would require school districts within cities with a population of more than 125,000 people — New York City, Buffalo, Syracuse, Yonkers and Rochester — to submit an annual plan detailing the allocation of local, state and federal funds by school building.

«As alleged in the indictment, the defendant defrauded government agencies out of tens of thousands of dollars in public funds and tried to fraudulently obtain even more,» said United States Attorney Richard Donoghue.

«It is a great challenge to improve the health of our people,» he said while asking member states to do more in terms of funding so as to confront health emergencies.

At the beginning of this month the New York State Comptroller's Office approved the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York as the funding source for more than $ 82 million for late payments to contractors on the Buffalo Billion RiverBend project.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

The Greens have called for Foundation Aid to be fully funded immediately, for the school aid formula to be reformed so it is more need - based, and for the state to support school desegregation programs such as intra - and inter-district public school choice, consolidation, and incentives (such as magnet schools).

According to the complaint, Silver accepted more than $ 3 million in a scheme that brought asbestos referrals to the firm through a doctor who then received $ 500,000 in state funds for research, as well as additional benefits.

Mr. Percoco, who had served as Mr. Cuomo's executive deputy secretary, is accused of soliciting and taking more than $ 315,000 in bribes from 2012 to 2016 from two companies: Competitive Power Ventures, an energy company that was seeking state approval to build a power plant in the Hudson Valley, and COR Development, a major developer in the Syracuse area that ended up with several large state - funded economic development projects.

While Zimpher praised the five - year plan as providing a predictable increase in funding, Frederick Kowal of United University Professions, the union that represents SUNY professors and other employees, said that state support has gone down over the long term, placing more of a burden on students and their families.

«As fiduciary of the state pension fund, securing sound investments for the more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries is my first priority.

The Commissioner also told lawmakers that the state's diverse array of pre-kindergarten programs need to be consolidated, and she stuck by the Regents call for $ 2.4 billion more for schools in the budget, along with ending a cap on funds to some schools known as the Gap Elimination Adjustment.

The grand jury indictment said he used that position to mask bribes and kickbacks, including more than $ 3 million earned for referring asbestos sufferers to the firm from a doctor whose medical research secretly received $ 500,000 in state funds at Silver's direction, as well as other benefits.

Percoco, 49, of South Salem, is charged with taking more than $ 320,000 in payoffs from an energy executive and two Syracuse businessmen, also defendants, for using his clout as Cuomo's right hand man to advance a planned power plant and cut red tape on a state - funded Syracuse project.

Former Councilman Robert Jackson beat out State Senator Adriano Espaillat in fund - raising by $ 22,000 in the first filing period — but spent more than five times as much as the incumbent, leaving the two neck - and - neck in cash on hand with two months until Election Day.

«As a way to reduce the property tax burden on homeowners across the state, Governor Cuomo proposed making the county - wide shared services panels that were mandated by the state last year a permanent fixture of local governments... in 2017, 34 counties submitted nearly 400 projects with more than $ 200 million in savings... Cuomo proposed making state funding for local government conditional on the continuation of shared services panels.

«The last thing we need is to send more money to the state so they can use it as their own personal slush fund.

State lawmakers could begin final budget negotiations are early as this afternoon, and the latest deal reportedly funds Visit Florida at $ 25 million, a more than $ 50 million cut from the current level.

The non-binding budget resolution included such IDC asks as a provision to create an independent monitor to oversee the troubled New York City Housing Authority, diverting more than $ 400 million in city sales tax money to the MTA, and creating a secure choice savings account that would allow workers with no retirement savings plan to set aside money in a fund run by the state.