Sentences with phrase «new school buildings funded»

Pupils across the country have enjoyed a fresh start for 2016 as they returned to state - of - the - art new school buildings funded through the government's flagship rebuilding programme at the start of January.

Pupils across the country have enjoyed a fresh start for 2016 as they returned to state ‑ of ‑ the ‑ art new school buildings funded through the government's flagship rebuilding programme at the start of January.

The government has announced 261 schools in England will receive money from a new school building fund.

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Passionate about the University of Calgary, Schmidt and Laricina Energy Ltd. both played pivotal roles in the Engineering Leaders Campaign at the Schulich School of Engineering, funding a five - year scholarship program, a chemical and petroleum engineering graduate student space, a boardroom in the new engineering building expansion, and a portion of the Canada Research Chair in Energy and Imaging.

The Audain family has donated in excess of $ 100 million through the Audain Foundation, including significant contributions to the University of Victoria, Presentation House Gallery's new building fund, Simon Fraser University's School for the Contemporary Arts, various arts - related endeavours at the University of British Columbia, the National Gallery of Canada, the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, the Emily Carr University of Art + Design's new building fund, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and much more.

Their initial letter called out the school for funding a portion of a new building being constructed in honor of alumnus Gary Chapman, as well as for freezing faculty pay yet not tightening salaries at the administrative level.

With 96 percent of the votes tallied Tuesday night, Park Ridge District 64 looked like it was heading for victory on a $ 23 million bond issue to build a new middle school and to upgrade technology, and on an education fund property - tax increase of 59 cents per $ 100 of equalized assessed valuation to pay for operating expenses.

The savings, we're told, are «equivalent to almost # 600 for each working household across Britain, enough to fund three million primary school places or the building of 500 new secondary schools.»

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.

«New York will continue to provide funding to help schools build relationships with local farmers, instill good eating habits in our children, and support the state's agricultural industry,» Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement.

With $ 30 billion more in state revenue, we could restore full funding for public schools and colleges, pay for the state mandates on local governments through increased revenue sharing, cut regressive local property and sales taxes, and build the infrastructure and services of the Green New Deal.

The new laws prevent de Blasio from charging rent to charters as he had said he would, require the city to find space for charters in D.O.E. buildings or to fund those schools up to $ 40 million for space in private buildings, and implement other safeguards for charters after an intensive charter lobbying effort in Albany.

Notable donors: Voice of Teachers for Education Committee, a group associated with education union NYSUT; Coalition for Public Charter Schools, a pro-charter school political action committee; Neighborhood Preservation PAC, a fund representing building owners around the state; New York State ALF - CIO, a state trade union; Angela Battaglia, Vito Lopez's longtime girlfriend; Councilman Stephen Levin.

The next Labour Government will ensure that all new school buildings are fitted with sprinklers and provide funding from central government to remove flammable cladding from school buildings.

The new mayor enraged the charter school movement by vowing to charge schools getting rent - free space in city buildings and scrapping a $ 210 million charter building fund.

«We have a real shot to flip the State Senate this fall so we can build a New York that works for all of us: reforming our broken criminal justice system, fighting climate change and creating good jobs, expanding opportunities for immigrant New Yorkers, fully funding all of our schools and public universities, and taking on big money in politics to expand and protect our democracy.

If approved by voters those propositions will: 1) Create a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.&raqnew state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.&raqNew York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

Also at 1 p.m., AQE releases a report, «Gubernatorial Delinquency: Cuomo's Failure to Fund New York State's Public Schools», which gives a detailed accounting of how much the state owes schools in every Assembly and Senate district in New York, Sen. Neil Breslin and Assembly members Pat Fahy John McDonald and Angelo Santabarbara will attend, LCA Press Room, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., Schools», which gives a detailed accounting of how much the state owes schools in every Assembly and Senate district in New York, Sen. Neil Breslin and Assembly members Pat Fahy John McDonald and Angelo Santabarbara will attend, LCA Press Room, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., schools in every Assembly and Senate district in New York, Sen. Neil Breslin and Assembly members Pat Fahy John McDonald and Angelo Santabarbara will attend, LCA Press Room, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., Albany.

Stringer did praise the mayor for initiatives in the budget that he has supported, including funding for 300 new school crossing guards, providing bullet - resistant windows for all NYPD patrol cars and committing $ 1 billion for roof repairs at 729 NYCHA buildings.

«He negotiated a budget deal with state lawmakers that guarantees future New York City charter schools rent - free space in under - used public school buildings or funding to offset the cost of renting a building.»

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito backed a city program last year that provided $ 32.5 million in city funds so a charter school in her East Harlem district could build a new home...

The government should be cautious about relying on private money to fund new school building projects, a committee of MPs has warned.

There are three ballot propositions on the November ballot: 1) Creation of a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.&raqnew state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.&raqNew York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

Visiting Bristol yesterday as part of Labour's city conversation, to help elect Marvin Rees as city mayor, shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg highlighted the government's swingeing cuts with new build funding for schools slashed by a massive 57 %, against a general 30 % cut in most other spending areas.

David Bloomfield, a professor of education at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center, said going to the Capitol for funding assistance is a «predictable and potentially successful strategy in that it doesn't implicate New York City public school buildings.»

Current legislation guarantees new or growing charters co-located space in public school buildings or, failing that, private space funded by the city.

The city's Economic Development Corporation and the Department of Education's Educational Construction Fund are getting ready to release a request for proposals looking for a developer to create a new mixed - use building at 131 Livingston St., with the requirement of adding the school seats somewhere in the neighborhood, District Manager Rob Perris said at Wednesday's board meeting.

Topics included his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statement that he is not planning to approve a specific amount of pre-K funding set forth in the state senate proposed budget, how confident he is of pre-K funding, the status of his administration's review of the city's Sandy relief programs, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statements on mayoral control of the city school system and charter schools, the current status of site clearing and the investigation into the cause of the East Harlem building explosion, whether New Yorkers should be concerned about gas leaks, his reaction to a tweet yesterday by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito critical of Governor Cuomo's reaction to the East Harlem building explosion, how the church services he attended this morning for victims affected him personally and the relief efforts being led by his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the Mayor's Fund for NYC.

He has gotten money to build new schools; passed legislation allowing day care workers to unionize and protecting livery car drivers from violent crimes; and created a scholarship fund for the children of people killed on American Airlines Flight 587, which crashed in Queens in 2001 on its way to Santo Domingo, the Dominican capital.

The Bond Act, as it reads on the November ballot, would provide access to classroom technology and high - speed internet connections, as well as offer funds to build more pre kindergarten classrooms, and replace the trailers that some overcrowded schools in New York City have been using to teach students.

The 2018 Pre-Oscar Gala was held at Neuehouse, a venue that is both historic and green, to raise funds and awareness for Global Green's critical green urbanism and climate resiliency work to build healthy green schools, homes and communities in Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Washington DC, and cities across the country.

Discussing the funding, John Wood, head teacher at Queensferry Community High, said: «The school's staff, pupils, parents and partners are excited by the new build and the contribution we can make to its design.It will give us opportunities to make sure that the facilities are appropriate for the most up - to - date thinking around learning and the courses that we can offer our young people.

Citing the post-Brexit economy as another reason why the future is uncertain for school buildings, Mark Robinson adds: «The construction of new schools must be a top priority for government and local authorities must be given the tools and funding necessary to deliver extra places in time.

«The cuts in funding for new build programmes that were announced a few years ago left many schools having the prospect of having to put up with poor classroom facilities.

From staying on top of general maintenance, to knocking down unsafe or dilapidated parts of the building, or adding new classrooms, it's a delicate balancing act around funding, health and safety, and even school closure.

Section 106 monies can be ring fenced and supplemented by both local authority funding and EFA grant to deliver new school buildings.

The money would provide funds to build 12 new schools, renovate 20 existing ones, and provide 500 additional schools with the satellite technology to receive broadcasts from the Media Center in Manaus.

School officials got the news they'd been waiting for — federal officials had approved funds to build a new J.V. Martin Junior High School — on Jan. 26.

American philanthropy, by local and national foundations, corporations, and wealthy individuals, has played many important roles in K — 12 education: creating new schools, underwriting research, funding scholarships, testing hypotheses, generating new curricula, invoking ideals, setting agendas, bolstering training, and building a case for policy changes.

The conditions were ideal for this groundbreaking shift: a citywide consensus that the old system had failed; a once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to build a new system from scratch; the availability of federal school start - up funds; and the keen interest of education entrepreneurs, foundations, and support organizations in seeing this bold reform succeed.

A successful Lottery bid enabled Cardinal Heenan to build four new artificial turf pitches, and the school was also allocated capital funding which was used to improve their tennis offer by investing in a full size 3G pitch.

Thousands of schools for African American students across the Jim Crow South were built with the backing of the Rosenwald Fund, one of the earliest and most important foundations in education; philanthropist Grace Dodge founded Teachers College, now at Columbia University, in 1887, which led to training of teachers in pedagogy; the Ford Foundation was involved in promoting the employment of classroom aides, National Merit Scholarships, and the development of Advanced Placement curricula and tests; the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards grew out of work funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, which also funded the Educational Testing Service to develop objective ways of measuring academic merit, which led to the SAT.

The new body will continue to carry out the roles of the funding agencies and will be responsible for overseeing: the funding of education for pupils aged five to 16; education and training for those aged 16 to 19; apprenticeships and adult education; and managing school building programmes.

Education Business gives an update on the Priority School Building Programme, examining the latest schools submitting plans and developing new buildings through the funding

The new research schools - which will each receive # 200,000 in funding over three years — will become focal points of evidence - based practice in their region and build networks between large numbers of schools.

In researching for this article to look at the government's standpoint I could not find any definitive policy with much of the funding strategy being focused on the building of new schools and maintenance of existing facilities.

Some districts have to wait months or years for public funding to build schools when they have an urgent need for new buildings, Donahue said.

Our political leaders find it easier, perhaps more politically palatable and certainly more popular, to fund new school buildings and supply students with new computers.

Moorgate Primary Academy in Staffordshire benefitted from # 3.6 million worth of funding, which has seen a two - storey building with bright new classrooms and modern features, including an energy - efficient automatic ventilation system, be built on the school grounds.

Edith Borthwick School, an all ‑ age school in Braintree, is the beneficiary of # 9.1 million worth of PSBP funding, which has seen the school's old buildings replaced with a new two - storey facility which includes break - out rooms, spacious hall space and external areas for each of the ground floor classSchool, an all ‑ age school in Braintree, is the beneficiary of # 9.1 million worth of PSBP funding, which has seen the school's old buildings replaced with a new two - storey facility which includes break - out rooms, spacious hall space and external areas for each of the ground floor classschool in Braintree, is the beneficiary of # 9.1 million worth of PSBP funding, which has seen the school's old buildings replaced with a new two - storey facility which includes break - out rooms, spacious hall space and external areas for each of the ground floor classschool's old buildings replaced with a new two - storey facility which includes break - out rooms, spacious hall space and external areas for each of the ground floor classrooms.