Sentences with phrase «new school funding bills»

This week: encouraging news for CA in this year's National Assessment of Education Progress or NAEP, two new school funding bills on the horizon, and an introduction to Gema Quetzal Cardenas, the next student representative on the State Board of Education

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New York City schools are about to get a $ 125 million boost, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced, which means that all city schools will soon receive at least 90 percent of the money they are supposed to get under the city's funding formula.

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.

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

Nixon, a 51 - year - old Manhattan mother of three, is a longtime advocate for fairness in public school funding and fervent supporter of Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has frequently clashed with Cuomo on a range of issues.

The resolution outlines $ 2.7 billion in funding over five years for a universal pre-k and after - school programs at levels requested by New York City's mayor Bill de Blasio, but does not include the mayor's proposed tax on high - income city residents.

Mayor Bill de Blasio today said the tentative state budget deal will bring additional millions in school aid to New York City and allow him first crack at fixing failing schools — but lamented the absence of an extension of mayoral control and legislation to fund tuition assistance for undocumented immigrants.

But he set the agenda for the «mini ugly,» the bill that shoehorned in a disparate smattering of unfinished business into one package, including renewing mayoral control of New York City schools, reauthorizing local sales taxes and allocating funds to transform Frontier Town into a sparkling regional tourism hub.

Albany, NY — Alan is joined by New York State Senator Bill Perkins, who is challenging charter school funding and questioning whether public schools are being left behind in some of the state's poorer neighborhoods.

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.»

A new bill introduced in Congress this week would provide federal funding for the removal of PCBs, a dangerous construction material, from the city's public schools.

«The inclusion of competitive tax parity, a plan that keeps the three Western New York racetrack casinos as vital partners to state and localities, and the assurance that our two successful downstate partners can continue providing good paying jobs and generating significant funding for schools are significant improvements from earlier drafts of this bill and critical to our support,» said Association President James Featherstonhaugh in a statement.

And in the Commons, Schools Minister Nick Gibb confirmed that amendments to the bill had given children with special educational needs greater rights to admission to academies than existed in previous academies legislation, and that new requirements for funding for low - incidence special needs had been added.

UFT members participate in a protest on March 21 in front of the Bay Ridge office of state Sen. Marty Golden, who sponsored a bill making its way through the Legislature that would grant sizable tax credits for donations to scholarship funds for religious and other private schools in New York State.

New York is poised to receive millions of dollars in much - needed school funding, thanks to the passage of a critical $ 26 billion federal jobs bill in Congress on Aug. 10.

After - school advocates had hoped for a big boost when New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his proposal for a high - earner tax that would fund pre-kindergarten as well as after - school programs for middle schoolers.

The metaphors were clear and painful for Mayor Bill de Blasio's first budget war with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a master of Albany's byzantine backrooms — Mr. Cuomo, a fellow Democrat, had schooled the upstart Mr. de Blasio this year, securing new and unprecedented protections for charter schools, denying Mr. de Blasio a tax hike to fund his universal prekindergarten expansion and swatting away a demand for a municipal minimum wage increase barely after the words had left the mayor's mouth at his maiden State of the City address.

In response, Governor Andrew Cuomo and other New York lawmakers say they believe they have found a way where residents can still deduct more, by having local schools, counties and municipalities set up a charitable fund where a portion of the money contributed will go to whichever entity sent yo a bill, and a small percentage willl be donated to charity.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson Wednesday announced an increase in a major funding source for the city's public schools, with the goal of helping many high - need students.

State lawmakers in recent days have been pushing a variety of bills meant to bolster — and fund — school safety in New York in the wake of a shooting at a Florida high school this month that killed 17 people.

«Among other items, the agenda will include a revised version of the Education, Labor and Family Assistance Article VII bill that I was forced to veto earlier this year to prevent an unaffordable increase in school aid, an appropriation bill to authorize distribution of $ 607 million in federal Education Jobs Fund money to school districts, and necessary legislation to reorganize the New York City Off - Track Betting Corporation.»

The chairman of CUNY, Bill Thompson, called on the New York State Inspector General to probe alleged wrongdoing by a City College president who quit amid questions about her use of $ 150,000 in school funds.

ALBANY — At a rally on the Capitol steps, Governor Andrew Cuomo and State Senate leaders intimated that charter schools would get a boost in the budget, while down the street, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio continued his push for the inclusion of a local tax increase to fund pre-kindergarten programs.

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.»

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have joined forced to try to get more funding for urban school districts.

More ominously, supporters of the bill also repeatedly refused to answer the question of what they saw as the limits to government funding for religious schools, expressly forbidden in the New York State Constitution.

We will continue our campaigns to ban fracking and make New York a world leader in clean energy, fully fund public schools, enact single - payer healthcare, raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, and pass a full public campaign financing bill,» Hawkins said.

With the proposed UFT contract settlement eliminating many uncertainties, Mayor Bill de Blasio on May 8 presented a balanced executive budget for next year that included significant new funding for arts education and after - school programs.

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio campaigned on the promise of raising taxes on the city's wealthiest residents to fund universal pre-K and after - school programs for middle schoolers, and de Blasio said earlier Tuesday that he intends to continue pushing for that tax, calling it a «mission» from voters.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed funding more than 38,000 new public school seats in his preliminary budget for the coming fiscal year.

MANHATTAN — Mayor Bill de Blasio is giving extra funding to 130 of the city's failing schools to allow them to hire guidance counselors, create new intervention programs, add advanced placement classes or create other programs tailored to meet their school's needs, he announced Monday.

In short, as our lawmakers wrap up their 2014 session, a bill to offer tax credits to New Yorkers who donate to private - school scholarship funds or public - school programs looks dead.

The governor could also work to change the state's charter law to include a mandate that New York City's charter students should either have access to sufficient space or that funding be made available to ensure that schools have enough money to pay for additional space, Bill Phillips, president of the Northeast Charter School Network, told Capital.

The budget he signed in September increased funding for schools, but the new bill would target both rural and cash - strapped districts.

What's more, a 2005 federal transportation bill allocated an additional 612 million for a new national Safe Routes to School program, requiring all states to hire a coordinator to administer funds to communities for new bike lanes, pathways, sidewalks, and education and promotion campaigns in elementary and middle schools.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new investment of $ 1.7 billion for K - 12 education over the next five years, with the bulk of the funding aimed at existing traditional public schools that show progress in improving educational outcomes, the development of new curricula, charter schools focused on students with special needs, and «research and development» for scalable models that could inform best practices.

Gov. Roy Romer of Colorado has signed a school - finance bill that includes $ 205 million in new funding for K - 12 education but will still result in an overall 4 percent decrease in per - pupil spending.

A 2010 MDRC report funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation looked at the 123 «small schools of choice,» or SSCs, that have opened in New York City since 2002.

Opposition to the bill, they said, centers on a general reluctance to raise taxes, rather than the House transportation committee's recent vote to give none of the new funds to schools, which would have received...

Last month, Rep. Bill Goodling (R - Pennsylvania), chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, along with five other Republicans, proposed a $ 1.5 billion Classroom Modernization Act that would provide limited federal funding for new schools and renovations.

The bill does not address that funding issue directly, but it ties the increase in the charter school cap to approximately $ 1.4 billion in new state spending for K - 12 education overall, phased in over seven years.

A second report, Approaches of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Funded Intermediary Organizations to Structuring and Supporting Small High Schools in New York City, prepared by Policy Studies Associates, Inc., examines the roles of 18 intermediary organizations that were funded by the Gates Foundation to start and advise new small scFunded Intermediary Organizations to Structuring and Supporting Small High Schools in New York City, prepared by Policy Studies Associates, Inc., examines the roles of 18 intermediary organizations that were funded by the Gates Foundation to start and advise new small sSchools in New York City, prepared by Policy Studies Associates, Inc., examines the roles of 18 intermediary organizations that were funded by the Gates Foundation to start and advise new small schooNew York City, prepared by Policy Studies Associates, Inc., examines the roles of 18 intermediary organizations that were funded by the Gates Foundation to start and advise new small scfunded by the Gates Foundation to start and advise new small schoonew small schoolsschools.

Small high schools send larger shares of students to college, new study says ChalkbeatNY: The multi-year study examines a subset of 123 «small schools of choice» that opened between 2002 and 2008 with private funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and support from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration.

Bill Clinton was an early champion, and George W. Bush and Barack Obama spoke favorably about charters and supported the federal program that provides funds to start new charter schools.

April 25 (New York)-- Educators for Excellence - New York (E4E - New York), a teacher - led organization, reacts to Mayor Bill de Blasio's announcement of an additional $ 125 million to Fair Student Funding, a formula that distributes money to schools based on student need, funded by both the city and state.

The Maryland General Assembly has enacted an education bill that will help equalize financing for school districts and will also provide them with $ 616 million in new funds over the next five years.

The North Carolina legislature overrode Gov. Roy Cooper's veto to enact Senate Bill 257, a budget bill that includes additional funding for the state's two school voucher programs as well as a new education savings account (ESA) for children with special neBill 257, a budget bill that includes additional funding for the state's two school voucher programs as well as a new education savings account (ESA) for children with special nebill that includes additional funding for the state's two school voucher programs as well as a new education savings account (ESA) for children with special needs.

Six parents who are suing the State of Nevada over the new voucher law Senate Bill 302 (SB302) filed a preliminary injunction motion to prevent the loss of millions in funding to their children's public schools.

In 2013, a statewide commission charged with studying public school funding recommended that the state adopt a weighted, three - tiered structure that looks much like the New York one, and there are now bills in the state Senate and House that call for implementing this structure.

In America, Playful Learning is a website funded by the New Schools Venture Fund and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — two school reform masters.