Sentences with phrase «of funding schools»

Current law does not limit the amount of funding school districts can use to reduce class sizes.

We want change in the way the gun control process works, change in the amount of funding schools receive, and change in how things are run in general.

To really fix education in this country we need to address poverty and eliminate our antiquated method of funding schools based on local property taxes.

On January 16th, 2014 over 300 administrators, parents, and students attended the State Board of Education meeting in Sacramento to weigh in on the emergency regulations proposed for the Local Control Funding Formula — a new way of funding schools intended to provide more support to students with the most needs.

Declare that the current system of funding our schools does not comply with the state constitution;

U.S. Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos, a longtime donor and activist with an extensive history of funding school reform initiatives, was grilled on a plethora of educational policies and her financial background Tuesday evening during her confirmation hearing before a U.S. Senate committee.

Every couple years, they come up with a new philosophy about what's best — instead of funding the schools.»

«Cuomo's approach has solved nothing for either our school children or our homeowners because he has refused to provide the state funding our schools need which has resulted in local taxpayers paying a record share of the cost of funding schools.»

Democratic state Senate candidate Sara Niccoli in a radio interview Tuesday questioned the wisdom of funding school districts primarily through property tax revenue, saying the state is a generation behind in properly funding education.

Bruce Fraser of the Erie County Association of School Boards says the state needs to do a better job of funding schools, adding that «the costs of education are not directly related to merging.»

Even though the Conference has declared its preparedness to take over the management of mission schools, it is insisting government should take up the responsibility of funding the schools» activities.

Much of the funding the School District of Philadelphia gets from the city is fairly predictable, but it must nevertheless appear before the city council in May to present a request for funds.

It is grossly irresponsible to deprive of funds schools that are already open.

The Board of Directors shall consider the total amount of funds each school division receives from all sources in calculating membership dues.

Past court cases, such as the Horton case, argued that Connecticut's method of funding schools mainly through local property taxes was unfair to towns and cities with a limited ability to pay for public schools.

One example of this is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's withdrawal from its small schools investments, which left districts with the burden of funding schools that were more expensive to run based on economies of scale.

«We have to move toward a more fair and equitable way of funding our schools,» Evers said in a video released by DPI Tuesday afternoon.

The federal government is becoming less and less a junior partner, and more and more an equal partner, in the tripartite American method of funding schools.

The nominee for secretary of education has a long history of funding school - choice efforts and charter schools in Michigan.

A California appeals court has dealt another blow to education advocates arguing the state's system of funding schools is unconstitutional.

Instead of funding schools, our current leaders give billions in tax breaks to billionaires and wealthy multinational corporations - at the same time that they tell us there is not enough money to hire teachers or build schools.

Standardized test scores can affect your child's placement, the amount of funding the school receives, teacher evaluations and more.

Mr. Cuomo also proposed raising the limit on the number of charter schools allowed in the state to 560, from 460, and increasing the amount of funding those schools receive.

Schools minister Sarah Teather is expected to confirm an increase in the amount of funding each school can claim for each disadvantaged child later.

F40 chair, Councillor Ivan Ould, who is also Lead Member for Children's Services in Leicestershire, said: «Broadly speaking the proposals appear to present a fairer method of funding our schools but f40 will want to carefully assess the full implications, including the issue of local flexibility and details about the transitional arrangements, before responding in detail to the consultation.

by Tony Bui, CFJ Student Leader On January 16th, 2014 hundreds of administrators, parents, students, and advocates attended the State Board of Education meeting to voice their opinions on the proposed regulations for the Local Control Funding Formula, a new way of funding schools.

The CCJEF plaintiffs acknowledged that Connecticut's current method of funding schools was progressive, but inadequate and increasingly inequitable.

The third in a series of reports evaluating schools, this report assembles evidence on policies that show potential to strengthen the state's method of funding its schools.

The effort — announced by the new School Finance Research Collaborative — will build on a report released last summer that concluded Michigan's system of funding schools is becoming increasingly unequal and the state needs to spend more to educate students who are low - income or speak little or no English.

Pennsylvania's way of funding schools is badly flawed, causing and compounding problems and creating unfairness to children, communities and taxpayers.