Sentences with phrase «of new school aid»

During a Yonkers PTA meeting where Councilman John Rubbo was present, Superintendent Dr. Edwin Quezada announced the true number of new school aid.

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There are already fifty new private schools in Moscow» some of them religious» that are receiving state aid.

Time to write was made possible by the Faculty Fellowship of the American Association of Theological Schools, and by sabbatical leave and research aid from Union Theological Seminary in New York City where I am privileged to teach.

A note to new families: the school must have received an Application for Admissions complete with the application fee of $ 50 before an aid application can be submitted and reviewed.

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He also referenced the fact that New York is now one of three states placed on a watch list for losing hundreds of millions of Race to the Top dollars by US Education Secretary Arne Duncan because it has «hit a roadblock» on significant policy provisions of qualifying for the aid, including establishment of the peformance evaluation system and creation of a database to track student records across school districts.

-- $ 600 million — including $ 177 million for New York City — of the Governor's $ 1.4 billion in devastating school aid cuts is restored, providing direct classroom support and property tax relief to working families throughout New York State.

In his campaign, McGrath has used de Blasio as a boogeyman for the suburban Senate district, raising the specter of a Democratic - controlled Senate being beholden to the liberal New York City mayor and costing Nassau County precious school aid.

«The state's rapidly improving economic picture means there's a real opportunity for the state to more fully invest in its public schools, including dedicating new money to Foundation Aid as a way of increasing equity and further helping students to thrive,» said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta.

The New York State United Teachers union today is bringing in hundreds of advocates to push for additional aid for schools and education in the state budget.

Today, while the Government announced it will not allow the opening of new 100 % selective religious free schools, it also announced it will allow the opening of new 100 % selective religious voluntary aided schools.

Syracuse University today became the fifth school in Central New York to confirm it's opting out of a new state program that provides tuition aid to students at private colleges and universiNew York to confirm it's opting out of a new state program that provides tuition aid to students at private colleges and universinew state program that provides tuition aid to students at private colleges and university.

Albany, New York — In a move that veteran lawmakers called «unprecedented», Governor Andrew Cuomo sent his Lieutenant Governor, Robert Duffy, to defend his proposed school aid cuts to a joint hearing of the legislature's education and fiscal committees.

They want to uncouple increases in school aid to the enactment of the new teacher performance reviews.

Albany, New York — A major New York State union is going on the air with televisions ads to try to convince state lawmakers to continue a tax on the wealthy instead of adopting Governor Cuomo's billion and half dollars in school aid cuts.

The biggest shares of foundation aid go to school systems in New York City and other urban and poor suburban areas.

• Redesigning Education: Noting that New York is first in spending but 34th in results, Governor Cuomo proposed restructuring a portion of our education aid to create incentives that reward school districts for improving student performance and implementing management efficiency policies.

«If Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed state aid allocation to Central New York School districts were a birthday present, it would be a pair of socks.»

Many schools plan to add new student programs and services next year, aided by millions of dollars in fresh financial assistance from Albany, as well as reductions in state pension costs.

Earlier this year, the conference approved a package of education policy changes opposed by the state's teachers unions, but linked to a spike in school aid funding for the new year.

«The proposed amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the Constitution would allow the Legislature to authorize up to seven casinos in New York State for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.

The actual wording of the referendum has been criticized as «spin» for saying that the new casinos would promote job growth, increase school aid, and possibly lower taxes.

Robert Lowry, deputy director of the New York State Council of School Superintendents, said a threat of losing state aid is more detrimental to districts than unions, so it puts school administrators at a disadvantage during negotiaSchool Superintendents, said a threat of losing state aid is more detrimental to districts than unions, so it puts school administrators at a disadvantage during negotiaschool administrators at a disadvantage during negotiations.

ALBANY — With nearly $ 2.32 billion in state school aid increases on the line, Assembly Democrats are attempting to decouple the link between aid and implementation of the teacher and principal evaluation system, Speaker Carl Heastie told POLITICO New York on Thursday.

The law, which reduces the amount of state aid received by school districts, was first imposed in the 2010 to help close New York State's multi-billion dollar deficit by taking funding away from schools.

«If we rewind back to the first year of implementation, districts had to put these plans in place under threat of losing a state aid increase,» said David Albert, spokesman for the New York State School Boards Association.

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.

Earlier this year, and as part of Race to the Top requirements, the state did direct New York school districts develop their own teacher evaluation systems, known as annual professional performance reviews plan (APPR), lest the districts risk losing additional available state aid.

ALBANY — After a two - hour debate that touched on climate change and several anti-Semitic incidents at the City University of New York, Republicans in the state Senate endorsed a one - house budget resolution that shifts costs to New York City, increases aid for public schools and cuts taxes for middle - income New Yorkers.

Randi Weingarten, president of the United Federation of Teachers, criticized the Senate version of the bill for cutting about $ 40 billion from money «targeted to help states avoid drastic education cuts and teacher layoffs,» as well as $ 20 billion from construction aid to schools and colleges and $ 1 billion from new aid for Head Start and other early childhood education programs.

Additionally, districts that undertake consolidation are awarded an additional 40 % in school aid from the State of New York.

While Kaminsky has so far run on an anti-corruption platform that plays up his prosecutorial experience, McGrath's campaign has steered clear of any mention of corruption, instead focusing on school aid, taxes and the perennial Republican bogeyman, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

ALBANY — A new, well - financed partnership plying both fundamentals of democracy and modern high - stakes lobbying plans to bring Albany's fight over public school aid into New Yorkers» homnew, well - financed partnership plying both fundamentals of democracy and modern high - stakes lobbying plans to bring Albany's fight over public school aid into New Yorkers» homNew Yorkers» homes.

Nolan and many of her colleagues have signed a letter seeking an additional $ 1.9 billion in school aid in the new budget.

Sixty - eight percent said his cuts to school aid and tax cuts would convince them to oppose him, while 67 percent said the Committee to Save New York would keep them from pulling the lever for Cuomo, after the pollsters» described the group as a «shadowy» organization «that raised more than $ 17 million from Wall Street, real estate moguls and other business interests to promote his agenda of education cuts and tax breaks.»

From Molinaro's view, groups of people were leveraged against each other, whether it was county leaders seeking certainty for their finances, the New York City school system and how it's leadership structure is formed or the communities affected by flooding that are in need of aid.

Under law, states failing to enforce that requirement risk loss of federal financial aid — a rule that many school administrators view as a threat to New York.

Late last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration broke with the longstanding tradition of providing school districts across New York State with «runs,» the projected aid increases, based on the governor's education funding proposal, which district officials use to help shape their own budgets.

«They want to focus on Washington instead of the fact that she supported the use of taxpayer money to cover up sexual harassment and abuse in the State Assembly, she approved of seating Hiram Monserrate in the State Senate even though he slashed his girlfriend in the face and caused a wound so deep it required 20 stitches to close and she wrote the law that sent $ 373 million in Westchester's state school aid to New York City.»

The $ 77.7 billion spending plan, up 3.6 percent from last year, also includes a spate of new social programs that would aid homeless New Yorkers, spur prison reforms and expand literacy programs in public schoonew social programs that would aid homeless New Yorkers, spur prison reforms and expand literacy programs in public schooNew Yorkers, spur prison reforms and expand literacy programs in public schools.

a $ 1 billion hike in state aid to New York's 700 public school districts for a total of $ 26.7 billion.

Before Cuomo's State of the State address last week, both the U.F.T. and New York United Teachers had kept their criticism of Cuomo largely focused broadly on the need for more school aid.

To make sure New York's students receive the first - class education, a broad coalition will urge key individual senators who have not committed to restorations of school aid to fully fund education.

Assembly Democrats have introduced legislation that would delay the development and implementation of new teacher evaluations, as well as no longer tie school aid to the new standards.

``... His opponent, who has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of his own money and gotten nowhere, is seeking to join the same New York City - dominated conference that enacted the job - killing MTA payroll tax, took the STAR rebate checks away from seniors and homeowners, and shifted school aid to New York City at Long Island's expense.»

Meanwhile, on the thorny issue of charter school funding — a tuition aid un-freeze that would see aid increase by $ 1,500 per student paid out by a school district — a potentially large hit for any locality, including $ 200 million for New York City — the proposal would be to have flat funding for charters this year.

It extended mayoral control of New York City schools and local tax measures, provided $ 55 million in flood damage relief and aided the Vernon Downs racino.

When New Yorkers vote next week, they will see this proposal on the ballot, «The purpose of the proposed amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the Constitution is to allow the Legislature to authorize and regulate up to seven casinos for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.»

The New York State Educational Conference Board, a coalition of state education organizations, is calling for a $ 2 billion increase in school aid in the 2018 - 19 state budget, despite a looming deficit and uncertainty over federal spending.

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office on Friday released a report assessing the impact of federal aid on New York's local governments and schools districts, finding they rely on more than $ 11 billion combined in 2015.