Sentences with phrase «of public school dollars»

The group, in turn, successfully beat back efforts by reformers and school choice activists in the Sunshine State to expand choice (and abolish the religious bigotry - driven Blaine amendment banning the use of public school dollars for expanding access to high - quality private school options for poor and minority kids) through the passage of Amendment 8.

Governor Rick Scott and his education advisor, Michelle Rhee, believe that billions of public school dollars are better spent on for - profit charter school management companies (CMOs).

The Nevada Supreme Court permanently blocks the voucher program, declaring the use of public school dollars to fund vouchers unconstitutional.

Not exact matches

Redirects education dollars to give parents the right to send their kid to the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school of their choice.

Harvard Business School did a study: If you invested a dollar 20 years ago in a select portfolio of public companies focused just on growing their businesses, that dollar would've grown to $ 14.46.

Mr. Kesselman, a professor in the School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University, says increasing annual limits will only benefit the wealthy and end up costing Ottawa billions of dollars more than has been anticipated.

Have a candidate that can say and deliver me something to where NON of my tax dollars will be used fund any schools private or public on the teachings of this god magic, and they got my vote!

If a dozen different public school systems were to embark on a five - year experiment as part of a larger nation - wide experiment encouraged by federal dollars, local teams of educators, parents and community leaders would need to devise appropriate local models.

Parochial schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the public education system paid for by taxpayers.

For exactly the same sexual abuse in a public school and a Catholic parish, the difference in financial exposure is millions of dollars.

If you want god in your children's classroom, send them to a school run by a religious organization... public tax dollars should not be covering the teaching of god in any form, unless the church wants to start paying taxes.

Herbert Grover is the increasingly visible state superintendent of public instruction for Wisconsin and a man determined that no tax dollar shall be soiled by the hand of a parent on its way to school.

Of course, I was a public school kid, who had a crazy family life, and here I am, a decent human being:) This is an important decision, although your child won't necessarily be «ruined» whichever choice you make:) That was more like a dollar's worth of advicOf course, I was a public school kid, who had a crazy family life, and here I am, a decent human being:) This is an important decision, although your child won't necessarily be «ruined» whichever choice you make:) That was more like a dollar's worth of advicof advice!

These resources include private sector dollars, the community partners that support LA's Promise schools, and the millions of public sector dollars that flow from the state and federal governments.»

«We are excited to see Chicago Public Schools continue to be a leader by using procurement dollars to improve the freshness, quality and nutrition in their meals for students while growing opportunities for local, sustainable and fair producers and processors,» stated Rodger Cooley, Executive Director of the Chicago Food Policy Action Council.

Since my kids are not yet in middle school, I have yet to fully experience the impact of «competitive» food in the public school setting — i.e., beverage vending machines stocked exclusively with Coca - Cola products (thanks to a multimillion dollar... [Continue reading]

Since my kids are not yet in middle school, I have yet to fully experience the impact of «competitive» food in the public school setting — i.e., beverage vending machines stocked exclusively with Coca - Cola products (thanks to a multimillion dollar deal Coke struck with our district a few years back — more on that to come), snack vending machines, branded products like Papa John's pizza in the lunch room, and more.

«Which of course is a problem, because every dollar that has to be supported by the general fund is a dollar out of the classroom,» said Ed Wilkins, the school nutrition director for the San Francisco Public Schools.

«In our seven years at D.C. Public Schools, we have significantly increased the quality of food service while saving the District millions of dollars,» he said.

«Tioga Downs» expansion will foster hundreds of new jobs and spur much - needed economic development in the Southern Tier, plus generate millions of dollars for public schools and local governments — with all private money and zero taxpayer dollars,» Commission Executive Director Robert Williams said in a statement.

«I am voting for this resolution because of the more than half a billion dollars in new funding it asks our state to deliver to non-charter New York City publics schools,» Avella said at the time.

He is known as a committed advocate for public education, and co-founded the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which won billions of dollars for city schools from the state, though most of that money has never materialized.

Our one - of - a-kind energy is what has been attracting innovators, freedom riders, and immigrants from every other place on Earth, what has more than 2.6 million people waking up here every day, what has young scholars selecting our schools, and what has the public and private sectors investing billions of dollars here.

But charter schools get a cut of taxpayer dollars, which threatens the money needed to fund the public schools and keep the Syracuse Teachers Association operating.

Buffalo Public Schools, always strapped for cash, missed out on hundreds of thousands of dollars when it underbilled for providing special education services to students from other school districts, a new state audit found.

«In states across America, legislators have been pressured into a toxic game of cross-border business poaching that drives millions of dollars in tax breaks and subsidies to wealthy executives — draining funds we need to invest in infrastructure, schools, parks, and other public goods that is the bedrock of economic health.»

In Buffalo, public school officials led invited guests on a tour of a handful of schools, hoping to show them how the dollars secured from their respective governments are impacting the students.

Public schools in the city of Yonkers will get an additional $ 25 million dollars in aid, but Cuomo had to abandon a last minute proposal to give an additional $ 75 million dollars to struggling upstate schools.

He broke into politics by co-founding the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which in 1993 sued Albany for billions of dollars it argued the state owed to city public schools — and eventually won, though Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has since resisted delivering the funds.

A judge has ordered New York State to disburse millions of dollars it was withholding for nine struggling public schools, including three in Buffalo.

The UFT has issued a memo warning of a potential loss of millions of dollars in federal funds for more than 1,200 New York City public schools if Trump's administration adopts a voucher system for schools.

Cuomo's bill would allow donors to private school scholarship funds and public after school programs to give up to one million dollars, and in exchange receive a credit of $ 750,000 on their taxes.

Nixon's criticism mirrored an op - ed she published last month that slammed Cuomo for his support of charter schools and for proposing to eliminate the so - called Foundation Aid formula for funding public schools, which critics argued would deprive districts of billions of dollars that they are still owed under 2006 court decision that found the state had underfunded public education.

While public schools are reimbursed for the full cost of this tax, religious and independent schools are not, creating a gap for them of nearly six million dollars.

The Fund for Great Public Schools, a teachers union backed SuperPAC, spent tens of thousands of dollars backing Senator Rivera.

He has delivered over 40 million dollars in funding to our district that has resulted in the improvement of our senior programs, our public schools, and our public safety.

Under Republican leadership, this Legislature has continuously underfunded our public schools, focused on creating low wage jobs that leave working families in a cycle of poverty, and given away millions of taxpayer dollars to insurance companies while health insurance costs for working families skyrocket.»

Buffalo Public Schools are chipping away at the vast costs of health insurance for current employees and retirees, saving millions of dollars.

Moskowitz called tax credits, which critics say is a means of funding parochial schools with public dollars, «a powerful form of parent choice.»

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nikolas Cruz could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, his public defender said Wednesday as the Florida school shooter appeared at a hearing to determine if taxpayers will pick up the tab for his defense.

In his «100 - day action plan to Make America Great Again,» Trump announced the School Choice and Education Opportunity Act, which, among other proposals, would redirect education dollars to give parents the right to send their child to the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school of their cSchool Choice and Education Opportunity Act, which, among other proposals, would redirect education dollars to give parents the right to send their child to the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school of their cschool of their choice.

One of the most polarizing issues in Governor Cuomo's budget is an education tax credit that would allow donors of up to one million dollars to public and private schools to receive a tax benefit.

The budget also extends the millionaire's tax that was due to expire at the end of this year, preserving billions of dollars in annual revenue for schools and other vital public services.

More than 700,000 students in more than 1,200 New York City schools — including large high schools in all five boroughs — would face higher class sizes, have fewer teachers and lose after - school academic and enrichment programs if President - elect Trump makes good on a campaign promise to pull billions of federal dollars away from public schools to pay for private vouchers, a UFT analysis has found.

The proposal, for the final budget of Mr. de Blasio's first term, provided a blueprint of sorts for a potential second term with big - ticket investments — including an additional $ 1.9 billion in capital spending to create more apartments for some of the poorest New Yorkers — and long - term plans, like tens of millions of dollars to start a preschool program for 3 - year - olds in city public schools, and new spending on homeless shelters.

In the face of multimillion dollar negative ad campaigns from Success Academy Charter Schools and its CEO Eva Moskowitz, Hawkins maintains that the mayor could have pointed out that public school children - some disabled - face being displaced - but chose not to.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined a coalition of labor, business and political groups urging New Yorkers to vote yes on Election Day on Proposition 1, a referendum on a casino plan that would bring to the state new jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue for public schools.

Senate Republicans were pushing proposals to eliminate the charter school cap and send hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to charter coffers at the expense of New York City public schools.

Two Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs alumni will provide a multi-million dollar bequeath to fund citizenship education.

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.