Sentences with phrase «of the public support reducing»

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Whatever the case, Britain's attempt to reduce the nation's deficit by 8 % of GDP by 2015 could eventually lose public support.

The authors note, however, that reducing education fees, increasing funding support for people with disabilities, and increasing public support for long term care are needed to help protect the most vulnerable populations during times of economic recovery.

Personally I think if they reduced it to 50 %, which I believe is the next highest level of support among the provinces that provide any support to private schools, it would be a small enough reduction that there would be little migration to public schools that Farmer Brian alluded to.

Specific policies include a Canada Employment Credit and Tax Fairness Plan to reduce taxes for working families and seniors; tax credits for public transit, kid's sports, textbooks, tools, and apprentices; increased support to the provinces and territories to create new child care spaces; increasing the Senior Age Credit amount by an additional $ 1,000; and allowing income splitting for caregivers of family members with disabilities.

This in turn would reduce revenues to governments that support a wide range of vital public services.

David Cameron pledged to reduce immigration to «tens of thousands» rather than «hundreds of thousands» in order to ease the pressure on public services and the former Labour welfare Minister, Frank Field, supported this.

Reduced to essentials, Shaw's contention is that Hecker and those of his «Americanist» cast of mind did represent an assimilationist current in U.S. Catholic thought — a tendency to bend over backwards to «fit into» American culture — that eventually made possible Ted Kennedy, Barbara Mikulski, Nancy Pelosi, and Joe Biden: cradle - Catholic politicians who support public policies that flatly contradict basic moral truths taught by the Church on the basis of reason and revelation, justify their votes in the name of «democracy» and «pluralism,» and are supported by a lot of fellow - Catholics in doing so.

There is hope that the ministers will acknowledge the strong public health arguments and overwhelming public support in favour of traffic light labels and see this proposal for what it is: a highly cost - effective policy that is likely to reduce the health and economic burden of non-communicable diseases.

LID and green infrastructure can help the region plan and prepare for extreme storm events and reduce erosion, flooding, and pollution of waterways while supporting public and environmental health.

As a healthy and practical alternative to formula the SDLP would support measures which would encourage the rise in breastfeeding, help reduce public stigma of breastfeeding and raise awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding.

Chicago Public Schools, where 87 percent of students are eligible for free and reduced - price lunch, already puts strict requirements on the items sold in vending machines — juice and water are the only available beverages, for instance — but Leslie Fowler, the district's executive director of nutrition support services, said students still bristle at the idea of schools controlling their choices.

• We promised to restore Teacher training allowances and we have delivered • We promised to end dumsor and we have delivered • We promised to reduced fertilizer prices by 50 % and we have delivered • We promised to establish a Ministry of Zongo and Inner City Affairs and we have delivered • We promised to increase and pay peacekeeping allowances increased from $ 31 to $ 35 and we have delivered • We promised to increase the share of the DACF to persons with disabilities from 2 % to 3 % and we have delivered • We promised a stimulus package to support local industry and we have delivered • We promised to implement a National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan and we have delivered • We promised a more efficient port system and we have delivered • We promised to reduce the rapid rate of borrowing and accumulation of the public debt and we have delivered • We promised to restore economic growth and we have delivered • We promised to reduce inflation and we have delivered.

She says she hopes to run a campaign on the issue of more support for public schools and infrastructure, and reducing income disparities.

Gov. Cuomo, backed by labor leaders including UFT President Michael Mulgrew (center), signs legislation at UFT headquarters to reduce the number of services that New York's public sector unions are obligated to provide to workers who do not pay to support those services.

But while supporters of state funding believe it to be a panacea to end big donations, reduce the risk of corruption and support smaller parties, the fact that state funding is being given serious consideration actually demonstrates how political parties have not done enough to broaden their memberships and attract voluntary support from the public.

«Public housing is critical affordable housing, and all levels of government should be increasing financial support, not drastically reducing it,» Alcantara said.

If consolidation reduces cost, improves government efficiency, and supports economic growth without sacrificing local identity, then, New Yorkers want consolidation considered,» says Lee M. Miringoff, Director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

But three - quarters of New Yorkers say they will support a constitutional amendment in November that would allow judges to reduce or strip the pensions of public officials who are convicted of crimes related to their office.

This could include an emphasis on reducing the cost of capital and making major «public investment in support of a clearly articulated growth strategy», Hay suggested.

It is unlikely the current strategy will generate public support for the more radical policies needed to reduce poverty significantly below existing levels — where around 20 per cent of the population is in poverty.

At the same time, Erie County's credit rating has risen significantly under his watch while the county has continued to invest millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements, county parks, libraries, and arts organizations; made advances in public health; and supported innovative programs to reduce poverty, among many other achievements.

Among her plans of what she'd like to accomplish once elected: Promote / support bills in Congress that adopt clean sources of energy by helping to end the intricate system of public subsidies that keep dirty sources of energy artificially cheap, and promote renewable sources: solar, wind, and hydro; Protect waterways / drinking supply by reducing the risk of contamination and ensure that when contamination is found, the responsible parties are held accountable; Fight for public financing of elections; Work every day to overturn Citizens United.

Before being escorted off the property by hotel staff, the protesters handed out fliers stating their opposition to the Committee to Save New York, a group of business leaders formed in support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's campaign to oppose tax increases, reduce the size of government and reform Medicaid and pensions for public employees.

Romney accused the president of being responsible for rising gasoline prices and reduced access to public lands for oil production, and being disingenuous about supporting fossil fuels.

«In the meantime, the findings support state - and local - level action to enact SSB excise taxes, promote physical activity in afterschool settings, and reduce marketing and advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages in public schools.»

«Our findings support recommendations of increasing the intake of a variety of nuts, as part of healthy dietary patterns, to reduce the risk of chronic disease in the general populations,» said Marta Guasch - Ferre, PhD, lead author of the study and research fellow at the department of nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

At this critical time of tax reform, widening gaps between the rich and poor and growing public support for higher taxes and redistribution to combat inequality, policymakers should consider joint federal tax and redistributive policies to reduce the burden of mortality among Americans,» said Professor Kim.

The group has enlisted the help of thousands of student volunteers around the world to mobilize public support for reducing humanity's carbon footprint.

«Our results strongly support other evidence about the power of public policies to reduce excessive drinking and related medical and social problems,» said Timothy Naimi, MD, MPH, a pediatrician at BMC and associate professor of public health and medicine at BUSPH, who was the study's lead investigator.

«These new studies support previous findings that reducing sodium from very high intake levels to moderate levels improves health,» said committee chair Brian Strom, George S. Pepper Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.

These findings support the implementation of proper handwashing and weekly nail clipping as a public health measure to reduce parasite re-infection rates in resource - limited regions.

This year, France even reduced public support for research and recruitment of researchers.

In a recent Public Agenda survey, parents of public high - school students supported the idea that reducing class sizes was a better way to improve schools than raising salaries for teaPublic Agenda survey, parents of public high - school students supported the idea that reducing class sizes was a better way to improve schools than raising salaries for teapublic high - school students supported the idea that reducing class sizes was a better way to improve schools than raising salaries for teachers.

where hedge - fund dollars are used to support causes ranging from criminal justice reform to reducing the costs of public pensions (including those held by veteran teachers).

Teach for America's major donors include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the Walton Family Foundation, run by the heirs to the Walmart fortune; the Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation, run by the real estate billionaire and Democratic donor; and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, where hedge - fund dollars are used to support causes ranging from criminal justice reform to reducing the costs of public pensions (including those held by veteran teachers).

• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling neighborhood schools; hold charter schools accountable; provide more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public schools hubs of the neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard - to - staff schools; and ensure access to high - quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.

While voucher usage is higher in big cities, the financial effect is felt in every school district because the voucher dollars come out of Tuition Support, in effect reducing the dollars supporting students in all public schools.

Malloy implemented an extremely prejudicial evaluation system for teachers, brought in Common Core and its associated testing (SBAC), crushed the OPT OUT movement, reduced funding for public schools while increasing funding for Achievement First Charter Schools, increased funding for CONNCan (a private Charter School advocacy group), appointed Stefan Pryor (CEO of Achievement First) as Commissioner of Education, vastly increased standardized testing throughout the state, and tried to abolish of tenure for teachers, all endorsed and supported by Melodie Peters against the wishes of the membership in CT..

Pathways to College Credentials and Careers: In order to increase the economic mobility of low - income and minority students, the Joyce Foundation will support state and federal policy work to: (1) better prepare students for college and career through early college credits, work - based learning, and high school interventions to reduce college remediation; (2) increase the likelihood that low - income and minority students will complete credentials or degrees of economic value at the institutions they attend; and (3) increase access and success for low - income and minority students in the public institutions with the highest economic payoffs.

Therefore, if we offered our online students a better program using free open source educational programs, we could rehire 800 teachers — half of whom could be used to support our online education programs in Washington State and the other half of whom could be returned to our normal public schools to reduce class sizes in 400 schools in our State.

Harries said the additional state resources that would support Elm City Imagine could be an opportunity to reduce class sizes at other, over-enrolled public schools and share the burden of enrolling «transient students» who switch schools after Oct. 1.

In Connecticut, interdistrict magnet schools receive special funding BECAUSE they are supposed to «reduce, eliminate or prevent the racial, ethnic or economic isolation of public school students while offering a high - quality curriculum that supports educational improvement.»

The recommendation is based on aggregate evaluation data generated during the application process, considering the following key elements: (1) the quality of the proposed program as measured against the criteria contained in the charter school application; (2) the substantive issues surrounding the overall feasibility and reasonableness of the application in terms of the likelihood of the opening and operation of a successful, high quality public school; (3) the degree of public support for the proposed school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School District.

The Department of Education goes on to say that the purpose of a magnet school is «to reduce, eliminate or prevent the racial, ethnic or economic isolation of public school students while offering a high - quality curriculum that supports educational improvement.»

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Clinton would reduce the cost of college by providing states with grants to support two years of tuition - free community college and / or four years of tuition - free education at in - state public colleges and universities for students from families making less than $ 125,000 (phased in over 4 years starting at $ 85,000), building on her promise to ensure access to «debt - free» college.

Proof of public assistance, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Reference from Integrated Community / Communidad Integrada (ciiccolorado.org) Two most recent pay stubs W - 2 1040 Proof of children in the reduced - cost school lunch program Proof of unemployment benefits currently or within the last three months Proof of Food Stamps Latest award letter for Social Security or disability payments Proof of Medicaid Extreme medical expense or other demonstrable extreme financial hardship Court documents showing amount of child support or spousal maintenance

Surgery Fees: The support of the Ann M. Hart Foundation has allowed Homeward Pet to reduce the fees charged for public spay & neuter surgeries.

NAIA supports reasonable efforts to hold all breeders and sellers responsible for the health of the puppies they offer to the public and recognizes that a key component of reducing animal shelter populations, dangerous dog problems, and neighborhood nuisances is helping people choose the right dog in the first place.

Job Description: • Represents the Kansas City Pet Project in a professional, polite and enthusiastic manner • Assists the veterinarians on a daily basis with preparing surgery patients, health assessments, and treatments of animals • Assist in medical rounds with Shelter Veterinarians or identifying animals that need to be seen by a Shelter Veterinarian • Administer medications to both cats and dogs in accordance with veterinarian's prescribed doses and ensure all treatment protocols prescribed for sick / injured animals are performed timely, safely, and humanely • Responsible for following best practices for sanitation protocols in all veterinary clinic and isolation areas to reduce / eliminate disease transmission • Input all medical notes, health assessments, vaccinations, surgeries, treatments, etc., into PetPoint • Provides support for other departments, such as Intake, Foster, Placement & Transport, or Adoptions by assisting as needed for vaccinations, deworming, blood draws, etc. • Prepares and sanitizes surgical instruments / packs each day to ensure packs are ready for use the following day • Assists with discharging animals to the public post-surgery or following up with sick pet appointments, explaining any medical issues, medications, after care instructions, etc. • Ensures adequate medical supplies and medications are available and reports any shortages to Vet Clinic Manager • Enforces and maintain KCPP safety and cleanliness, and all health and security rules and procedures • Follows disease prevention procedures and completes cleaning of veterinary clinic areas daily and ongoing throughout the day to decrease biological risks to humans and other animals • Care, feed, and safely handle animals to avoid injury to persons / animals • Properly store and maintain inventory of medical supplies, including Schedule II narcotics • Performs laboratory analysis techniques to assist Shelter Veterinarians • Reads, understand, interpret, and apply department policies and procedures • Prepares reports and other written materials in a logical, concise, and accurate manner • Functions calmly in situations that require a high degree of sensitivity, tact, and diplomacy • Communicates effectively with a variety of individuals representing diverse cultures and backgrounds and function calmly in all situations which require a high degree of sensitivity, tact and diplomacy • Treats employees, representatives of outside agencies, volunteers, and members of the public with courtesy and respect • Provides prompt, efficient and responsive service for all phone calls forwarded to the Vet Clinic.