Sentences with phrase «of tight state budgets»

In today's climate of tight State budgets, it is more critical than ever for teachers, administrators and families to speak with a consistent voice about the need for stable, dependable State support to benefit ALL students.

In a time of tight state budgets, funding for educational technology is often first on the chopping block.

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Local school districts are preparing for another tight budget season this year, with minimal state aid increases projected in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tentative spending plan and a cap of less than 2 percent on tax levy growth.

That's a concern for small water systems with tight budgets, said Gerry Geist, executive director of the state's Association of Towns.

Even with state spending expected to be tight because of a looming budget deficit, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said state leaders need to come up with a long - term plan to help the cash - strapped MTA.

After the arrest the next day of then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Cuomo forced lawmakers into an even tighter corner by vowing that he would not sign a state budget that did not include a number of ethical fixes.

ALBANY — Even with state spending expected to be tight because of a looming budget deficit, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said state leaders need to come up with a long - term plan to help the cash - strapped MTA.

Later that month, when he released his proposed state budget, Cuomo included a number of reforms: anti-bribery measures; the creation of an independent enforcement office for election - law violations; tighter campaign - fund - raising laws; and increased disclosure requirements for legislators» outside income.

ALBANY, N.Y. — It's been well established the state is running on a tight budget this year, but mayors from across New York are trying to get the biggest piece of the pie they can.

Already a full month into the fiscal year and without a budget agreement in sight, the state — now operating under the tight financial constraints of an executive order — is cutting services to its most vulnerable residents.

State Senator Mark Grisanti says the DMV's decision is an outrage in light of the state's already tight budget and the thousands of people impacted by Hurricane SState Senator Mark Grisanti says the DMV's decision is an outrage in light of the state's already tight budget and the thousands of people impacted by Hurricane Sstate's already tight budget and the thousands of people impacted by Hurricane Sandy.

In fact, he and his community of researchers in alternative RNA splicing — a field he helped to create — have shown that they can do world - class research despite tight government budgets and three - month delivery times for reagents that can cost three times as much as they would in the United States or Europe.

Funding for fusion in general is extremely tight because of general government budget - cutting and the high cost of the ITER fusion reactor project in France, of which the United States is a partner.

As public budgets have grown tighter over the past decade, states and school districts have sought ways to control the growth of spending.

While the dollars at stake are obviously not a major driver of state education expenditures, they are significant, especially during times of tight budgets.

Idaho is «definitely» suffering a shortage of mathematics and science teachers, according to various officials in the state education department, but because of the state's tight education budget, they said, there are as yet no programs to deal with it.

With the current economic crisis placing even more of a tight squeeze on state and local budgets, investing in the future of education is something Mayersohn does not want to be ignored.

Charters don't get local funding, and state funding is low so the Cornerstone budget is tight (less than half of some of the east coast charters we studied at the Summit).

In the 2013 - 2015 state budget, money for districts will be tight again, creating a new round of challenges, which D'Andrea says will probably include merit pay, a teacher effectiveness program, the expansion of school choice, and maybe the creation of a statewide charter authorizer.

As the assistant superintendent for support services of the Loudoun County, Va., school district, Platenberg worked to find transportation and energy efficiencies to protect the district's instructional support during a time of tight state education budgets and a rapidly expanding student population.

Meanwhile, the President of the Cambrium Learning Group's «intervention division», Voyager Learning, told the magazine that «the Vallas model is designed so that districts with tight budgets can afford it by using federal, state, local and special education funds, or «other funds they might already have.»

The number of children in Northwest Indiana from low - income families and eligible for free or reduced - price lunch has climbed in the region and across the state, as school districts face tighter budgets and reduced state funding.

I'm out of work until October, so on a really tight budget, and the more I tried to explain this to the rough - English speaking woman, she kept pushing more and more, and also told me (as stated in some comments) to stop making payments to Navient, that they'd send them a letter, and the whole shebang.

We can see the same kinds of things going on the world of public unions, as the state budgets get tighter, the states want to take away teacher benefits.

Today, the four - day plan has spread to a number of states across the country, and the idea continues to gain ground as school districts battle tight budgets.

At a time when other countries are doubling down on education, tight budgets have forced States to lay off thousands of teachers.

Some require only minimal levels of protection and there are states that ask for many coverage levels, which can be quite a problem for drivers who are on tight budgets.

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I would much rather buy and hold, but I'll be moving out of state in a few years and everyone recommends avoiding long - distance land lording, especially with a tight budget.

Despite a very tight state budget, REALTORS ® and their communities throughout Florida are walking away from the 2018 session of the Florida Legislature with several key victories: a $ 31 million cut to the Business Rent Tax, $ 110 million for affordable housing projects and more than $ 400 million for Florida's natural resources.

But like virtually every state, its budget is the tightest it has been in years, and lawmakers there are scrambling to generate revenue for new infrastructure in Teton County, where Jackson Hole sits at the base of the Grand Teton mountains.