Sentences with phrase «off of public funds»

A charter school does not charge tuition and it survives off of public funds, however it operates independently from the public education system.

Not exact matches

Dozens of private companies have now taken up where government space programs — and the public funding behind them — left off.

The next phase of public pension reform will likely be touched off by a stock market decline that creates the real possibility of at least one state fund running out of cash within a couple of years.

Teachers in Arizona and Colorado turned their state Capitols into a sea of red Thursday as they kicked off widespread walkouts that shut down public schools in a bid for better pay and education funding, building on educator revolt that emerged elsewhere in the U.S. but whose political prospects were not clear.

This week, Muddy Waters founder Carson Block said in a statement: «The markets are far better off if a few deep pocketed investors own Focus Media instead of mutual funds and other public shareholders.»

While in that job he shaved billions off the government's bottom line, but he's also been accused of using the public purse for his own political ambition getting millions in infrastructure funding for his Muskoka riding around the G8 summit there in 2010.

keep it off of public property, and don't provide any public funds for its existance.

There is no need to shrug and assume that current government - funded schemes of sex education or vague imitations of them are the only way forward: Catholic schools are popular and highly - regarded by the public in general in Britain and in a stand - off between them and officialdom the latter might find it had fewer allies than it imagines.

Published lists of donors, the announcement of pledges to the church building fund campaign, the insistence on a tax write - off for a donation - all these would seem to belong to the kind of public display that Jesus decried.

The public exposure of a long - past affair, and the publication of the painfully personal letter, would seem to violate journalistic boundaries, were they not unavoidably related to what is undeniably a story of legitimate public interest, namely, the Archbishop of Milwaukee was for eighteen years under the threat of blackmail, and paid off with $ 450,000 of archdiocesan funds.

With the zeal of a reformer and the heart of a dreamer, she calls for turning off the television at home, providing better funding for public schools and public media, and enacting laws that forbid marketing to children altogether.

Guess they should be having late - term abortions, or performing infanticide if the change in circumstances happens after the baby is born — after all, we can't have those babies living off public funds for any amount of time, can we?

Only about 5 % of taxpayers choose the $ 3 check off for public campaign funding (which is about $ 23 million per year because there are about 150 million 1040 tax returns filed each year), but public television, radio, the NEA and the NEH might get closer to the 25 - 27 % percent participation that the check off got when it was started (bringing the take to perhaps $ 115 million a year), because their programming is probably more popular than campaign funding for politicians.

At the same time, while there tends to be little ostensible evidence in the UK of the blatant buying off of politicians and officials, the murky networks that connect political parties with private funders, and see the frequent movement of officials across the private and public sector, raise serious questions about the integrity of the public service ethos at the highest levels of power (as even Conservative commentators recognise — e.g. Ferdinand Mount, The New Few).

Joe Guinan, a senior fellow, has argued that cooperatives are insufficient in themselves, but should be used as a jumping off point for more scalable forms of democratic wealth - holding, such as public banking and «pension fund socialism».

Money for the public matching fund will come from a portion of the county's proceeds of video lottery terminals at Off - Track Betting parlors.

One interesting illustration of the issue came up when the US Republican presidential candidate last fall, Mitt Romney, opened the first of the three presidential debates by saying that he wanted to cut off funding for PBS, the public - funded broadcasting service in the US.

It is also why developments in the business of digital journalism matters for democracy, especially in countries like the U.S., where private sector media provide by far the largest share of news coverage of public affairs, because of the low levels of funding for public media — as commercial media organizations in many countries continue to lose revenue and lay off reporters because their legacy platforms (like print) grow less popular by the day, the future of the private media sector, an important part of our democratic systems, depends in part on its ability to find new business models and reinvent itself for a new century and new media world, online and elsewhere.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

He kicked off his mayoral bid by loaning his campaign $ 100,000 of his own dough, intending to pay the money back once he qualified for public matching funds.

Even the entirely false statement that Gordon Brown had sold off the Britain's gold reserves at knock - down prices to fund public spending went unchallenged, sacrificed to the strategy of fighting the 2015 election, not the 2010 one all over again.

What started out as a small, off - budget, temporary surcharge on insurance to help pay for charity care, hospital debt and graduate medical education as New York hospitals deregulated in the late 1990s, has ballooned over 19 years into a multibillion - dollar all - purpose revenue fund that supports dozens of public health programs, and plugs billion - dollar holes in the state's general budget.

She says if public campaign financing is to be partially funded by a taxpayer check off, for instance, it would need to be part of the budget now.

The PTO is not only taking issue with Perry's charter school background, but also charged that he is «profiting off of public school funds,» and making «fraudulent claims» about addressing students» needs.

Sharpton added that Devos — a longtime backer of charter and Christian schools --» does not believe in public education,» and would transform federal school funding into a voucher system that would favor a small percentage of well - off students while neglecting the rest.

«To help fund the plans, the Government is to sell off # 15billion in public assets by 2020, including the student loan book and # 5billion of property and land.

Imagine living off the public dole for 6-12-18 years and not having your retirement fund go south because of mismanagement or financial greed????

Corbett, a Republican, proposes chopping $ 34.1 million from the Pittsburgh public schools, slashing funding for state universities, giving a free hand to districts in laying off teachers and imposing a one - year freeze on the wages of public school employees.

Tony Blair's New Labour Government significantly expanded PFI as a convenient way of funding public infrastructure «off balance sheet.»

«We need a budget proposal from the governor and legislature that finally pays the money owed to our children and prioritizes schools that need funding the most,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director of the Alliance for Quality Education, at a Jan. 10 press conference outside City Hall to kick off a new push for public school funding in Albany.

«It is essential that we err, if at all, on the side that will not choke off the transactions upon which a significant pillar of this proposal is based and if the City can not come up with a re-evaluation that inspires more confidence it may have to search for another mechanism to address the transparency and predictability concerns of the Public Realm Improvement Fund,» Brewer wrote.

If dealing with the public relations nightmare over its on - off - on funding of Planned Parenthood wasn't enough, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure cancer charity last week also got entangled, somewhat bizarrely, in the debate over human embryonic stem (ES) cell research.

«While he has steered clear of efforts to sell off public lands and supported the Land and Water Conservation Fund, far more often Rep. Zinke has advanced policies that favor special interests,» said Jamie Williams, president of the Wilderness Society, in a statement.

Dr. Story Landis, chair of the NIH Stem Cell Task Force, said states like Maryland, which offer their own public funding to researchers, often help get projects off the ground — and scientists then use their early research to apply for additional federal funding.

A new innovation fund is investing in start - up and spin - off companies born out of the public research sector that have potentially life - changing, high - yielding ideas.

By most accounts no one, not even the traditional public schools have enough funds to educate everyone and some charters, such as John W. Lavelle Preparatory Charter School, are pulling - off excellent results with some of the toughest sped kids and basically the same money as everyone else.

Including closing weak charter schools or cutting off public funding to private schools of choice if they diminish achievement?

It must be possible to navigate the trade - offs between the public and private spheres when seeking to provide benefits of private schooling through the use of public funds.

With current projections forecasting more constrained public funds in coming months, the resource landscape will likely be one of greater scarcity, which will only increase the likelihood that schools will have to consider such trade - offs.

Opponents worry that vouchers will actually leave public schools worse off by draining them of funds and encouraging the best students and the most involved parents to flee a failing school.

Speaking on the public television show «Off the Record,» MEA President Steven Cook said the MEA paid $ 25,000 toward a recall effort against House Education Committee Chairman Paul Scott, R - Grand Blanc, because polling showed voters in Scott's district are upset over the elimination of a pension tax deduction and public school funding levels, the Lansing State Journal reported.

I suppose the public schools laying off teachers because of lack of funds should also fire ineffective teachers.

A really thought out plan where now less than two years later public schools are laying off teachers because of lack of funds.

It's not a gas leak — it's the sound of funding being siphoned off to support private school vouchers and public charter schools.

The linchpin of Massive Resistance was a law that cut off state funds and closed any public school that attempted to integrate.

Public charter schools, funded with public dollars and tuition - free, are off - shoots of traditional public school systems and been glorified recently in critically - acclaimed documentaries like «The Lottery» and «Waiting for Superman,» which portray the schools as last hopes for parents raising children in urban areas with sub-standard scPublic charter schools, funded with public dollars and tuition - free, are off - shoots of traditional public school systems and been glorified recently in critically - acclaimed documentaries like «The Lottery» and «Waiting for Superman,» which portray the schools as last hopes for parents raising children in urban areas with sub-standard scpublic dollars and tuition - free, are off - shoots of traditional public school systems and been glorified recently in critically - acclaimed documentaries like «The Lottery» and «Waiting for Superman,» which portray the schools as last hopes for parents raising children in urban areas with sub-standard scpublic school systems and been glorified recently in critically - acclaimed documentaries like «The Lottery» and «Waiting for Superman,» which portray the schools as last hopes for parents raising children in urban areas with sub-standard schools.

Public charter schools, funded with public dollars and tuition - free, are off - shoots of traditional public school systems recently glorified in critically - acclaimed documentaries like «The Lottery» and «Waiting for Superman,» which portray the schools as last hopes for parents raising children in urban areas with sub-standard scPublic charter schools, funded with public dollars and tuition - free, are off - shoots of traditional public school systems recently glorified in critically - acclaimed documentaries like «The Lottery» and «Waiting for Superman,» which portray the schools as last hopes for parents raising children in urban areas with sub-standard scpublic dollars and tuition - free, are off - shoots of traditional public school systems recently glorified in critically - acclaimed documentaries like «The Lottery» and «Waiting for Superman,» which portray the schools as last hopes for parents raising children in urban areas with sub-standard scpublic school systems recently glorified in critically - acclaimed documentaries like «The Lottery» and «Waiting for Superman,» which portray the schools as last hopes for parents raising children in urban areas with sub-standard schools.

As noted, there is no question that parents have the right to send their children to private schools, but we taxpayers don't directly pay the costs associated with parochial and other private schools, and we shouldn't be forced to syphon off scarce taxpayer funds in order to pay for schools like Achievement First, schools that fail to meet the most basic criteria of what makes a public school — public.

Further, the report said that most of the money going to public schools comes from state government, and so a reduction in taxable state income, off - set by this loophole, means less state funds go to public education.

For more detail on the use of LCFF funds for each of these purposes, please see the ACLU and Public Advocate memos around paying off structural debt and salary increases.