Sentences with phrase «on school budgets»

The unprecedented and continued pressure on school budgets over recent years is now having a real and lasting damaging impact on the quality of our children's education.

But given the strain on school budgets in recent years, experts say middle - income districts also need help to reach federal goals for Internet speed and the deployment of computers.

This had a massive impact on the school budget.

The strain on school budgets impacts the ability of school districts to hire and sometimes to retain high quality teachers.

In the last comprehensive spending review it promised to increase spending on schools budgets.

Which is perfect for people on a school budget like me!

But experts say upward pressure on school budgets from growing pupil numbers and pay demands will mean a growing strain on resources.

In order to cut salary costs — the most expensive item on the school budget — free schools employ a higher number of unqualified teacher assistants than in the state schools.

Given that these costs put increasing stress on school budgets, it is important to determine whether they can be justified by system benefits.

The immense pressure on school budgets resulting from the current funding crisis means that it is imperative that new funding is available to all schools to fund these increases.

Current state law does not require disclosure for those trying to sway voters on school budgets.

That, of course, will further relieve pressure on school budgets.

More coverage is spent on school budgets, crime and flu outbreaks, the report notes, than education policy issues.

In 2011, 60,420 people voted on school budgets in 37 suburban and small city school districts in Erie and Niagara counties.

A collision between higher teacher salaries and state property - tax restraints is putting the squeeze on school budgets across Long Island and New York — a phenomenon that could worsen over the long run, education officials and financial analysts said.

New Rochelle Board of Education President Chrisanne Petrone and New Rochelle Board of Education Member David Lacher, Chairperson of the Citizen Advisory Committee deliver introductory remarks before a presentation by the Citizen Advisory Committee on the School Budget.

Many celebrate the availability of electronic textbooks for the classroom, surmising that their interactivity will make textbook content more engaging for students, their reduced cost compared to print textbooks will ease the financial burden on school budgets, and their format will literally lighten a student's load and take less of a toll on the environment.

Borgononi says the gimmick has had a dramatic effect on school budgets, noting that over the four years that the Gap Elimination Adjustment has been in effect, Onondaga County schools have not received $ 270 million in state aid they were entitled to.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies says it represents a real - terms freeze on school budgets for the next two years.

Estimates suggest this may amount to a hit on schools budgets of between 5 to 8 per cent.

The School Administrator Salary Disclosure form was posted on the state Education Department website May 15 before school districts across the state voted on school budgets on May 21.

In the past I have sat in on school budget councils where we had to decide between funding a school nurse a few more days per week or purchasing a maintenance plan for our copy machines.

The cap can be overridden by 60 percent of the members of local governing bodies or by an equally large supermajority of taxpayers voting directly on school budgets.

Philip Steck (D - Albany)-- replaces supermajority requirement on school budget votes with a vote by board members.

Amie Hamlin, executive director of the NY Coalition for Healthy School Food, a non-profit based in Ithaca, said the new standards» affect on school budgets is a valid concern.

Let's hope Davey's prediction on the school budget votes is as insightful as his opening a new park the same day that others were being locked down.

District - by - district figures on school budgets, tax caps, pay raises and other data are included in Newsday's School Voters Guide.

Voters across the region are deciding on school budgets and school board races Tuesday, but some districts are also calling on voters to decide on some propositions.

«In every corner of the state, New Yorkers, after carefully examining the difficult choices made by their school boards, voted «yes» in near record numbers on school budgets to ensure students and education programs did not suffer further harm,» NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi said.

This would be great if school district supervisors and administrators would cut thier own positions and or salaries, But what I am seeing on School budgets id the cutting of custodians, teachers and security staff.

Alice Lane and her husband, Charles, vote on school budget at Lockport High School on Tuesday May 16, 2017.

Disclosure of the six - figure annual pensions come with suburbanites set to vote Tuesday on school budgets.

Chris Belfield, another author of the report also said: «Somewhat inevitably, this reform creates winner and losers, and it comes at a time of severe pressure on school budgets as we are currently in the tightest four - year period for per - pupil spending in English schools since at least the early 1980s.

Early indications from NAHT's latest annual survey on school budgets are expected to show that more and more schools are struggling to balance their books.

Of course, the golden age of the interactive whiteboard might soon come to an end, as the recession, the crash in property taxes, and competition from the baby boomers» retirement expenses take their toll on school budgets.

In a feature article she wrote for Education Next, June Kronholz looked at the role played by substitute teachers in America's schools and at the impact of our reliance on substitutes on school budgets and student learning.

He is also keenly aware of the restrictions on a school budget, and because of this we have kept prices to a minimum so that this system is affordable.

A government spokesperson said the School Cuts campaign's claim was based on a «flawed calculation» because it started from the position of school budgets in 2015 - 16, and then «calculates the cost pressures on school budgets over 4 years».

Mary Bousted, ATL general secretary, said the habit could «only lead to lower educational standards», adding that increasing pressure on school budgets meant schools were relying on support staff to replace qualified teachers «in a way that was never intended».

Schools expect to see a 12 per cent cut over the course of this parliament, on top of the ongoing one - per - cent pay rise freeze for teachers, and pension demands on school budgets.

There are two books I've read on school budgets that I have recommended to others: Stretching the School Dollar and Where Do School Funds Go?

«In these times of really challenging budgets I want to make sure that local authorities have a real grip on those school budgets and that schools are making the intended use of the funding they receive.»

For an explainer on how education is financed, check out Kyle's video on school budgets.

No more anonymous mail attacks on school budgets.

Sir Peter Lampl, founder and chairman of the Sutton Trust, said: «Our new polling adds to the growing evidence from highly credible sources that the squeeze on school budgets is having a detrimental effect on schools.

CAC Member Suyen Taylor delivers remarks on recommended Next Steps from the Citizen Advisory Committee on the School Budget.

They fear the possible end to traditional print books altogether, that too much control over our children's education will be in the hands of Apple, that outfitting each student with an iPad and requisite IT support will create additional financial burdens on school budgets, and that existing access gaps may be widened when some schools can not afford the technology.