With more than half of PIE Network member organizations advocating
on school finance issues this year, new resources that uncover funding inequities serve as valuable models.
Picus has consulted extensively
on school finance issues in more than 20 states.
Not exact matches
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It includes tracks
on financing, food policy,
school food, producer
issues, and food trade
issues — plus a Festival that is a public celebration of the growing Good Food movement, with chef demos, DIY workshops, and more.
In addition to the full schedule of sessions
on farm production, marketing, business, and
finance, conference - goers will have multiple opportunities to learn from nationally - known leaders
on topics encompassing current political, ethical, and social
issues, such as fixing
school food, GMOs (genetically modified organisms), and the fast - growing CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) movement.
Flanagan is specifically taking
issue with city Department of Education officials submitting a report
on school finances that doesn't adhere to state law.
She then briefed
on Cuomo - related
issues, including him failing to close campaign
finance loopholes, failing to veto any incumbent protection gerrymandering, not doing enough for election reform, for looting public
schools to give tax cuts to banks and not taking a stance against fracking.
Queens Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, who chairs the powerful Committee
on Finance, suggested the city could lose precious monies for the NYPD for its non-cooperation
on immigration
issues, while the public hospital network could suffer if the president repeals the Obama - era Affordable Care Act and the
school system might lose funding under the policies of U.S. Secretary of Education - designate Betsy DeVos.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, but subject to such requirements as the legislature shall impose by general or special law, indebtedness contracted by any county, city, town, village or
school district and each portion thereof from time to time contracted for any object or purpose for which indebtedness may be contracted may also be
financed by sinking fund bonds with a maximum maturity of fifty years, which shall be redeemed through annual contributions to sinking funds established by such county, city, town, village or
school district, provided, however, that each such annual contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem,
on the date of the contribution, the same amount of such indebtedness as would have been paid and then be payable if such indebtedness had been
financed entirely by the issuance of serial bonds, except, if an
issue of sinking fund bonds is combined for sale with an
issue of serial bonds, for the same object or purpose, then the amount of each annual sinking fund contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem,
on the date of each such annual contribution, (i) the amount which would be required to be paid annually if such indebtedness had been
issued entirely as serial bonds, less (ii) the amount of indebtedness, if any, to be paid during such year
on the portion of such indebtedness actually
issued as serial bonds.
On Tuesday, August 21, the North Rockland Central
School District board met for the last time before the 2012 - 13 school year begins to discuss final reports, finance issues, officially establish tax rates and finalize appointments and resigna
School District board met for the last time before the 2012 - 13
school year begins to discuss final reports, finance issues, officially establish tax rates and finalize appointments and resigna
school year begins to discuss final reports,
finance issues, officially establish tax rates and finalize appointments and resignations.
Major
issues during the 2015 legislative session included lifting the cap
on charter
schools, increasing the minimum wage, criminal justice reform, campaign
financing, and ethics reform.
BY SARA GILBERT
On Tuesday, August 21, the North Rockland Central
School District board met for the last time before the 2012 - 13 school year begins to discuss final reports, finance issues, officially establish tax rates and finalize appointments and resigna
School District board met for the last time before the 2012 - 13
school year begins to discuss final reports, finance issues, officially establish tax rates and finalize appointments and resigna
school year begins to discuss final reports,
finance issues, officially establish tax rates and finalize appointments and resignations.
Zimet did attack Cahill's stand
on sales - tax policy, but
on other
issues, including
school aid, women's reproductive rights, ethics and legislative misfeasance, gay rights, local hospitals and campaign
finance reform, there wasn't much difference between these two liberal Democrats.
The unions have been joined by several groups supportive of
issues they've opposed, such as expansion of charter
schools and a tax credit that would redirect money to private
schools, according to a POLITICO New York analysis of lobbying reports submitted to the Joint Commission
on Public Ethics and campaign
finance disclosure reports submitted by state - level candidates and parties to the Board of Elections.
«Susan has been working hard educating herself
on municipal
issues and procedures,» Wood said, noting that Shepler has participated in training for town board members sponsored by the New York State Association of Towns, and she's attended the municipal
finance school sponsored by New York State.
ALBANY — From tackling city
finances and infrastructure failures to supporting the arts and the city's role in the local
school district, Democratic candidates for Albany mayor Thursday night weighed in
on the
issues most pressing to Albany residents.
Heartland focuses
on free - market
issues across the board, including promoting charter
schools, lobbying for business - friendly
finance, insurance and real estate rules and promoting prescription drug availability before full Food and Drug Administration testing.
Austin, Texas About Blog This blog
on Texas education contains posts
on accountability, testing, college readiness, dropouts, bilingual education, immigration,
school finance, race, class, and gender
issues with additional focus at the national level.
Wisconsin's governor recently formed a task force
on educational excellence and charged it with reviewing the state's
school finance system in four areas: student and
school achievement, personnel
issues, special education, and early - childhood education.
In San Antonio Independent
School District v. Rodriguez, a Supreme Court case on equity of school finance, Justice Lewis F. Powell in 1973 cited the lack of judicially manageable standards as a reason for leaving the issue to elected b
School District v. Rodriguez, a Supreme Court case
on equity of
school finance, Justice Lewis F. Powell in 1973 cited the lack of judicially manageable standards as a reason for leaving the issue to elected b
school finance, Justice Lewis F. Powell in 1973 cited the lack of judicially manageable standards as a reason for leaving the
issue to elected bodies.
For more
on this topic, please see «
School -
Finance Reform in Red and Blue» in the Summer 2010
issue of Education Next.
On issue after
issue — from
school vouchers, to teacher evaluations, to collective bargaining reform, to
school finance reform — Indiana is leading the way.
Use Our
School is an online provision of advice and guidance
on how to make the case for community use, operating safely, legal
issues, managing
finances and enterprising ideas.
No one passed a peace pipe, but judges and lawmakers last month set aside their traditional enmity
on school -
finance issues for a few hours of frank talk here at the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Poor
school districts, which often count tired buildings and outdated equipment among their many troubles, are increasingly focusing
on brick - and - mortar
issues as they challenge state
school -
finance systems.
Published each year by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, the report provides up - to - date statistics
on a wide range of educational
issues, from preschool to
school finance.
The two measures also differ
on several
school - reform
issues unrelated to
finance.
As instructional leader ~ the principal must keep a pulse
on all aspects of the
school including: academic performance ~
finance ~ safety ~ personnel
issues ~ etc..
He said, «Rethinking policies around seat - time requirements, class size, compensating teachers based
on their educational credentials, the use of technology in the classroom, inequitable
school financing, the over placement of students in special education — almost all of these potentially transformative productivity gains are primarily state and local
issues that have to be grappled with.»
It was a year ago this month that a state commission
issued a report
on the
school finances.
See Senate Select Committee
on Equal Educational Opportunity, 92d Cong., 2d Sess.,
Issues in
School Finance 129 (Comm.Print 1972)(monograph entitled Inequities in
School Finance prepared by Professors Berke and Callahan); U.S. Office of Education,
Finances of Large - City
School Systems: A Comparative Analysis (1972)(HEW publication); U.S. Comm»n
on Civil Rights, supra, n. 113 at 33 - 36; Simon, supra, n. 62, at 410 - 411, 418.
The report,
issued by a coalition of 17 civic organizations called the Chicago Panel
on Public
School Finances, tracked 100,000 students in the entering classes of 1978, 1979, and 1980.
Dunn argues that the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education has been using «disparate impact analysis» to
issue profoundly misguided policies
on school discipline and
school finance.
«
School finance is the No. 1
issue for me because we're starting to see the net impact of underfunding education
on every level,» Menéndez said.
Throughout its history, IDRA has conducted extensive research and analysis
on a range of Texas and national educational
issues impacting public
school children, including
school finance,
school integration and
school privatization options.
This is an
issue of great concern to many districts, I've been getting regular calls from our
finance officer and our budget folks
on this
issue because it's been going
on now more than a year,» said Virginia Strom - Martin of the Los Angeles Unified
School District, who noted the district had an estimated $ 16 million at risk.
The Arizona Charter
Schools Association issued the following letter to our charter schools on Sept. 22 in response the Grand Canyon Institute's report on charter school finances and accounta
Schools Association
issued the following letter to our charter
schools on Sept. 22 in response the Grand Canyon Institute's report on charter school finances and accounta
schools on Sept. 22 in response the Grand Canyon Institute's report
on charter
school finances and accountability:
✅ Feel free to ignore all of the above advice and go to timely and well - designed panels
on core
issues like ESSA, personalized learning, and
school finance.
It provides support to
school districts
on facilities planning,
finance, operations, maintenance, and health
issues through its website, technical assistance, and training.
Nonpartisan, accurate, unbiased and credible research
on key
issues, from
school vouchers to Internet sales tax to better ways to
finance highway construction to ideas for eliminating the blight of abandoned, tax - reverted properties in Michigan's older cities.
As our state considers
issues of
school finance equity, teacher certification and teacher retention, our leaders can avoid unforeseen unequal outcomes from policies that may appear to have no effect based
on race or ethnicity.
Report of the Intercultural Development Research Association Related to the Extent of Equity in the Texas
School Finance System and Its Impact
on Selected Student Related
Issues, Prepared for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in Texas Taxpayer & Student Fairness Coalition v. Williams, No.
Meanwhile, Gov. Jerry Brown has
issued a call for the state to reduce its reliance
on bond
financing — and the debt that comes with it — to support
school construction.
Though our governmental advocacy, product development and partnerships with private
finance providers, CCSA and our members will remain focused
on this
issue to ensure that charter
school students receive the same funds as their traditional public
school counterparts, and have more alternatives to access working capital when they need it most.
The third wave of
school finance litigation, instead of focusing
on issues of equity, emphasize educational adequacy.
Managing Director, Knowledge Management 415-534-8130
[email protected] Alice provides charter
school leaders with information and training
on all charter
school issues, including
finance, board governance, petition writing, curriculum and facilities.
In addition to
issues with
financing the projects, some
schools reported that procuring the necessary materials or regular maintenance was a problem too, as was ensuring the work was completed
on time.
He said, «Rethinking policies around seat - time requirements, class size, compensating teachers based
on their educational credentials, the use of technology in the classroom, inequitable
school financing, the over-placement of students in special education — almost all of these potentially transformative productivity gains are primarily state and local
issues that have to be grappled with.»
APA has worked across the country
on education
issues - including
school finance, educator effectiveness, early childhood education, cost modeling and program evaluation - and has proven impact.
His research and scholarship focus
on issues of decentralization related to
school choice reforms, as well as the impact of
school finance inequities
on implementing
school reform.