Sentences with phrase «on school finance issues»

Picus has consulted extensively on school finance issues in more than 20 states.

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.

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Economic Value Management has been selected as a Featured Book Recommendation or «Recommended Read» by numerous publications including, among others, Harvard Business School's HBS Working Knowledge, CEO Refresher, Directors Monthly, Global CEO, The Corporate Board, The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Valuation Issues, On Philanthropy, Accounting Today, Cost Management, and The Journal of Accounting and Finance.

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 resignaSchool 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 resignaschool 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 resignaSchool 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 resignaschool 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 bSchool 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 bschool 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 accountaSchools 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 accountaschools 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.