Not exact matches
The Public Protection and General Government Article 7 bill submitted with Cuomo's 2016 Executive Budget (as amended) identifies three exceptional situations in which the windfall money could be
diverted from a newly created Infrastructure Investment
Fund into the state's all - purpose general fund, most of which supports operating expen
Fund into the state's all - purpose general
fund, most of which supports operating expen
fund, most of which supports
operating expenses.
He's criticized Cuomo for
diverting more than $ 400 million in
operating funds intended for the agency since 2011 — an action denied by the MTA and Cuomo.
While most charter schools are forced to
divert operating funds to cover the cost of facilities, the problem is more acute for rural charters.
While leaving Connecticut's real public schools without sufficient
funds, Malloy and Democratic legislators approved a deal to
divert more than $ 100 million dollars this year to the companies that
operate Connecticut's charter schools.
At the same time that Governor Dannel Malloy is instituting the deepest cuts in Connecticut history to Connecticut's public schools he is
diverting more than $ 110 million dollars a year in taxpayer
funds to Connecticut's privately owned and
operated charter schools.
Families for Excellent Schools is the corporate
funded, New York based, charter school industry lobbying group that bused in students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston, last year, to attend a rally in support of Governor Dannel Malloy's effort to
divert even more taxpayer money to Connecticut's privately owned and
operated charter schools.
With billions of dollars in taxpayer
funds being
diverted from public schools to privately owned and
operated charter schools, a motley collection of the nation's super-wealthy, including sports and music stars, are looking to cash in on the existing bi-partisan political support for the privatization of public education in the United States.
Funneling money through a variety of different organizations and front groups, the charter school advocates have been able «transform» public education in Connecticut by promoting Malloy's plans to
divert hundreds of millions of dollars in scarce public
funds to privately owned and
operated charter schools.
But as tens of millions of public
funds are
diverted to this lucky company, the most interesting development of all may well be that while Jumoke / FUSE Inc. claims to be focused on
operating schools in Connecticut, their Booker T. Washington application failed to mention that just a few months ago, Jumoke / FUSE Inc. was able to get a contract from the Louisiana Recovery School District in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to take over a school there.
Outside groups have begun a campaign to persuade voters in New London and Bridgeport to support Democratic candidates committed to
diverting even more scarce public
funds to privately owned and
operated charter schools.
But as tens of millions of public
funds are
diverted to this lucky company, the most interesting development of all may well be that while Jumoke / FUSE Inc. claims to be focused on
operating schools in Connecticut, their Booker T. Washington application fails to mention that just a few months ago, Jumoke / FUSE Inc. was able to get a contract from the Louisiana Recovery School District in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to take over a school there.
The board's issue: charter schools are perpetuating de facto segregation of students,
diverting public education
funds to for - profit entities, and are
operating without proper oversight.