Sentences with phrase «over local funding»

The charter school industry is proposing a change to Connecticut's school funding system to require that local communities hand over local funds to subsidize charter schools attended by local students.

Not exact matches

Over the years, our company has had a relationship with local colleges and universities, where we've provided them with funds at times, but we've also given them the time of some of our people, to meet with their educators and define curricula.

What has been determined — initially over tea and biscuits in Malala's family's home — is that the Fund will have three prongs: advocacy, storytelling, and funding of local entrepreneurs in areas where girls don't have access to education.

Reform of metropolitan councils is set to be derailed unless there is a quick response by the state government to concerns over funding implementation costs, according to the WA Local Government Assoc

Since its inception in 2010, the fund has invested $ 1.75 million in 25 local companies that in turn have raised over $ 24 million — for a multiple of over 13 times the original NOSF investment.

VICTORIA — Local MLAs say students in Victoria and Saanich will benefit from safer, more efficient and comfortable schools thanks to over $ 7 million in provincial funding for school upgrades in the Greater Victoria and Saanich School Districts.

Transfer payments, regional subsidies and even the announcements for universities, regional slush funds or rural broadband financing announced over the last few months, they all share the intended two - prong effect: vote - buying, and spreading the illusion that the federal government can fix a local problem, be it in classrooms or in lousy internet connections.

The plan calls for federal spending of $ 200 billion over the next 10 years and for state and local governments and the private sector to fund the remaining $ 1.3 trillion.

Looking at the actuarial funded ratio for state and local pension plans, the aggregate funded status of these plans has significantly declined over the last 15 years despite equities attaining all - time highs in recent periods.

The expansion project was planned to be implemented in phases over a period of four years and estimated to require an investment of around $ 120m, funded from local debt and finance from sales.

Our Summer Concerts have funded local community arts and music programs for over 45 years.

That breaks down to over $ 400,000 in local scholarship funds, $ 200,000 to Sonoma County Education programs, $ 100,000 to local sports and community programs, and on a national level, $ 250,000 to Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry Campaign.

Honored guest chefs, Chris Cosentino, Rick Moonen, Bryan Voltaggio, Susan Feniger, and Trevor Bird, along with world class Pinot Noirs producers, selected by the organization's wine chair, Daryl Groom, lent their talents to raise serious funds for Share our Strength and local Sonoma County charities and organizations, topping Pigs & Pinot's total charitable funds raised since the event's inception to over one million dollars.

Over the last two years, working with the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships and funded by the Department for Education, we have been offering this seminar to practitioners and managers working in local authorities across England, to support the engagement of the couple / parental relationships with a more father - inclusive approach.

In 2008 a local voluntary organisation won the tender to lead the project on behalf of the borough, with funding of # 100,000 per year over two years.

This article from a local Boulder, CO paper discusses the newly - launched fundraising campaign, and points up the very issue we've been talking about so much in recent weeks here on TLT: namely, can a district offer the kind of healthful food that Chef Ann champions without extra funding (over and above what the USDA reimburses schools)?

We do not differentiate between pre-16 and post-16 in the hospital education funding system, although local authorities» duties differ for young people aged 16 and over and this may affect their decisions on funding education for such young people (see section 7.8 for further information).

Even the funded Local Government Pension Scheme is running a deficit over # 50 billion.

The two campaigns have traded barbs in recent weeks over a controversial amortization plan that Wilson characterizes as borrowing from the pension fund and DiNapoli's camp insists is merely «smoothing» to provide predictability for local governments and the state when it comes to contributions.

The problem is that in the bleak landscape of austerity, where local councils have had their budgets halved since 2010 and are looking at losing another third of their funding over the next four years, a service which isn't even used by their own residents could start to look like an easy cut to make.

He outlined that despite the difficult economic climate, there was still significant investment in the transport sector including the Local Sustainable Transport Fund that will see # 560m invested over four years.

Mayor Matt Alexander pushed and prodded the Department of Environmental Conservation for over a year and won approval and funding for a environmental cleanup that will not only help restore Wappinger Lake, the lifeblood of the community, but provide dozens of jobs to local contractors, construction operators and maintenance personnel.

The Local Government Association's transport spokesman Martin Tett welcomed the additional funding, but noted that it only amounts to «just over 1 % of what is needed to tackle our current # 9.3 Bn local roads repair backlog&raLocal Government Association's transport spokesman Martin Tett welcomed the additional funding, but noted that it only amounts to «just over 1 % of what is needed to tackle our current # 9.3 Bn local roads repair backlog&ralocal roads repair backlog».

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Federal Polytechnic Ukana chapter in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has petitioned the Governing Council of the polytechnic to suspend the rector, Prof. Balama Obomanu and the bursar, Mr.Sunday Okpo, over alleged mismanagement of funds and other irregularities.

I'd also point out that local councils have less power in a real sense given the decline in central - government funding over the course of this decade.

The funding is in addition to over $ 104 million in capital funding for tourism infrastructure provided last year for local tourism projects as well as investments in state parks, like Jones Beach and Niagara Falls and facilities of the Olympic Regional Development Authority.

The left - leaning Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) argued that although the localism agenda was promising, it will be largely meaningless unless the coalition delivers «real powers with new funding streams that give local people more control over how their taxes are spent».

Schneiderman started what he dubbed the «inVEST» program after the federal government cut funding over the past three years for bulletproof vest purchases by local police departments.

In both rounds, even Labour supporters back local freedom over ways to find extra funding.

Vanderhoef will also be seeking to layoff 150 county workers, save $ 1.8 million by not reimbursing out - of - county students at the community college, cut the intelligence task force from the police budget, kick $ 1.4 million in local election costs back to towns, reduce funding to contract agencies by $ 300,000 this year and over $ 500,000 next year, and install a new charge on your motor vehicle registration.

Over two years, local partnerships of police, local authorities, educationalists, health professionals, and, of course, local people, will reduce the negative impact of underage and binge drinking innovative ways through this fund.

The governor and the legislative leaders, meanwhile, announced an agreement on a budget scheme allowing the state and many local governments — but not New York City — to «borrow» nearly $ 6 billion over the next three years from the state pension system in order to use the funds to make required annual contributions back to the pension fund.

It is curious that the chunk of the funds which the state is asking for, over 40 billion Naira, is for the payment of the salaries of Local Government workers.

A wider issue remains about the extent to which public funding should be accountable to people locally and to what extent local politicians should have some say over local services.

Eric Stevenson, a first - term state senator representing East Tremont and other neighborhoods in the south Bronx, said he'd planned to give his expected $ 100,000 in member item money to local tutoring and after - school programs and a cash - strapped little league, some of the same organizations that his predecessor, Michael Benjamin, had funded over the years.

A new program offered through Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office will award local governments in New York state up to $ 20 million to help fund housing improvement and blight elimination efforts over the next two years.

Defra will fund # 1.5 million over three years to support pilot schemes, but local authorities must meet the start - up costs - estimated at # 100,000 to # 200,000 a year - and running costs of # 500,000 a year.

Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a sharp rebuke to the White House on Friday for what he called an «underhanded» and «inappropriate» attack on U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, in a disagreement between New York elected officials and the Obama administration over proposed federal budget cuts to local anti-terrorism funding.

Over the next four years many disabled people will see a reduction in the overall value of their benefits, as well as specific reductions in the levels of housing benefit; unemployment benefit; the loss of disability living allowance (DLA), which contributes towards the - often significant - extra costs of living as a disabled person; as well as reduced access to social care services as a consequence of local government funding cuts.

Including match funding from local authorities, train operators and private investors, the projects will collectively deliver over # 37 million worth of improvements.

Rep. Paul Tonko unveiled legislation he co-authored with Rep. Frank Pallone, a New Jersey Democrat, that would reauthorize the Safe Drinking Water Act and replenish its state revolving fund with more than $ 20 billion over the next five years for local water - line improvement projects.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed the White House for its «underhanded» and «inappropriate» attack on U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, in a disagreement between New York elected officials and the Obama administration over proposed federal budget cuts to local anti-terrorism funding.

In light of current loopholes in state law, Senator Klein also announced his first budget priority of the legislative session would be to secure funding for street drug test kits that would enable local law enforcement to better detect the presence of synthetic cannabinoids sold over the counter at local stores and bodegas.

«The Clean Water State Revolving Fund, which gives money to the states to help local governments fund these sewer repairs, has dropped over $ 600 million since 2Fund, which gives money to the states to help local governments fund these sewer repairs, has dropped over $ 600 million since 2fund these sewer repairs, has dropped over $ 600 million since 2010.

Local Bronx Senator and Senate President Pro-Tem Jeff Klein has bucked the Governor, calling upon the state to approve the city plan put forward by Mayor Bill DeBlasio to tax city residents who earn over $ 500,000 to fund a universal Pre-K plan in the city.

This fund has invested over $ 8 Million in 34 local companies.

Lucy Anderson from the National Policy Forum said Labour must seek to re-establish a form of local authority control over schools and Heather Wakefield from UNISON said that local government has been the biggest victim of the coalition's austerity binge and that, with privatisation, huge amounts of public funds were wasted when local government contracted out public services.

Over the years he has been able to secure funding for necessary equipment that helps ensure local police officers and deputies have the resources they need to protect themselves and appropriately serve our communities.

Republicans say this would have led to closer oversight and local autonomy over those funds, and Stefanik's spokesman said the per capita allotment would have represented «a better deal» for New York.

Yes, I am willing to talk tactics of how we do this (I would start with restoring LA oversight and local democratic accountability over all state funded schools), but until we get to grips with the disaster of academisation we don't deserve to be taken seriously on anything else.