Sentences with phrase «overall state cap»

Charter leaders are arguing that the 22 revived charter slots effectively increase the overall state cap, even if the cap has not been technically changed, while the unions are claiming that these charter slots are not technically new.

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On the demand side, individual investors and mutual funds are still buyers, as individuals experienced a somewhat modest tax cut overall (the top income tax rate fell from 39.6 % to 37 %, for example) and many are looking for protection from the tax man now that the federal deduction for state and local taxes is capped at $ 10,000.

Regional differences resulting from the new cap on state and local tax deductions also may mute the bill's overall consumption effect.

However, the tone within which you stated that we traded those two for «cap space reasons» indicates that your overall feeling about the trade is negative.

The Empire Center also noted that a 2 percent raise is in keeping with Cuomo's overall cap on state operating costs.

Overall, Cuomo's budget caps state spending increases at under 2 percent over last year's budget.

On 4 October 2010, in a speech at the Conservative conference in Birmingham, Osborne announced a cap on the overall amount of benefits a family can receive from the state, estimated to be around # 500 a week from 2013.

Osborne dealt with his biggest headache, the basic state pension, by exempting it from the overall welfare cap.

«This overall situation once again underscores the need to work even harder at the state level to provide new and ongoing tax relief to middle class families, starting with balancing our budget without any tax increases, lowering onerous energy taxes for seniors and other homeowners, and making the successful two percent property tax cap permanent,» Flanagan said.

Cuts to personnel and other expenses are on the table for the Niagara Falls School District, since the district faces a $ 6.5 million budget gap and can't increase the overall tax levy because of restrictions related to the state's tax cap.

Majestic told the board that the overall projected increase in allocations was about $ 146,000, or 7.9 percent: well above the state - mandated tax cap.

According to the Executive Budget, the future cost of the credit will be covered with surplus funds generated by the state's adherence to the overall 2 percent cap on spending increases in future years.

The proposals include would lower overall campaign donation limits, cap soft - money contributions at $ 25,000, create a public financing system for state campaigns and create new criminal penalties for public officials who steer government contracts to themselves, relatives or business partners.

«Overall what has really been the saving grace for school districts since the tax cap began is state aid,» Albert said.

But now, tax revenues are running behind projections, a $ 2 billion deficit looms, and schools and hospitals are howling after two years of flat state budgets capped by an overall cut in spending in April.

Cuomo has said he will increase overall state aid for education, suggesting at a cabinet meeting last month that the increase might be «close to 5 percent,» which would break a self - imposed spending cap, Capital has reported.

The Manhattan - based fiscal watchdog group said state spending on two major programs — public education and Medicaid — is due to rise more than double the overall 2 percent government spending increase cap.

The bill does not address that funding issue directly, but it ties the increase in the charter school cap to approximately $ 1.4 billion in new state spending for K - 12 education overall, phased in over seven years.

It would set a cap of 20,000 vouchers overall for the state.

Every state includes at least one indicator from the four categories, and a handful of plans — Washington, D.C.'s, Louisiana's, Massachusetts's, New Mexico's, and North Dakota's — will use at least one indicator from each category.5 Overall, the 17 submitted ESSA plans include nearly 40 indicators — measured in a variety of ways — across all four categories of indicators.6 On average, these measures contribute to around 20 percent of school ratings.7 For state - specific information, see CAP's «School Accountability in First - Round ESSA State Plans.&rstate includes at least one indicator from the four categories, and a handful of plans — Washington, D.C.'s, Louisiana's, Massachusetts's, New Mexico's, and North Dakota's — will use at least one indicator from each category.5 Overall, the 17 submitted ESSA plans include nearly 40 indicators — measured in a variety of ways — across all four categories of indicators.6 On average, these measures contribute to around 20 percent of school ratings.7 For state - specific information, see CAP's «School Accountability in First - Round ESSA State Plans.&rstate - specific information, see CAP's «School Accountability in First - Round ESSA State Plans.&rState Plans.»

Proponents contend that caps help limit the growth of the sector, and thus control the overall quality of charter schools (by encouraging authorizers to be more discerning in approving applications and more rigorous in closing low - performing schools).79 On the other hand, opponents argue that charter school caps stifle the growth of high - quality schools and may deter high - performing operators from even applying to operate in the state.

But it was clear in [state officials»] documentation and in their public remarks that when it came to computing the overall GPA that those grades would be capped at 4.0.

A key statistic provided by the state Department of Education complicates the trend found in Figure 3: while state charter schools overall have a lengthy waitlist, not every charter school is at capacity, because the total number of students attending charter schools is lower than the total maximum enrollment allowed under charters authorized by the cap (Figure 6).

Certain deductions (state / real estate taxes, dependents, overall deductions, AMT deduction) are are reduced or capped as your income increases.

For example, nine states in the Northeast, as part of a regional cap - and - trade program that sets overall limits on carbon and then allows states to trade permits to pollute, have committed to cut emissions by 45 percent during the next year and by another 2.5 percent a year after that until 2020.