Sentences with phrase «private school bills»

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After a successful 32 - year investment banking career, Bill Henson, a decade ago, made the transition to inner city education, initially joining the board of Cristo Rey New York High School, a private Catholic college preparatory high school that educates children of all fSchool, a private Catholic college preparatory high school that educates children of all fschool that educates children of all faiths.

Indeed, Ontario and other jurisdictions did not bother to be so prescriptive, and even Alberta officials concede this part of the bill is largely clarification (other parts are to force religious and private schools to adopt the same LGBT - friendly policies as public schools).

At the same time, there may be growing bills to pay such as private school tuition for high school and college.

And Liberal MLA Laurie Blakeman will introduce a private members» bill supporting students who want to create Gay - Straight Alliances in their schools.

One example of the threats to religious liberty that have arisen in Congress is the current bill proposing a «voucher» system directing education funds to either public or private (including religious) schools.

Nina Hansen, vice president of operations for the Enosburg Falls - based Abbey Group, which runs the food service programs at 70 Vermont public and private schools, as well as schools in New York and New Hampshire, said these unpaid bills are a problem in many districts, but none of the schools her company serves would stop a student from eating because of it.

It's a measure that is also strongly opposed by the New York School Boards Association, which believes the bill would put in place the state's «first private voucher system.»

Also at 12:30 p.m., NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito holds a press conference prior to the Council's pre-stated meeting where members are expected to vote on a private school security bill, Red Room, City Hall, Manhattan.

«Bill Perkins is a guy who went to elite private schools and he represents a districts where most people can't afford elite private schools and charter schools are their opportunity to get their kids a great education,» Bloomberg told WOR's John Gambling.

The Post brands Sen. Bill Perkins a «hypocrite» for having attended private school when he was young but now opposing charter schools.

One compromise measure could be to link an extension of rent control to the passage of the tax credit, a bill that has an uncertain future in the Democratic - led Assembly and is backed by parochial and private schools.

The bill would provide tax credits to those who make donations to public schools and scholarships that benefit private and parochial schools.

The bill, which has been a long - sought goal for Catholic officials, is aimed at strengthening both public and private schools through private donations to scholarships and non-profits.

Nevertheless, he insisted the bill — which provides tax credits for donations to public schools and scholarship programs for private and parochial schools — remains a troubling one for the Democratic conference.

The passage of a bill meant to spur donations aimed at benefiting private and public schools remains problematic for the Democratic - led Assembly, Speaker Carl Heastie on Tuesday told reporters.

On Monday night, Senate Republicans revised a bill that would provide for a three - year extension, plus an education tax credit benefiting private schools.

«The Story So Far», an interesting new report by Bill Grueskin, Ava Seave, and Lucas Graves published by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at the Columbia Journalism School, presents a great tour d'horizon of the business of online news in the U.S., and is an important contribution to our understanding of where the private news industry might be heading.

At the end of last year's legislative session the state senate approved a bill directing the New York City Police Department to put an officer in every public and private school under their jurisdiction.

For instance, Nick Clegg has made a great deal of his proposal of free school meals, shouted his pro-European credentials and is now showing his vigorous support for a private member's bill that seeks to enshrine in law the United Nations overseas aid spending target.

Senate Republicans introduced a bill that would have granted de Blasio three years, but only if Democrats agree to an education tax credit, which enables public school children to attend private schools.

A third bill — extending mayoral control for up to five years — would create the education tax credit, a provision aimed at spurring donations that aid private and parochial schools.

One bill would provide for a five - year extension of the program, with the trade off being the creation of an education tax credit meant to spur donations that benefit private and parochial schools — a provision staunchly opposed by teachers unions.

Other Democrats took shots at the education portion of the bill, which shifted the regional tallies for charter schools between upstate and New York City, and offered up $ 250 million for private schools in prior - year reimbursements.

He said the state should also enact a single payer health care plan that would eliminate the counties» contribution to the Medicaid program as well as the private health insurance bills that local governments and school districts now pay for their employees.

Cuomo's new bill, which he calls the Parental Choice in Education Act, includes $ 70 million in credits for parents who pay private school tuition.

What isn't clear yet is who would foot the bill for placing an armed officer at each of the more than 6,700 public and private school buildings.

Others, like yeshivas and private schools, have also opposed Markey's bill.

Cuomo will reportedly veto a controversial special education bill today that requires school officials to consider religion and other family beliefs when approving taxpayer - funded tuition for students at private schools.

The bill comes as lawmakers sort out whether to create an education tax credit, a proposal support by private and parochial schools, as well as re-authorized mayoral control.

The bill will provide at least one security guard, at city expense, to religious and private schools with 300 or more students if the school opts in.

The bill includes tax credits for donors who give money for scholarships for children at private and parochial schools.

UFT members participate in a protest on March 21 in front of the Bay Ridge office of state Sen. Marty Golden, who sponsored a bill making its way through the Legislature that would grant sizable tax credits for donations to scholarship funds for religious and other private schools in New York State.

Cuomo's bill would allow donors to private school scholarship funds and public after school programs to give up to one million dollars, and in exchange receive a credit of $ 750,000 on their taxes.

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Heastie said the bill was aimed at offering «relief» to families with children in both public and private schools.

Put forth by state Assemblyman Steve Otis, a Rye Democrat, and state Sen. Michael Razenhofer, a Republican from Erie County, the bill authorizes the private school to negotiate the purchase of the property with its current owner, the New York State Thruway Authority, under the condition that it enters into a shared - use agreement with the city of Rye.

(Advocates for the bill, chiefly the Catholic Church, argued that there was no point of passing it in the Senate when it wouldn't succeed in the Democratic - led Assembly, where union - allied lawmakers argue the tax credit is a voucher that drains funds from public schools in favor of privates.)

A stipulation in the bill requires the independent preparatory school to come to terms with the Rye City Council first on a shared - use agreement for the 4.7 - acre vacant land parcel located parallel to the private school, along Boston Post Road and at the entryway of one of Rye's municipal borders.

De Blasio called the bill «fiscally responsible,» but State Senator José Peralta told Gay City that he and other elected officials in Queens have been begging the administration for increased funding for crossing guards — something that would demonstrably aid the safety of public and private school students — only to be told that there is no money for it.

BY ANDY HUMM City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and her colleagues pushed through an «unprecedented» bill December 7 to have city government pick up yet another function of private and religious schools — security — allocating almost $ 20 million in taxpayer funds outside the normal budget process for «safety officers» in any school with more than 300 students that wants one.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and her colleagues pushed through an «unprecedented» bill December 7 to have city government pick up yet another function of private and religious schools — security — allocating almost $ 20 million in taxpayer funds outside the normal budget process for «safety officers» in any school with more than 300 students that wants one.

«Private schools have every right to exist,» veteran Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez wrote this week about this Council bill, «but not at public expense.»

The Urban Youth Collaborative called the bill «an unprecedented step to subsidize private education using the public's money,» noting in its release that according to the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, «New York City schools are owed $ 2.3 billion» under court judgements against the city and state for not providing a minimum adequate education in the public schools.

MIDTOWN — The city could be forced to shell out nearly $ 44 million in private school tuition after failing to place thousands of kindergarten students with special needs in public schools for next fall, according to a new report by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

He said there were «numerous issues» the residents of his district wanted to address in Albany, including the education investment tax credit bill, security funding for private schools and additional funding for infertility drugs.

O'Mara said the bill is a first step, and that after the changes have been implemented, lawmakers can look to expand them to private schools, charter schools and even daycare centers.

His budget would allow charters that rent space in private buildings to bill the city for 30 percent of the school's costs, up from 20 percent.

Trustees of Agudath Israel of America, an Orthodox Jewish organization, told Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, a Sheepshead Bay Democrat, during an Albany meeting in April that he would be the target of a 2016 primary if the education investment tax credit, a bill that would give a tax break to people and companies donating money to public schools and private school scholarship funds, does not become law this session.

In short, as our lawmakers wrap up their 2014 session, a bill to offer tax credits to New Yorkers who donate to private - school scholarship funds or public - school programs looks dead.

Even in the case of Hamilton College, a small private school in Clinton, Oneida County, the tax bill would add up quickly.