Sentences with phrase «public education funding by»

Overall the Committee recommended increasing public education funding by 4.9 %.

Each cut public education funding by 20 percent or more in three years.

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H.B. 929 Status: Failed Relates to promotion of cybersecurity in the Commonwealth, initiates several efforts to promote economic development, research and development, and workforce development of the cybersecurity industry in the Commonwealth, creates two new matching grant funds, adds one administered by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority for private entities that collaborate with one or more public institutions of higher education on research and development related to cybersecurity.

The governor said he issued an executive order Friday to halt the erosion of the bank's dwindling liquidity by allowing withdrawals only to fund necessary costs for health, public safety and education services.

The poll on education funding, done by Environics Research for the Alberta Teachers Association, dealt only with public attitudes about public funding for private schools.

They reduced Airtanker contracts by 5.1 million dollars and cut funding for FireSmart grants that funded projects focused on fire preparedness planning, public education and fire mitigation projects such as creating buffers between buildings and forests.»

Parochial schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the public education system paid for by taxpayers.

These Catholic claims prompted state constitutional amendments nationwide dictating that public funds for education could not be controlled by «any religious sect,» language carefully chosen to halt the Catholic drive while preserving public school instruction in nonsectarian Protestantism.

There is no need to shrug and assume that current government - funded schemes of sex education or vague imitations of them are the only way forward: Catholic schools are popular and highly - regarded by the public in general in Britain and in a stand - off between them and officialdom the latter might find it had fewer allies than it imagines.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

About three thousand students are already benefiting from the latest wrinkle in five states, «education savings accounts,» which provide even more flexibility to families by allowing those who withdraw their children from public schools to receive a deposit of public funds into government - authorized savings accounts that can be used to pay for private school tuition, online learning programs, private tutoring, educational therapies, or college costs.

Violations of Section II (public schools and private schools receiving federal funds) of the ADA are overseen by the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

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A new report issued by the Public Policy and Education Fund of New York with the assistance of the Fiscal Policy Institute.

It's still unclear how much funding the Buffalo Public School District stands to lose for special education services, should the U.S. Senate pass the American Health Care Act approved last week by the House without significant changes.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

The foldout also includes commitments to «support our public schools» and to «close the $ 4.4 billion annual gap in funding owed by the state to public schools» — a figure apparently derived from the Court of Appeals» 2003 Campagn for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State decision, which ruled Albany had shortchanged the city billions in education funds.

This is critical when it comes to schools education since, alongside the NHS, they are one of the key elements of a nationally funded system of public services, paid for by direct taxation.

By proposing such a large increase, Cuomo seems to be trying to fund both priorities, but this is public education: A funding plan that will please all stakeholders is not a possibility; it's a zero - sum game.

Joined by New York State Senator Timothy Kennedy Wednesday at the Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, leaders of several science and nature education centers warned that their ability to fully serve the public - and remain important contributors to the local economy - may be in jeopardy if they lose state funding as a part of Albany's multi-billion dollar budget crisis.

The public spending cuts will wound a sector bolstered by injections of funding under Labour from the mid-90s when money was redirected away from universities to early years learning and further education.

Tough economic times obviously mean tough decisions have to be made; but Gov. David A. Paterson's proposal to cut education funding by a devastating $ 1.4 billion would decimate public education in our state and region.

Now the President's renewed focus on higher graduation rates will be dramatically undermined by the consistent under - funding of public higher education in this state.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's accusation this morning that school districts and their allies are playing politics with kids by using the threat of teacher layoffs to try to scare lawmakers — and the public — into opposing the governor's education funding cuts hasn't stopped them from doing... well... just that.

Sen. Kathy Marchione questioned whether the money for public financing would be better spent on gap elimination aid for education, while Sen. Greg Ball threw a pointed jab at Democratic Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, wondering out loud about independent expenditure groups funded by «Soros.»

Lobbying done by UFT members in Albany on March 9 helped boost state education funding, which UFT President Michael Mulgrew called «a down payment on the state's debt to public education.»

Ultimately, however, his plan falls short by allocating less than $ 1 billion in new education money this year at a time when public schools are still owed more than $ 4.4 billion in Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) funding.

The UFT president suggested that the state pay for necessary public investments, such as education, by recapturing some of the funds lost to federal tax cuts for the rich.

Independent Democrat David Carlucci, who introduced the bill in the Senate, says the legislation will allow for public feedback in future funding projects, budgetary oversight provided by the Commissioner of Education and the continuation of appointed monitors on the ground in the district.

Here, Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo has been a fierce advocate of what many call «corporate education reform»; the governor stoked statewide anger by starving public schools of funding while aggressively promoting charter schools.

The protest, organised by the TUC, called for a higher minimum wage, a ban on zero - hours contracts and more funding for the NHS, education and other public services.

The grants were announced yesterday by Governor Deval Patrick are through the state's Performance Incentive Fund, which is part of the administration's pledge to strengthen the state's public education system via the Vision Project.

Hawkins» told local supporters that his platform includes guaranteeing jobs for all — be they private or public sector — a $ 15 per hour minimum wage, universal healthcare, fully funded public schools, eliminating the Common Core education standards and providing 100 percent clean energy by 2030.

Instead of the privatization schemes pushed by Cuomo and Republican candidate Rob Astorino, Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones are calling for fully funded, quality public education, qualitative assessments instead of the punitive high stakes testing model, and an end to the attack on teacher's unions.»

Opponents of public education — led by a handful of hedge fund and Wall Street billionaires — bought control over the New York State Senate this past election with millions in corrupting campaign cash.

NYSUT spokesman Carl Korn hit back at StudentsFirstNY on Wednesday, arguing the pro-charter school organization was bankrolled by hedge fund managers who seek to privatize public education for a profit.

Under the provisions of the education tax credit proposed by Governor Cuomo, people and businesses can donate up to $ 1 million to a scholarship fund to send underprivileged children to private schools, or support enhanced programs at public schools.

This year's push by parents and educators for additional state funding for public schools paid off when the governor and Albany lawmakers on April 1 finalized a new state budget that contained a $ 1.4 billion increase in state education funding, with $ 525 million going to New York City public schools.

By law, 80 percent of the state tax revenue from these casinos will be used to fund public education or property tax relief in all parts of New York.

The November ballot will include two funding initiatives for public education, including one backed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

The state Legislature adopted it one year after a 2006 ruling in a lawsuit brought by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity that ordered New York to provide enough funding to schools to ensure a «sound, basic education» for all public school children.

Speaking at the last public hearing before the City Council and City Hall finalize next year's budget by the June 30 deadline, Mulgrew said the UFT has repeatedly brought ideas to the table on how to close the city's projected budget gap without teacher layoffs, such as cutting back on outside contractors at the Department of Education or using a portion of the city's rainy - day fund.

These residents claim that the board's officials have repeatedly schemed to use public funds to support private religious institutions and have separated special education by race.

The veto came amid public and legislative debate on the bill, which opponents claimed would have unconstitutionally provided public funds for religious institutions and overburdened already struggling school districts by forcing them to pay for private special education.

A class - action lawsuit is being brought by nearly 200 East Ramapo public school parents against the Board of Education for repeatedly misusing public funds.

Education funding for public schools, which now get an average $ 21,152 per student per year, would increase by at least 3.9 percent.

The city says the plan under discussion as part of the state budget talks due to conclude by April 1 could hurt the city's ability to fund services like public safety, education and social services.

At a recent Community Education Council meeting, Jamie Smarr, executive director of the DOE's Educational Construction Fund, reassured parents that the sale of the schools would be subject to public review under the Uniform Land Use Review Process (ULURP), which requires a vote by the City Council.

The UFT on Feb. 3 released a television ad accusing Gov. Andrew Cuomo of putting his political career ahead of children's education by blaming teachers and ignoring the real needs of the city's public schools — smaller classes, afterschool programs and fairer funding.

Nixon has worked over the years with the Alliance for Quality Education, a group heavily funded by unions that has pushed for more equitable distribution of state aid to public schools.