Sentences with phrase «public education spending approved»

The base budget for public education spending approved yesterday morning by an appropriations subcommittee is now headed to the Utah Senate and House floors, after receiving a nod of approval from the Executive Appropriations Committee yesterday evening.

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California's public schools received a record - high 12.5 percent funding increase in the first state budget passed since voters approved Proposition 98, a constitutional amendment that governs education spending.

Legislators are currently considering four other CTU - supported bills that directly impact conditions in public schools: HB 5481, requiring school districts to report class size data to ISBE and sets targets for K - 12 class sizes beginning in 2020; HB5721, which mandates improved public input and transparency in CPS capital spending and provides supports for schools and students hit with school actions like closings and turnarounds; HB 3786, which requires fully empowered local school councils in publicly funded schools, including charters, that must vote by a super-majority to approve school closures and reorganizations; and HB 4800, which would move surplus TIF funds to public education needs.

She got a cold reception on Tuesday, then a kick on the backside on Thursday, when Congress approved an appropriations package that increases rather than decreases, spending for public education.