Sentences with phrase «public funding sources for»

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It relies upon 13 expert data sources, including assessments from the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the World Economic Forum, to determine levels of bribery, diversion of public funds, use of public office for private gain and other issues of corruption.

Despite the hype, the public - private approach does not provide new funding sources to communities, nor does it work for many types of public projects.

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One of the immediate benefits of Monero, for the purpose of this article, is that, while it has a blockchain similar to those seen in other cryptocurrencies, the destination and source of funds is not immediately apparent to the public in the same way it is with Bitcoin.

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Property taxes in North Carolina are a key source of revenue for local governments, providing funding for services such as public education and law enforcement.

But are they to be lauded for hitting the jackpot with an important source of funding for public programs?

The agreement calls for the conservancy, which has been working in Lincoln Park for 20 years, to primarily raise funds from public and private sources for improvements to the Lincoln Park Conservatory.

University of Manchester research funded by The Economic and Social Research Council found that though TV is still a prized channel for voter communication, online news sources, email and newer social networking tools are now seen as an important way for parties to reach the public.

Instead of trying to squeeze every penny out of hard - working upstate residents, the Governor should be reprioritizing budget issues so that we can fund public transit systems through more appropriate budgetary means, starting with the legislation he vetoed that would have helped identify more long - term funding sources for upstate transit systems.»

The Public Housing Modernization Program was established in 1980 to provide grants to State - aided public housing developments where rental income is insufficient and funds are unavailable from other sources for necessary repairs and improvePublic Housing Modernization Program was established in 1980 to provide grants to State - aided public housing developments where rental income is insufficient and funds are unavailable from other sources for necessary repairs and improvepublic housing developments where rental income is insufficient and funds are unavailable from other sources for necessary repairs and improvements.

The funding is provided through the State's Public Housing Modernization Drug Elimination program, part of a modernization program that provides grants to public housing developments where rental income is insufficient and funds are unavailable from other sources for needed repairs and improvePublic Housing Modernization Drug Elimination program, part of a modernization program that provides grants to public housing developments where rental income is insufficient and funds are unavailable from other sources for needed repairs and improvepublic housing developments where rental income is insufficient and funds are unavailable from other sources for needed repairs and improvements.

Governor Cuomo also, for the first time, is requesting a budget line for public financing of campaigns, though he has not yet filled in the details of a dollar amount or funding source.

Cuomo has proposed recalculating the funding formula, the largest source of income for public schools.

Since 2012, lobbyists and their clients must now disclose publicly the sources of their funding so that the public can know who is paying for the lobbying and the ads that influence legislation in Albany.

I don't know what the Moreland Commission is going to recommend — there's 24 other people and very diverse opinions on there — but what we've learned is that although there would be a funding source from taxpayers to finance public elections in the state of New York for Assembly, Senate, Governor, Attorney General, etc, the savings ultimately would be astronomical in the long run.

Roll in the funding the opposition receives from the House of Lords, the Scottish Parliament and grants from the Electoral Commission for policy development and Labour has banked almost # 11.3 m from public funding sources since October 2010.

By making the public aware of the funding source, opportunities for corruption are fewer, and the public awareness of why certain people say certain things is more obvious.

Nigerian higher institutions, the public universities in particular, for far too long the government remains the main source of university funding.

New York City officials announced an increase in a major funding source for the city's public schools that aims to help high - need students.

And the winner will have to chase Gibson, who, according to sources in the northern counties of the district «is everywhere...» Gibson has garnered praise from WAMC's Alan Chartock for supporting public broadcasting's funding in Congress.

«These results reinforce our efforts to find a stable source of funding for the libraries of Erie County and confirm our belief that Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries are important to everyone.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson Wednesday announced an increase in a major funding source for the city's public schools, with the goal of helping many high - need students.

About 85 communities would see their education cost sharing grants, the biggest source of state funding for public education in Connecticut, cut to zero in October.

Labour has become increasingly reliant upon union sources of funding in recent years, and large public sector unions maintain an influential grip on the party's power structure, including having a third of the bloc - votes for the Labour leadership election currently underway.

When alarms were raised over monetary inducements and reckless political spending during the campaigns, none of the major contenders for public offices questioned the sources of funding of the electioneering because doing so at that period might jeopardise their political aspirations.

The sum of N500bn, being part of the funds for the proposed 2017 budget, we have learnt, has been sourced from loot recovered from corrupt public officials.

The UFT is looking for other public and private funding sources for this needed program.

Property tax collection is a major source of funding for public schools, but there are thousands of properties in Syracuse that the property taxes aren't being collected on — either because they're vacant or the owner isn't paying.

The amicus brief argues that the DOJ denying sanctuary cities the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, a prominent federal funding source for local enfacement agencies, is against federal law, seizes local control in public safety policy and «poses serious challenges for local governments.»

That could be done through adjusting foundation aid, the largest source of funding for the state's public schools.

In the current climate, the main source of funding for studies of hallucinogens are two private philanthropies: the Heffter Research Institute in Santa Fe, which was founded in 1993 by academics and mental health professionals to finance scholarly research, and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), which has dispensed more than $ 10 million since it was launched in 1986 by Rick Doblin, a drug reform activist in Boston with a Harvard University Ph.D. in public policy.

For such students, the most realistic chance of funding comes from another public source, such as support for students from low - income familiFor such students, the most realistic chance of funding comes from another public source, such as support for students from low - income familifor students from low - income families.

Investigators can find funding for studies of decision - making processes and techniques from both public and private sources.

«This kind of behavior calls into question sugar industry - funded studies as a reliable source of information for public policy making.»

With public coffers strapped, many developed nations are looking for other funding sources.

«This Facility will help access project funding for a wide variety of sources, including blended finance and public private partnerships,» said Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Biological Diversity Convention.

The Working Group generates estimates of R&D investment that can be compared year to year across options and strategies and funding sources, helping assess the impact of public policies aimed at accelerating scientific progress and to provide facts for advocacy.

Where resources from public and private sources fund a «ladder of learning» for learners of all ages, from pre-K through «gray.»

The CSD schools operated with a severe funding disadvantage from the outset, receiving little more than the Base Student Cost (BSE) allocation, with no support that would make up for their lack of municipal tax revenue that is the largest source of funds for South Carolina's traditional public schools.

A coalition of nonprofit organizations and financial institutions announced that they had cobbled together a $ 36 million fund from a mix of public and private sources to pay for buildings to house five to seven charter schools in disadvantaged communities.

Provide technical assistance to support the development of organizational capacity in collaborating project teams to allow for scaling (e.g., development of a business plan, legal assistance with intellectual property issues and incorporation as a non-profit or for - profit entity, as indicated) and help resolving issues such as costing, packaging of programs to fit system needs, and identification of sustainable public or private sources of funding.

Among these conditions are 1) education's privileged legal status in most state constitutions; 2) schooling's uniquely decentralized operation and diffuse revenue - generation structure; 3) local political dynamics and institutions that foster a favorable fiscal environment for public schools; 4) a multitiered structure for funding schools with complicated intergovernmental funding incentives and reliance on inelastic tax sources, such as property taxes at the local level.

Most states report that funding for public schools will be their top priority — and their most significant source of long - term financial pressure — in 2007, according to a 50 - state survey released here this week by the Denver - based National Conference of State Legislatures.

Figure 2: Evolution of school spending and test scores for states with heavy reliance on state revenue sources to fund public education

LEAs may use for this purpose either the same source of data used to select and allocate funds among public schools (i.e., usually free or free and reduced - price school lunch data) or one of a specified range of alternatives, such as data from an income survey of private school families, private school scholarship applications, or estimates based on the assumption that the percentage of students attending a private school who are from low - income families is the same as that for public school students who reside in the same geographic area.

Alternatively, if LEAs use the Identified Student Percentage multiplied by 1.6 for all of their public schools, such use of a new data source may result in changes in the identification of Title I schools and allocation of funds among them.

[n8] The Permanent School Fund, its predecessor established in 1854 with $ 2,000,000 realized from an annexation settlement, [n9] was thereafter endowed with millions of acres of public land set aside to assure a continued source of income for school support.

This brief focuses on the allocation of state funds for public education, which comprise the largest source of funds for Idaho's public schools at over 60 percent.

Schools in poor rural communities, for example, may be more likely to build bridges to the state or to other non-local funding sources, given the local constraints they face.135 Charter schools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schools do.136