Sentences with phrase «receive public funding if»

The Supreme Court decided that schools could not receive public funding if they engaged in religious instruction.

Not exact matches

«If DeVos follows through on her plans to privatize education and hold charter schools receiving federal funds to different standards than public schools, as she indicated she would in her confirmation hearing, this could mean that fewer and fewer schools are even required to follow Title IX guidelines at all,» Gibbs wrote.

The final bill also requires that, by June 30, 2016, the Empire State Development Corp. (ESDC) submit a report «detailing: (a) the total amount of public funds committed by this program annually; (b) total amount of private funds committed annually and, if applicable, the amount of such funds that has been invested by such parties; (c) the location of each area receiving investments under this program and the goals for each such area; (d) planned future investments by both public and private parties; and (e) such other information as the corporation deems necessary.»

If so, the CFB could count those against the $ 182,000 spending cap for the Democratic primary, should Abbate participate in the city's public matching funds program, a program which effectively lets candidates multiply sevenfold every donation under $ 175 they receive from a resident of the five boroughs.

Senate Bill 284 forces the Kansas Department for Children and Families to include foster and adoption agencies, including those that receive public funds, in its programs even if they refuse to place children in LGBT homes.

Though she is a participant in the public matching funds program, which matches certain eligible donations at a 6 - to - 1 ratio, Malliotakis has not hit the matching claims threshold of $ 250,000 of qualifying funds needed to unlock the additional money, and her lack of a primary opponent would render her ineligible to receive funds yet even if she did hit it, leading her campaign to stress it is not a concern at this time.

Over the last several months, discussions of the Common Core State Standards have been eclipsed by the public's reaction to major issues which have arisen in their implementation — issues such as declining student test scores, and the role of such test scores in teacher evaluations, evaluations mandated if a state was to receive its share of federal money from the «Race to the Top» funds.

If approved by Congress, each institute would receive $ 25 million a year to fund research of interest to the public and companies.

If you attend Incline High School in the upscale town of Incline Village, for instance, you in effect «receive» more than $ 13,248 in public funds — that is, the per - pupil expenditure in that community, which is far above the state average of $ 8,274 per pupil.

Only 18 percent of the public know that charters can not hold religious services, 19 percent that they can not charge tuition, 15 percent that students must be admitted by lottery (if the school is oversubscribed), and just 12 percent that, typically, charters receive less government funding per pupil than traditional public schools.

So, if this language goes through, to receive Charter School Program funds, states will now need to «provide for intervention, revocation, or closure of the public chartering agencies and charter schools that fail to meet... standards and procedures.»

Initiated in 1991 by a Minnesota law allowing private non-profit entities to receive public funding to operate schools if authorized by a state agency, the idea has spread to more than 40 states, and some 1.5 million students today attend charter schools.

Public schools expend considerable resources identifying children eligible for special services, both because they are under an obligation to provide those services and because they receive additional funds from federal and state governments if a child is identified as having a disability that affects their learning.

«I can only dream of what we could do for our children if we were funded equitably along with all other public schools who receive state aid for their school buildings.

First, public schools that operate a prekindergarten program are eligible to receive funding for a half day if they provide at least 32,400 minutes (3 hours per day) of instructional time to students.

However, even with the funding «following the student,» charter public schools receive less funding for each student than a school district would if it were to serve the same student.

If one assumes that charter schools get their fair share of Title II funds as per the underlying ESSA statue, 39 with 5 percent of the nation's students, 40 they stand to lose $ 115 million per year under the Trump - Devos budget41 — close to one - third of the amount the federal government invested in the Charter Schools Grants program in FY 2017.42 Education Week reports that Eagle Academy Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., for example, receives roughly $ 82,000 in Title II funding annually.43 Joe Smith, the school's chief financial officer, states, «If this was taken away from us, that would hurt.

The audit was requested by state Sen. Tony Mendoza, who wrote in a letter to the committee that he wants to determine if the public funds Alliance receives were used to «advance student achievement and improve the quality of educational programs» and were not used to resist unionization, which Alliance would have to use privately raised funds for.»

If the Greensboro Islamic Academy — or any other school receiving taxpayer funds under the new school voucher program — finds itself in a situation in which it can not complete the next school year thanks to financial instability, then recovering public voucher dollars would likely be impossible.

If an existing public school converts to a charter school, it would continue to receive the same share of local levy funding, but not be required to pay rent to the local school district, according to initiative documentation.

Under a state law regarding the scholarship program, if there is money leftover from program (meaning not as many students used the available funds), that money is given back to the public and charter schools, but schools haven't received any of that excess money since the 2012 - 2013 school year.

If that's not enough, the document — inked by a rural Lee County private school, which is eligible to receive public funds under the state's controversial Opportunity Scholarship Program — goes on to make this declaration:

Since the average charter school enrolls 400 students, the average public charter school in the U.S. received $ 1,525,600 less in per - pupil funding in 2010 - 11 than it would have received if it had been a traditional public school.

He points to data that shows that public schools do not necessarily receive less funding if some of their students leave to participate in school choice programs.

If private and charter schools are to receive taxpayer funding via vouchers or tax credits, they should also have to be subject to the same state testing requirements as public schools in order to show that their students are achieving at state - mandated levels.

«If public schools must be subject to the A-F grading system, then so should private schools that receive public funds,» said Atkinson.

In other words, private non-profit «entities» receive public funds to operate public charter schools with permission to operate outside of various state and local laws, such as limited or no requirements for teacher certification and collective bargaining; but only if they met State educational goals.

In the proposal, the school district would receive a 4 percent cut of the online school's total public education funding, estimated to be as high as $ 18 million in its first year if the company managed to hit its own projections of attracting 2,750 students statewide.

When one starts a business, nothing is certain - the source of funding, how the public will receive your product or service, and even if you're going to make it through your first year.

If you received a reimbursement amount as part of a compensation payment, you do not have to reduce your eligible medical expenses, unless the amount was received from a government, public authority, society, association or fund.

The Tate receives Government funding and they would be the first to flag up a concern if they didn't feel the public purse was being well spent during the austerity times we're in.

If someone holds extreme or bizarre or clearly baseless opinions, or receives funding directly or indirectly from corporations with billions of dollars in profit riding on public confusion about, or ignorance of, the scientific facts, or «chooses to spend his time» with propagandists and ideologues known to be dishonest, those are all entirely legitimate — and indeed compelling — reasons to be, shall we say, «skeptical» of his scientific claims.

If Cruz stands to receive money from the estates of his late parents, Scherer would most likely require that he hire a private attorney instead of being represented by the taxpayer - funded public defender's office.