Sentences with phrase «receiving taxpayer dollars»

And while taxpayers wait for a fuller accounting of how their public dollars are being spent at the state's largest voucher school, Trinity Christian is on track to keep their number one perch on the list of schools receiving taxpayer dollars: they currently l

In Milwaukee and Racine, where voucher schools are well established, I will insist on greater accountability for schools receiving taxpayer dollars.

And while taxpayers wait for a fuller accounting of how their public dollars are being spent at the state's largest voucher school, Trinity Christian is on track to keep their number one perch on the list of schools receiving taxpayer dollars: they currently lead the pack in the number of voucher applications for 2017.

Vos said the ability to convert public schools to independent charter schools makes the bill «tougher on the choice schools and charter schools than it is on public schools,» but said the measure's goal is to ensure all schools receiving taxpayer dollars are treated the same way.

«Whether or not an insurance exchange is established by the federal or state government,» Charmaine Yoest, AUL Action president, said, «it receives taxpayer dollars, which should not be used to pay for abortions and life - ending drugs and devices.»

Parents receive taxpayer dollars that would have been used towards their child's public school education, which then can be used at their discretion towards private or religious school tuition and fees, online courses, tutoring and other services.

Reached by telephone, GIA school board president Dr. Hatim Mahmoud, a physician practicing in Danville, VA, said he wouldn't talk about the school with N.C. Policy Watch, despite the fact it now receives taxpayer dollars.

Their reports are an effort to hold charter school operators (private companies that receive taxpayer dollars to manage a school) accountable to the same financial and transparency standards as public schools.

Demissie went on to say that «ensuring transparency standards for all schools that receive taxpayer dollars and basic oversight for privately operated charter schools should be policies the entire education community and all Californians can get behind — not a reason to launch political attacks.»

All 140 + charter schools are public in North Carolina and receive taxpayer dollars.

Will lawmakers address those issues in the short session, when they have the opportunity to go back to the drawing board and clean up the program so that it requires private schools that receive taxpayer dollars to adhere to nondiscrimination policies?

If the school doesn't receive taxpayer dollars, they can exempt the students from the testing.

The Pet Overpopulation Fund receives no taxpayer dollars and is supported by the purchase of spay / neuter license plates, a check off box on the Oklahoma income tax form and special events such as Pawsitive Steps.

Meanwhile, U.S. companies receive taxpayer dollars to support...

Meanwhile, U.S. companies receive taxpayer dollars to support their business ventures abroad in a way that often seems more like corporate welfare than development finance.

Not exact matches

But disbursing taxpayer money is messy, and a quick scan of the companies that received the most small - business dollars in Virginia reveals an anomaly: No. 4 on the list, according to procurement consultant Eagle Eye, is the $ 24 billion behemoth General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).

But auto analysts doubt Detroit's troubled duo will be able to fully repay the billion of dollars received from American (and Canadian) taxpayers.

A taxpayer who receives virtual currency as payment for goods or services must, in computing gross income, include the fair market value of the virtual currency, measured in U.S. dollars, as of the date that the virtual currency was received.

If you are an accrual basis taxpayer that is not eligible to or does not elect to determine the amount realized using the spot rate on the settlement date, you will recognize foreign currency gain or loss to the extent of any difference between the U.S. dollar amount realized on the date of sale or disposition and the U.S. dollar value of the currency received at the spot rate on the settlement date.

However, if the ordinary shares or ADSs are treated as traded on an «established securities market» and you are either a cash basis taxpayer or an accrual basis taxpayer that has made a special election (which must be applied consistently from year to year and can not be changed without the consent of the IRS), you will determine the U.S. dollar value of the amount realized in a non U.S. dollar currency by translating the amount received at the spot rate of exchange on the settlement date of the sale.

WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said he has received assurances from the White House that his job is not in jeopardy following a scathing inspector general's report last week that he misused taxpayers dollars during a trip to Europe.

Each of those four banks also have an outsized presence on Wall Street; each of them received taxpayer bailouts during the 2008 crash; each received secret, below - market interest rate loans from the Federal Reserve during the crisis; and three of them (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citibank) are currently holding tens of trillions of dollars in derivatives within the insured banking subsidiary — meaning there would be a forced taxpayer bailout if the derivatives blew up the bank.

Planned Parenthood's 800 clinics receive more than 300 million dollars of taxpayer money annually.

American taxpayers spend billions of dollars keeping prisoners locked away (where they receive free medical treatment).

To ensure that taxpayers and the vulnerable populations served by these agencies receive the maximum value for the funds paid, Governor Cuomo is proposing the following reforms beginning in 2012 - 13: • At least 85 percent of every public dollar will be spent on direct services, not administration.

It is important to note that under Speaker Sheldon Silver's bill, (1) receiving public funds depends on the candidate's ability to raise money from numerous small donors, so only donations up to $ 250 are matched with taxpayer dollars and that (2) candidates are limited to a maximum amount of public funds ($ 400,000 for Senate candidates and $ 200,000 for Assembly candidates in the general election race).

Healy, the former Republican chairman, blamed the glut of candidates on the state's public campaign financing system, where candidates collect $ 250,000 in small - dollar donations to receive millions in taxpayer - funded election grants.

The war of words between County Executive Steve Levy and Presiding Officer William Lindsay came to light the same day that Newsday reported that Levy's wife Colleen West owns two court reporting firms that do business with at least seven entities that have received millions in taxpayer dollars from the county.

«Pamela Harris has not only stolen thousands of dollars in taxpayers money, but she is still receiving her salary even though she is not showing up to work.

IBM has already received hundreds of millions of dollars from New York taxpayers,» the Republican lawmakers said in a statement.

At least 10 ex-lawmakers who've been convicted of criminal charges are still receiving taxpayer - funded pensions worth tens of thousands of dollars a year, a Daily News review of state pension records found.

Under the state's Citizens» Election Program, gubernatorial candidates need to raise a quarter of a million dollars in donations of $ 100 or less with 90 percent of the money coming from Connecticut residents to receive millions in taxpayer - financed election grants.

Since New York taxpayers already send over $ 40 billion more in tax dollars to Washington than we receive back in federal benefits and services, we are not being subsidized by any state.»

We must make certain that these communities receive the safety, cleanliness and respect that they deserve, and that any taxpayer dollars that are invested are well spent.

The supervisor must keep the connection between the dollar that's taken out of the taxpayer's pocket in January and the services the taxpayer receives throughout the year.

More than 2.6 million New York property taxpayers who receive the School Tax Relief exemption will soon have to re-apply for the benefits as part of a massive state undertaking to root out fraud in the 1.9 billion dollar system.

Syracuse, N.Y. — The proposed Destiny USA hotel could grab millions of dollars from state taxpayers regardless of whether it receives property tax exemptions.

Lastly, it appears that Rep. Maurice Hinchey believes that his constituent tax dollars should be provided to organizations that are fully capable of running as private businesses, would prefer not to fully fund the military (and thus troops), would prefer children in D.C. receive substandard educations, and waste taxpayer dollars on programs that are ineffective, burdensome, and widely viewed (by politicians of both Parites) as a complete mistake.

While the federal government does not collect data on the graduation rates of students who receive Pell grants, an investigation by the Hechinger Institute suggests that billions of taxpayer dollars are going to students who never earn degrees.

When combined with a federal tax loophole that allows taxpayers to receive a federal deduction on a dollar - for - dollar state tax credit, 10 of these states» credits are so lucrative that they allow some upper - income taxpayers to turn a profit (at federal taxpayer expense) on contributions they make to fund private school vouchers.

Policy makers need to make sure guidelines are in place that ensure taxpayer dollars are spent wisely and transparently, and that students inside and outside of such programs are receiving quality and equitable educational opportunities.

She said that charters «are public only by the fact that they receive public taxpayer dollars.»

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.

While spending millions of taxpayer dollars trying to prevent children in underfunded school districts from having their day in court, the Malloy administration has aggressively expanded privately run charter schools and funded them at levels higher than schools in our poorest districts receive.

The biggest recipient of the taxpayer funded program is Greensboro Islamic Academy, which by the end of fall 2014 had received $ 93,000 in public dollars.

The state places few requirements on private voucher schools to account for how the taxpayer dollars are used to educate students, demonstrate achievement of the students who receive the aid or any transparency to assure the funds are used as intended.

While charter school advocates say the practice often reflects no more than smart budgeting, some educators and others question whether the schools receive the proper oversight to ensure that religious groups are not benefiting from taxpayer dollars intended for public school students — or that faith - based instruction is not entering those classrooms.

Over 18 million taxpayers are projected to receive the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in tax year 1997, at a total cost to the federal government of about 25 billion dollars.

While private voucher schools receiving more than $ 300,000 annually in taxpayer dollars must undergo a financial audit that is submitted to the state, that requirement only captures a very small percentage of the schools that currently receive public dollars — last year only three voucher schools out of more than 400 were subject to that requirement.

Enacted in 1997 and the nation's longest running scholarship tax credit program, the Individual Scholarship Tax Credit Program provides all Arizona taxpayers the opportunity to contribute directly to a School Tuition Organization (STO) and receive a dollar - for - dollar tax credit against their Arizona state tax liability.