Sentences with phrase «restore education cuts»

Every dollar freed up this way is a dollar that can restore education cuts; every dollar freed up this way is a dollar that doesn't have to come from taxes.

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-- To keep higher education affordable, the Legislature restores the Governor's devastating tuition assistance cuts ($ 49 million restoration) and community college cuts ($ 56 million restoration).

Silver reiterated that the issues of key importance to his conference are restoring some of his education aid cuts and safeguarding an «affordable» SUNY / CUNY system that is «available to all residents of New York; If we go away from that mission, we're doing a disservice to this state.»

Speaking at the Downtown - Lower Manhattan Association breakfast this morning, Silver made no secret of his disdain for the governor's 2010 - 2011 budget proposal and the desire of his conference to restore Paterson's cuts — particularly when it comes to education.

One of the big questions that still remains is whether the state can come up with the cash to restore some of the proposed cuts to education.

The sticking point appear to be (surprise, surprise) education aid, which Paterson wants to cut by $ 1.3 billion and the Assembly Democrats want to restore — at least to some degree.

The spending plan included a long - sought Senate GOP goal of restoring $ 434 million in cuts from the Gap Elimination Adjustment to education spending.

The UFT launched a radio ad calling for the Legislature to restore the governor's education cuts.

Cuomo also panned the Senate GOP's proposal to use the $ 500 million worth of education aid for which he wants districts to compete to restore some of the $ 1.5 billion in funding cuts.

The deal also restores some $ 270 million in $ 1.5 billion worth of education aid cuts proposed by the governor.

The unusually high percentage of school budgets that passed yesterday in spite of dire predictions by everyone from Gov. David Paterson on down has become fodder for the teachers union and its allies in the fight to restore $ 1.4 billion worth of education cuts proposed by the governor.

From education to social services to the environment, Democratic leaders rejected cuts proposed by Malloy and restored millions to the budget.

While the budget allocated $ 146 million to early childhood education and after - school programming, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said city officials had missed a chance to restore cuts from previous years.

A version of this article appears in print on June 27, 2010, on Page A20 of the New York edition with the headline: Legislators Offer Budget That Restores Cuts to Education and Social Services.

In the fight back against the cuts, and to make sure our kids get the education they deserve, the New York State United Teachers and the Alliance for Quality Education have teamed up to urge legislators to restore the needededucation they deserve, the New York State United Teachers and the Alliance for Quality Education have teamed up to urge legislators to restore the neededEducation have teamed up to urge legislators to restore the needed funding.

The Senate Republicans» budget restores $ 280 million worth of education cuts proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, eliminates $ 296 million in unfunded mandates for local governments and spend slightly less overall than the governor ($ 132.5 billion, to $ 132.9 billion)-- all without any new revenue generators (AKA taxes).

Both the Senate and Assembly have proposed restoring some of Cuomo's $ 1.5 billion worth of education aid cuts in their respective one - house budgets.

About 68 percent of the restored education aid would be sent to schools districts north of NYC, Skelos said, explaining: «What we're doing is we are essentially restoring shares to the cuts.

The governor has said he's open to legislative proposals to restore some of his proposed $ 1.5 billion education funding cuts, but only if that doesn't increase overall spending in the budget.

The Republican - led Senate's riposte to Cuomo's proposed budget laid bare some of the biggest points of contention in their education agendas — restoring cuts in school aid and the creation of a tax credit for school donations.

«The governor moved more than anyone could have anticipated,» said Billy Easton of the Alliance for Quality Education, one of the groups pushing to restore school aid and social service funding cut over the last three years of fiscal crisis.

Rep. Jason Rojas, the House chairman of the finance, revenue and bonding committee, said lawmakers are looking to restore cuts in education funding, municipal aid and the popular Medicare Savings Program that has figured in a budget battle between the legislature and Malloy.

The budget also restores about $ 230 million of the $ 1.5 billion in cuts to education spending.

Gibson offered a brief outline of his platform, stating, «I believe our state can rally around four points: growing the economy through meaningful tax cuts and policy changes, achieving excellence in education by returning power to parents, students and teachers, cleaning up corruption and restoring our faith in our ability to be self - governing and protecting our freedoms while improving on the safety and security of all New Yorkers.»

ALBANY — The Republican - led Senate's riposte to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget laid bare some of the biggest points of contention in their education agendas — restoring cuts in school aid and the creation of a tax credit for school donations.

The Assembly, led by Speaker Sheldon Silver, is likely to fight to restore cuts, with the support of labor, health care and education interests.

Education Week «s Nirvi Shah yesterday reported that, «Districts that want to reduce special education spending from one year to the next without restoring what was cut now have the blessing of the U.S. Department of EducatioEducation Week «s Nirvi Shah yesterday reported that, «Districts that want to reduce special education spending from one year to the next without restoring what was cut now have the blessing of the U.S. Department of Educatioeducation spending from one year to the next without restoring what was cut now have the blessing of the U.S. Department of EducationEducation.»

Districts and states could use the money to restore cuts to K - 12 and higher education to cover the cost of compensation and benefits for teachers and other employees.

Mr. Sigoloff, best known for his ability to take failing companies like Wickes Furniture and restore them to profitability, apparently felt that opposition from education interest groups was a signal that it was time to cut his losses.

The Golden State's new Local Control Funding Formula is restoring education money cut during the recent recession.

Wrapping up more than a week of debate on a spending blueprint for fiscal 1986, the Republican leadership also agreed, before a vote could be taken, to restore much of the $ 686 million in higher - education cuts that the Senate leadership and the Administration had earlier agreed upon.

Restoring funds and allocating funding for new investments in public education is needed after years of cuts that squeezed budgets that were hit very hard during the Great Recession.

Alexandria, Va. (Dec. 18, 2013)- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel praised the U.S. Senate for passing the budget plan known as the Bipartisan Budget Act, which seeks to restore many of the cuts to prek - 12 education:

Congress's much anticipated bipartisan spending bill partially restores funding to education programs that was cut in 2013 as part of sequestration, but it doesn't fully return funding to the presequestration levels of FY12.

The total demand for and resulting cost of the Pell Grant program grew exponentially between 2007 and 2011 as a result of more Americans enrolling in college and lower family incomes during the Great Recession.58 In 2011, to compensate for an inadequate reserve to fund the growing demand of Pell Grants, Congress cut year - round Pell Grant eligibility, which was restored this year, and eliminated graduate student subsidized loans.59 This affected the student aid packages of students nationwide.60 By cutting the Pell Grant reserve, President Trump and Secretary DeVos risk the ability to fund future upticks in Pell Grant demand, thereby requiring either future reductions to eligibility, lower awards, or cuts to other education programs.

That's because along with the per - pupil increase and some boosts in aid, the committee's recommendation shifts a hefty chunk of tax dollars to private voucher schools, funding that could have restored public education funding that's been lost to years of cuts.

Langdon, who did not respond to Policy Watch interview requests, also pushed through a budget amendment last week to cut the schools» requested exclusions from the dropout count, but they were restored later in the day by Rep. Rob Bryan, an influential Republican from Mecklenburg County who sits on the House Education Committee.

There has been wide support among education and business advocates for extending and even increasing the sales tax — viewed by many as a crucial step toward restoring hundreds of millions of dollars of education - funding cuts following the 2008 recession.

Although public schools may still feel the repercussions from the 2008 recession, federal data showed a significant upsurge in state and local education spending in the 2014 - 15 school year — an increase that, if it persists, could eventually restore four earlier years of deep budget cuts, according to an analysis by The Hechinger Report.

A majority of recessionary budget cuts to education have been restored.

After adjusting for inflation by counting everything in constant 2015 dollars, this means that three quarters of the education cuts accrued between 2009 and 2013 were restored by 2015.

Finally, the WASB urged Congress to prioritize funding for IDEA (special education) and Title I (assistance to districts and schools serving with low - income children) and restore cuts to federal Impact Aid proposed in the President's recommended budget.

For the 2013 - 14 budget year, a broad coalition of organizations, school stakeholders, education professionals, parents and community members are calling on the state legislature to: — Restore the nearly $ 1 billion in state funding cuts (made in each of the last two years) over a three -LSB-...]

What the Republican legislative leaders did then — and they along with McCrory have chosen to do since — is to cut taxes for the wealthy and big corporations rather than restore — let alone increase — funding for public education.

Redirected time and money devoted to excessive testing could be used, for example, to focus on problem - solving and critical - thinking skills and to restore subjects not tested and / or that have been cut, such as art, music, physical education and foreign languages.

The deal restores 87 percent of sequestration's cuts overall, but it is too soon to say how much of that funding will be directed to education programs.

«States made widespread and deep cuts to education formula funding when the recession hit, and close to half of the states still haven't fully restored the cuts nearly nine years later,» the report says.

While the Senate proposal restores the sequestration cuts and provides additional money for education, the House proposal cuts education funding 22 percent below sequestration levels.

«We've restored less than 20 % of what was cut from early childhood education,» he estimates.

However, New Leaders is extremely concerned by the deep cuts to education funding contained in the bill that recently passed the Committee; we strongly urge Members of the Senate to consider restoring, and even expanding, funding for critical education programs as part of an overall increase in non-defense discretionary spending as the bill moves to the Senate floor.