Sentences with phrase «revenues for all public schools»

DENVER, Nov 5 (Reuters)- Supporters said on Tuesday that a Colorado measure to levy taxes on newly legalized sales of recreational marijuana and earmark the first $ 40 million in revenue for public schools had been approved by voters.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined a coalition of labor, business and political groups urging New Yorkers to vote yes on Election Day on Proposition 1, a referendum on a casino plan that would bring to the state new jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue for public schools.

It will provide much needed revenues for all public schools including charter schools.

Boston and Philadelphia are looking at PILOT programs to raise new revenue for public schools.

Idaho officials have decided to continue buying timberland and farmland to generate revenue for public schools following a financial consultant's review of the state's reinvestment plan.

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They're a big source of revenue for infrastructure, public safety and public schools.

Heastie said the higher taxes on millionaires would generate sufficient revenue for the state to increase funding for schools, the aging, infrastructure and other public priorities.

With $ 30 billion more in state revenue, we could restore full funding for public schools and colleges, pay for the state mandates on local governments through increased revenue sharing, cut regressive local property and sales taxes, and build the infrastructure and services of the Green New Deal.

Buffalo Public Schools are looking at a budget for next year with a lot more spending than revenue.

Consistent with his party's platform, Hawkins opposes fracking, favors heavier taxes on the rich, criticizes high - stakes public school testing and calls for a return to state revenue - sharing to relieve property taxes.

The budget also extends the millionaire's tax that was due to expire at the end of this year, preserving billions of dollars in annual revenue for schools and other vital public services.

The budget also extends for two years the so - called millionaire's tax, preserving up to $ 4.5 billion in annual revenue, and keeps in place a cap limiting the number of charter schools, both positive outcomes for city public schools.

«For too long, corporations have exploited loopholes to avoid paying their fair share of taxes, and the result has been less revenue to support stronger public schools and colleges for all New York students,» said NYSUT Executive President Andrew PallotFor too long, corporations have exploited loopholes to avoid paying their fair share of taxes, and the result has been less revenue to support stronger public schools and colleges for all New York students,» said NYSUT Executive President Andrew Pallotfor all New York students,» said NYSUT Executive President Andrew Pallotta.

With a potential $ 3.5 billion budget deficit looming for New York, Mulgrew emphasized the need to generate new revenue to ensure the state can meet its obligations to public school students.

The way to cut property taxes is for the state to pay for its unfunded mandates, restore previous levels of state revenue sharing with local governments, and fully fund public schools.

In his first budget address to the legislature, Murphy said he would use the extra revenue to ramp up state aid for school districts, increase funding for the beleaguered NJ Transit and a make a larger payment into the cash - strapped public worker pension system.

They have no taxing power, no access to state capital budgets, and, ordinarily, no bonding authority — they are shut off from the prevailing public sources of revenue for school construction.

What's more, critics say, single - sex schools such as the 49ers Academy and the Philadelphia High School for Girls might owe their success to any number of factors: smaller class sizes, specialized teachers, and a higher public profile, which often brings extra revenue.

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.

Yet the United States already bears costs from our broken education system, including higher crime rates, additional expenses for health - care and public - assistance programs, and lost tax revenue as well as the untold costs of telling generations of children in chronically under - resourced, low - performing schools: «You don't matter!»

The measure calls for a commission consisting of the governor, state superintendent, and legislative leaders to devise means of generating an additional $ 1 billion in state revenue to increase the state's share of public school funding from about 40 percent to roughly 65 percent.

Public revenue for charter schools is typically 10 to 20 percent below per - pupil funding levels at neighboring district - run schools.

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.

It also offers something for schools and teachers: a new revenue opportunity for schools and additional income for public - school teachers.

For example, in that same year, each public - school student in a traditional school in the Cherry Creek School District received $ 1,074 more of the district's MLO revenue than a charter - school studenschool student in a traditional school in the Cherry Creek School District received $ 1,074 more of the district's MLO revenue than a charter - school studenschool in the Cherry Creek School District received $ 1,074 more of the district's MLO revenue than a charter - school studenSchool District received $ 1,074 more of the district's MLO revenue than a charter - school studenschool student did.

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

Jen Walmer, state director of Democrats for Education Reform, explained, «Our focus was always on ensuring that all kids enrolled in public schools — including charter schools — had equal access to local revenues.

For example, in all three states, the programs are means - tested, and in all three cases the scholarship amounts are slightly less than half of the per - pupil revenue received by traditional public schools in these states.

A decision by the East Lansing Public Schools to recruit additional students, for example, may mean fewer students and less revenue for nearby public, private, or charter scPublic Schools to recruit additional students, for example, may mean fewer students and less revenue for nearby public, private, or charter sSchools to recruit additional students, for example, may mean fewer students and less revenue for nearby public, private, or charter scpublic, private, or charter schoolsschools.

Sarah Wollaston, a former GP who chairs the health select committee, called for the remaining revenue from the levy that is not spent in schools to be ring - fenced for children's public health programmes, rather than funding the expansion of academies as part of the Department for Education's general budget.

Source data: Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2011 - 12, NCES)

Mr. Nida has been very active in the charter school movement in Washington, DC, serving as a board member and treasurer of the Arts and Technology Academy Public Charter School, for which he helped obtain DC Revenue Bond, tax - exempt finaschool movement in Washington, DC, serving as a board member and treasurer of the Arts and Technology Academy Public Charter School, for which he helped obtain DC Revenue Bond, tax - exempt finaSchool, for which he helped obtain DC Revenue Bond, tax - exempt financing.

Throughout Washington, D.C., and around the country, parents are raising hundreds of thousands — even millions — of dollars to provide additional programs, services, and staff to some of their districts» least needy schools.7 They are investing more money than ever before: A recent study showed that, nationally, PTAs» revenues have almost tripled since the mid-1990s, reaching over $ 425 million in 2010.8 PTAs provide a small but growing slice of the funding for the nation's public education system.

Some of this revenue comes from fee - for - service after - school programs.34 * Meanwhile, in the district's highest - poverty schools — mostly located in Southeast Washington — schools had to pay for some of these same programs with public dollars, leaving less funding for other resources, staffing, or education or enrichment activities.

In general, unless otherwise exempt, the following three criteria must be met in order for non-classroom based charters to be guaranteed full funding levels: (1) at least 80 percent of total revenues must be spent on instruction or classroom support, (2) at least 50 percent of public revenues must be spent on certificated staff salaries and benefits, and (3) the pupil - teacher ratio must be equal to or lower than the pupil - teacher ratio in the largest unified school district in the county or counties in which the school operates or the school must maintain a minimum of 25:1 ratio.

The Education Practices Commission may suspend the educator certificate of any person as defined in s. 1012.01 (2) or (3) for up to 5 years, thereby denying that person the right to teach or otherwise be employed by a district school board or public school in any capacity requiring direct contact with students for that period of time, after which the holder may return to teaching as provided in subsection (4); may revoke the educator certificate of any person, thereby denying that person the right to teach or otherwise be employed by a district school board or public school in any capacity requiring direct contact with students for up to 10 years, with reinstatement subject to the provisions of subsection (4); may revoke permanently the educator certificate of any person thereby denying that person the right to teach or otherwise be employed by a district school board or public school in any capacity requiring direct contact with students; may suspend the educator certificate, upon an order of the court or notice by the Department of Revenue relating to the payment of child support; or may impose any other penalty provided by law, if the person:

«The notion of «over-appropriation» for public education at a time when state revenues are still increasing defies the spirit of the Proposition 98 law, and is a step away from where we need to be, not toward it,» school boards association President Susan Henry said in a statement.

Revenue limits should be appropriate to address the increasing resources required for higher needs populations, rural schools, and cost of operating a high quality public school.

Supporters of the legislation say the bill is also important because it may protect charter school employees from losing retirement benefits if the Internal Revenue Service someday rules that charters are not public entities and therefore not eligible for public services, such as the California State Retirement System.

According to s. 1002.332, F.S., a high - performing charter school system is a municipality, other public entity, private non-profit corporation with tax - exempt status under s. 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a private for - profit education management corporation that meets each of the following criteria:

But as North Carolina faces a year in which some predict tax cuts will lead to inadequate state revenues that leave lawmakers with little choice but to rob Peter to pay Paul, what can we expect for our public schools?

The tiny district's finances were further strained when a 2012 tax abatement for the mill resulted in a significant loss in revenue, delivering a blow to local services, including public schools.

The second thing that might be even more interesting: When revenues were growing in public schools, they had a preference for non-teaching staff, but when revenues were falling, they actually laid off teachers more than they laid off administrators and all other staff.

Together with revenue from a possible settlement of the Prop 301 lawsuit, there is potential for a real influx of much - needed funding for Arizona public schools, both charter and district.

Direct aid to public education — Funding appropriated for the operation of public schools, including funding for school employee benefits, Standards of Quality, incentive - based programs, allotment of sales tax and lottery revenues, and specific appropriations for programs such as Governor's Schools and adult literacy initischools, including funding for school employee benefits, Standards of Quality, incentive - based programs, allotment of sales tax and lottery revenues, and specific appropriations for programs such as Governor's Schools and adult literacy initiSchools and adult literacy initiatives.

School groups, led by the California School Boards Association and the Association of California School Administrators, argued in a suit filed in September that the 2011 - 12 budget agreement improperly reduced funding for K - 12 public education by excluding revenues from the general fund without adjusting the Proposition 98 minimum funding calculation.

Leaders in both camps have been debating charter funding in North Carolina for years, particularly since a 2010 amendment by Democrats in the legislature denied charters access to certain funding sources, such as sales tax revenues, gifts and grants traditionally bound for public school coffers.

Prior to the adoption of TABOR, the general assembly controlled property tax rates and property tax revenues available to school districts and, thereby, the level of state funding for public education.

The governor is still expressing confidence that his school funding plan will clear the Legislature, increasing per pupil funding for public schools — but outside of the revenue caps and less than what voucher students will receive.

«However, each current voucher student who returns to a public school increases the local district's necessary education expenditures without increasing the local tax revenue for schools, obligating the state to provide increased funding to the district.»