Sentences with phrase «safe school funds»

«The EFCC should ensure full accountability and bring to justice anyone found to be responsible for corruption and diversion of safe school funds.

Civil society organization, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged anti-graft agency, the EFCC to commence investigation into alleged diversion of the N500 million Safe School fund budgeted for the rebuilding of the Government Girls School in Chibok, Borno State.

To fund the plan, the district will use the $ 3.6 million in additional Safe School funding it received from the state.

Not exact matches

VICTORIA — Local MLAs say students in Victoria and Saanich will benefit from safer, more efficient and comfortable schools thanks to over $ 7 million in provincial funding for school upgrades in the Greater Victoria and Saanich School Distschool upgrades in the Greater Victoria and Saanich School DistSchool Districts.

NELSON — Students in the Kootenay Lake School District will benefit from safer, more efficient and comfortable schools thanks to $ 3 million in provincial funding for school upgrade projects, announced Nelson - Creston MLA Michelle MuSchool District will benefit from safer, more efficient and comfortable schools thanks to $ 3 million in provincial funding for school upgrade projects, announced Nelson - Creston MLA Michelle Muschool upgrade projects, announced Nelson - Creston MLA Michelle Mungall.

«This funding will allow us to together rebuild safe, resilient schools in areas most impacted by recent natural disasters to keep children safe, but also to ensure that these communities are not forgotten when the emergency response efforts are complete.

Happy Hearts Fund (HHF), founded in 2006 by Petra Nemcova after she survived the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, rebuilds safe, resilient schools in areas impacted by natural disasters.

Under Hope Starts Here, the company is committing to match up to $ 1.25 million of donations from its valued guests, team members, suppliers and partners in order to substantially help All Hands Volunteers (hands.org), a 501 (c) 3 non-profit relief organization, and Happy Hearts Fund (happyheartsfund.org) deliver early relief response for the Florida Keys, and rebuild safe, resilient schools in the Caribbean islands impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Widely affirmed proposals call for the restructure of low - performing schools, more emphasis on the basics, safer classrooms, more rigorous graduation standards, periodic measurement of progress through some kind of standardized tests, longer days and year - round schooling, decentralization into smaller learning communities and greater freedom for those smaller units, smaller classes, better - qualified teachers and improved salaries, more parental input and more equitable funding.

, and by working to lower the occurrence of unwanted pregnancies in the first place — which means better sexual health education in schools, funding for birth control measures and education about using that birth control, promoting research into methods of safe male birth control, and creating an environment where the women in your life can come to you to discuss safe sexual choices.

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Promotes socially responsible teaching in inclusive, safe, and healthy schools by providing money to assist teachers in developing and implementing violence - prevention, antiracist, multicultural, gender - equity, global, environmental, or peace resources, through the Ed May Social Responsibility Fund.

Funding will support a range of projects, including the construction of pedestrian and bicycle facilities, recreational trails, and safe routes to schools, to community improvements such as historic preservation and projects that reduce congestion and gas emissions.

He is the only one who will raise taxes on the wealthy to fund universal pre-k and after - school programs that keep our kids safe; the only one who supports the full package of reforms to end a stop - and - frisk era defined by racial profiling; and he has the boldest plan to build or preserve nearly 200,000 units of affordable housing.

Since public - school funding is safe for now, the Medicare cuts are likely to be his most unpopular proposal.

Public - school funding is safe so far, according to Paterson, but big cuts in discretionary funding, local government aid, and health care are on the horizon.

KINGSTON >> In the race for the 41st state Senate seat, incumbent Sen. Terry Gipson and challenger Sue Serino, a current Dutchess County legislator, have sparred over issues ranging from the SAFE Act, school funding, and the voting records of each while in office.

«This critical funding helps keep our cultural institutions vibrant, our schools strong, our parks clean and our neighborhoods safe.

The funding also supports «after school programs, where [children] can learn and they can be safe.»

Throughout this year's campaign, Gipson and Serino sparred over issues ranging from the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act, to school funding and the voting records of each while in office.

One of the ways we can make our schools safer and actually do something is to provide additional funding for school resource officers.»

They also pushed for the full restoration of Teacher Center funding and more state aid to allow for the expansion of the UFT's Community Learning School Initiative and the Positive Learning Collaborative, a joint UFT - Department of Education program to create safe and supportive learning environments by providing educators with strategies to respond to challenging student behavior.

But in de Blasio's report released Monday, he reiterated that the new tax revenue would be «dedicated solely to the expansion and enhancement of New York City's pre-kindergarten and after - school programs,» and promised to keep them in a special «lockbox» similar to the way former Mayor David Dinkins used tax funds to pay for the «Safe City, Safe Streets» program in the early 1990s.

What's more, a 2005 federal transportation bill allocated an additional 612 million for a new national Safe Routes to School program, requiring all states to hire a coordinator to administer funds to communities for new bike lanes, pathways, sidewalks, and education and promotion campaigns in elementary and middle schools.

States and school districts may find it tricky to navigate what is required and how money can be spent, which can lead to funds being used in «safe» and «permissible» ways rather than the ways that educators deem most useful.

Regulations and guidance can create a «safe place» for forward - leaning state and local leaders that want to align their federal funds with their own decisions — and dollars — by which to expand school choice.

I - SAFE is a congressionally funded, non-profit organization that provides schools in all 50 states with K - 12 curriculum, as well as assemblies and outreach programs, on Internet safety.

In December, she persuaded all fourteen female senators to join her in urging President Bush to fund after - school programs so that «the fifteen million children who come home after school to an empty house can have the option of high - quality, safe after - school learning activities.»

These bushfire safety upgrades — combined with the newly funded school emergency SMS service and existing school emergency plans like closing on Code Red days and off - site evacuation protocols — mean students in Victoria's high bushfire risk areas are safer at school.

National funding for the Safe Schools Coalition is delivered from the Department of Education, while the Victorian Government has funded the Safe Schools Coalition Victoria.

The politicisation of Safe Schools has now prompted the Australian Christians party to hold a rally against the program, labelling it «taxpayer - funded sexual grooming» (just 20 of its members have publicly committed to attending the rally).

National Poll Finds Parents Want Safe, Welcoming, Well - Funded Neighborhood Public Schools; Overwhelmingly Support Public Schools

The Victorian government has funded Safe Schools Coalition Victoria with a commitment to work with every state secondary school by 2019.

However, the ESSA adds a significant new program under Part A. Part A of Title IV — formerly the Safe and Drug - Free Schools and Communities program under NCLB — had not been funded since 2007, when Congress appropriated $ 270 million.

The fact that the schools are clean, bright, sane, and safe is testament to heroic effort given the relatively low level of funding (some schools received SIG grants).

«Adequately funded, student - centered public schools will provide, in a safe and supportive environment, a comprehensive education for the whole child and will prepare all of America's children for a lifetime of learning in a diverse, democratic society and an interdependent global economy.»

Section 4108 of the Every Student Succeeds Act requires every district that receives funds under Title I, Part A to use a portion of its funds to foster safe and supportive school environments.

Massachusetts also funded a grant program ($ 200,000) to support pilot programs as models for creating safe and supportive schools.

It provides information on planning, designing, funding, building, improving, and maintaining safe, healthy, high performance schools.

This webinar was hosted by Public Profit on February 24, 2017 specifically for the California Community Schools Network, looking toward the upcoming release of the Request for Proposals for the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund: Learning Communities for School Success (Prop 47) grants.

On September 23, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund: Learning Communities for School Success program into law.

If you have any questions about preparing for the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund grant, please contact Deanna Niebuhr at [email protected].

The administration and the House Appropriations Committee also proposed elimination or severe cuts, respectively, to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.45 Currently funded with more than $ 1 billion, this program provides enrichment opportunities in safe environments to more than 1.6 million students per year, 46 70 percent of whom are students of color.47 Much of this funding supports after - school programs, but 21st CCLC also funds before - school and summer programs.48 Research indicates that participation in 21st CCLC is linked to better attitudes toward school, higher rates of school attendance, fewer suspensions, and better performance in school, among other outcomes.49 In addition, many of these programs provide students with snacks or meals.50

Fund Education Now grades legislators on their efforts to provide and fund «a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools that allows students to obtain a high quality education» as outlined in Article IX, section 1 of the Florida ConstitutFund Education Now grades legislators on their efforts to provide and fund «a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools that allows students to obtain a high quality education» as outlined in Article IX, section 1 of the Florida Constitutfund «a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools that allows students to obtain a high quality education» as outlined in Article IX, section 1 of the Florida Constitution.

All students deserve to attend schools in districts whose funding is sufficient, sustained, and equitably distributed to ensure that they are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

Since his election to the House, Representative Zemke has fought for legislation to promote equitable school funding, effective educational services, and safe, high quality school environments conducive to providing an outstanding education for all Michigan students.

Often, additional funds are available through district allotments for staff development or programs for safe schools or drug prevention.

Congress would better serve ALL children by directing funds to make public schools stronger and safer instead of creating a new voucher or tuition tax credit program.

«The DfE has only lately come round to realising that if you don't provide funding to keep schools safe, solvent, structurally sound, legally complaint and educationally improving, you have to take the money to do it from the schools» budgets themselves,» he said.

«Given the parlous state of school and local authority funding, central government needs to make funds available to ensure schools are safe places for our children and their teachers — it should not be a choice between books in the classroom and the safety of the school population.