Sentences with phrase «said spending per pupil»

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«One year ago, with the promise of Education Tax Credits on the horizon, thousands of tuition - paying families were left out in the cold — excluded from a state budget that provides the nation's highest level of spending per pupil in public schools,» he said.

Cuomo said with New York's per - pupil spending already so high, gaining information about equity was «the real issue.»

[Cuomo said the latest lawsuit challenging the way New York allocates education dollars is flawed because the state spends more money per pupil — on average — than any other state and doesn't get top results.]

In an email, a spokeswoman for Cuomo said, «The Governor is committed to enacting an aggressive reform agenda to fix New York's broken education system that spends more per pupil that any other state in the nation while condemning over 250,000 students to failing schools over the last decade.»

A spokesman for Governor Cuomo says New York «spends three times as much per pupil in high needs districts than it does on low needs districts, and that funding has only increased over the past four years».

A spokesman for Cuomo says New York «spends three times as much per pupil in high needs districts than it does on low needs districts, and that funding has only increased over the past four years.»

«Governor Cuomo's policies have caused the spending gap between rich and poor school districts to grow 24 percent to a record setting $ 9,923 per pupil,» said Jasmine Gripper, AQE's legislative director, in a statement after the budget passed.

Cuomo during an appearance on «The Brian Lehrer Show» on WNYC public radio said the state spends the most in the country on school funding and twice the national average per pupil.

More to the point, says the Empire Center, «School spending in New York [state] was driven primarily by instructional salaries and benefits — which, at $ 14,769 per pupil, were 114 percent above the national average of $ 6,903, the census data show.»

«If Dayton schools were in great shape, I would say it's less complicated than it is,» he said, noting that the district spends more than $ 14,000 per pupil, while Immaculate spends under $ 5,000.

Also, instructional per - pupil spending has increased in all affected public school districts, contradicting the belief that school choice programs take money away from public school students, the report says.

Almost a fifth (18 per cent) of teachers said they don't know what their school's main priority for pupil premium spending is.

«It will mean that the total schools budget will increase by # 2.6 bn between this year and 2019/20, and per pupil funding will now be maintained in real terms for the remaining two years of the spending review period to 2019/20,» Ms Greening said.

Although the funding per pupil is less than half of what is spent by state schools, results are at least as good, says Aneela Salman, PEF's managing director.

Unfortunately for the plaintiffs, Amendment 23 clearly says the state only has to increase base per pupil spending.

If we assume universal participation and pick a midlevel cost — say, $ 9,000 per child, which is close to where Head Start is today and approximates average per - pupil spending on K — 12 public education — the outlay for four - year - olds would be about $ 36 billion per annum.

The IFS says that, taking those together with pressures «on other costs», it forecasts school spending per pupil will fall by 8 per cent in real terms over the course of this Parliament.

Springfield has not responded and in February, CPS said it was reducing per - pupil spending and that principals would have to adjust their budgets accordingly.

The party said it was protecting per pupil spending in real terms so that teachers have the money they need to deliver great lessons.

Berger said per - pupil spending will also increase but did not give specifics.

It comes as the Institute for Fiscal Studies says despite a Conservative promise to raise school spending with student numbers, the amount spent per pupil is likely to fall by around 8 %, taking into account inflation experienced by schools, by 2020.

Many districts that were spending less per student at that time have been locked in at lower per - pupil spending levels, and leaders of such districts have said this has made it difficult to keep up with other districts that can spend more on teachers and programs.

But the Institute for Fiscal Studies says this will not match rising pressures on school budgets: «No school will see a cash - terms cut in spending per pupil, but most will see a real - terms cut.»

«Taking these together with pressures on other costs, we forecast that school spending per pupil is likely to fall by around 8 % in real terms [based on a school - specific measure of inflation] between 2014 - 15 and 2019 - 20,» the report says.

But Horn says that the state's low per - pupil spending ranking should be considered in the context of rising student enrollment over the last decade.

More recently, NCES says we spend $ 12,401 per pupil, about 35 percent more than the per - pupil average for the industrialized world.

A Utah Policy poll recently showed that 83 percent of Utahns feel it is important to increase per - pupil spending, with 55 percent saying it is «very important» to do so.

The National Audit Office said schools faced an 8 % real - terms reduction in funding per pupil by 2019 - 20 and cost pressures could result in «significant risks» in making the necessary spending cuts.

No clear answer was given about how the «charter management fee» is spent, though 10 % of «per pupil revenue» was said to go to Achievement First with some being used for Principal training.

Per - pupil spending is «the gold standard in school finance,» said Stephen Cornman, of the National Center for Education Statistics, which produced the analysis.

But Conservative education spokesman Paul Davies said: «The gap in spending per pupil between Wales and England is unacceptably high - and getting wider.

Leaders in the Arizona movement say that while the salary raise is important, the group is also seeking increased pay for support professionals, a permanent raise structure, and a freeze on corporate tax cuts until per - pupil spending reaches the national average.

«Compared with suburban Chicagoland, per pupil spending for instruction in most northern, central and southern Illinois districts was less equitable in 2016 than it was in 2001,» he said.

Last Monday in the Connecticut Post, Katie Roy of the Connecticut School Finance Project said when discussing Bridgeport School District's drastically low per - pupil spending, «Policymakers need to hear specific examples about what is happening in the districts.

One suggested reason is a funding gap, with the National Union of Teachers saying # 500 less is spent per pupil in Wales than in England.

However, the think tank says both parties» plans would «still leave spending per pupil on 16 to 18 - year - olds in 2021 - 22 around 14 per cent below its peak in 2011 - 12».