Sentences with phrase «says ballot measures»

Fairbanks said the ballot measure would only cover «12 percent of Californians, who are in certain health - care programs.»

The teachers» union said the ballot measure's primary aim was to reduce education funding.

Deasy said the ballot measure would help the district avoid additional budget cuts that could include shortening the school year.

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Thomas says educators should focus on a campaign for a November ballot measure that would raise education funding from an income tax increase on wealthy residents.

Jackson and other religious leaders challenged the city on the measure saying the matter should be put to District voters in a ballot initiative.

For at least two of these Californians (one says she is a distant relative of Mitt Romney's), the day church leaders called on Mormons to support Proposition 8 — a 2008 ballot measure to prevent same - sex marriages — was the last time they sat in the pews.

Advocates of the ballot measure in Crystal Lake say that kind of intervention is crucial to preserving the city's past — and improving its future.

The league passed the rule in early 2016 through a ballot measure that secured 95 % of votes from UIL - member school superintendents, the league said in a statement.

While New Trier and the park district have yet to make a final decision of whether or not to place the referendum requests on the November ballot, officials from both organizations said they are talking to each other and understand the potential challenges of asking voters to support two measures in one election.

Park District Executive Director Barbara Heller said Friday that some board members were still considering placing an advisory referendum measure on the April 17 ballot and may reconsider the issue at a future meeting when all board members are present for a vote.

If local voters approve a ballot measure to move forward with a city - county merger, Walsh said he imagines a two - or three - year process during which local elected officials would negotiate the details.

By Joe Mahoney, CNHI News Service ALBANY — New York voters have anemic attendance at the ballot box, and advocates for measures designed to boost turnout say squabbling lawmakers are partly to blame.

Buchwald said while he would like the ballot measure to apply to alleged crimes committed in the past, federal laws prevent that.

Regardless of where they stand on the ballot measure, she said, if it passes good government groups will be on the front lines pushing for a process that is as fair, transparent, and as democratic as possible.

DeFrancisco said he believes it would be more practical for the state legislature to offer propositions for constitutional changes, which voters could decide on individually as separate ballot measures.

Pelosi said her organization is considering a ballot measure to address reforms, transparency and victims» protection.

Mrs. Osei said the Commission has also put in place measures to prevent a high incidence of rejected ballots.

Donaldson and Parete's lawsuit targets the language of the ballot measure, which they say is misleading and clearly intended to sway voters towards a «yes» vote.

Cuomo had initially said he might wait until 2014 to put the measure on the ballot, when statewide races will generate bigger turnout upstate.

Paterson also says people should see opportunity in defeats like the ballot measure in Maine: «I think there's this feeling that if legislation fails that it's this colossal loss for the cause.

If the Legislature doesn't approve the measure, Fried said he will personally lead an effort as county executive to gather petitions from Rocklanders to bypass the legislature and get this item on the ballot so that the people could decide.

Oswego attorney Kevin Caraccioli, who got the tax measure put on the ballot earlier this summer, says voters should have some input when it comes to how their money is spent.

The ballot also discovered that: 96 per cent of respondents lacked confidence in proposed Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) measures to reduce workload in the 2016 - 17 session; 94 per cent of respondents said they lacked confidence in the SQA's plans to reduce workload; and the Tackling Bureaucracy Report, a Scottish government initiative from March 2015, had failed to reduce teachers» workload in 96 per cent of schools.

Proponents of ballot measures that would make English the official language of Arizona, Colorado, and Florida say they are confident of victory, but critics are hopeful that a recent controversy involving leaders of the movement will damage the campaign's credibility.

Despite some victories this year — passage of a state ballot measure for more school funding and a revamped L.A. school board that the union perceives as more «teacher - friendly» — many instructors said they felt beaten down by large classes, staff cutbacks, rising teacher dismissals and public disrespect.

Among a few Democrats in the Legislature who agree with the need to try charter schools is state Rep. Eric Pettigrew of Seattle, who has said this year's emerging ballot measure «will finally bring Washington into the 21st century in terms of educational opportunities for public school students.»

A majority of likely voters say they support the governor's tax measure headed for the fall ballot, but most also said they favor two major proposals in his budget - giving local school officials more say over spending and restructuring state school funding to favor disadvantaged students.

Deasy said district officials, administrators and teachers should demonstrate unity to the public in requesting the federal dollars at a time when California voters are being asked to support a tax - hike measure, Proposition 30, on the November ballot.

Among registered voters, 63 percent say preschool attendance is very important, nearly identical to the response in May 2006 (60 %)-- just before voters rejected a June ballot measure that would have taxed upper - income residents to fund universal voluntary preschool.

A controversial reform measure headed for the 2016 ballot could cut public pension costs by giving taxpayers a say on retirement plans — but it could upend collective bargaining in the process, according to several analyses.

Among the long list of accomplishments that includes participation in nearly every major education policy decision since the mid-1980s - O'Connell said he is most proud of his role in getting voters to approve a ballot measure that reduced the threshold for passing school bonds to 55 percent.

Torlakson said voters approved two - thirds of the school construction bonds on June ballots and he believes they will also support local bond measures in November, along with a statewide bond measure in 2014.

The group says it hopes to get a measure on the 2018 ballot that would allow Albion residents to vote on re-establishing its own district.

State Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry, who opposed the measure, said legislators will likely sit down with both sides of the ballot fight to discuss how to move forward.

«You can't win a ballot measure with numbers like that,» Small says, «even if you have a massive bank account.»