Sentences with phrase «school budget reductions»

Since FY14, when the pension payment jumped by $ 400 million to a total of over $ 600 million, CPS has turned to a series of one - time fixes to pay for pension costs and prevent significant school budget reductions.

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The Executive Budget proposes School Aid of $ 19.4 billion for the 2011 - 12 school year, a year - to - year reduction of $ 1.5 biSchool Aid of $ 19.4 billion for the 2011 - 12 school year, a year - to - year reduction of $ 1.5 bischool year, a year - to - year reduction of $ 1.5 billion.

Gov. David Paterson proposes a $ 5 billion deficit reduction plan to address this year's budget gap, including a $ 223.2 million cut to New York City schools.

House and Senate Republicans offered two different versions of no - tax - increase budget plans Tuesday that they insist can solve the state's projected two - year, $ 5 billion deficit without savage reductions in state aid to cities and towns and school funding.

There's no reason not to take the Governor's proposed 2.7 % education budget reductions from the administration of schools.

MANHATTAN — Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a plan to slash billions from the state's budget, including a 2 percent cut in Medicaid spending, a $ 1.5 billion reduction in school aid and nearly 10,000 state worker layoffs, according to a plan unveiled Tuesday.

Russell says Cuomo's budget hurts schools, as it presents no increase in foundation aid or reduction in the Gap Elimination Adjustment.

Lawmakers in the next few weeks will consider a proposal to reverse a change to the STAR, or School Tax Reduction, program that was earlier rejected by the Legislature but ended up in the budget anyway.

«While we were recently able to pass an on - time and fiscally responsible budget, our pragmatic approach to closing the budget gap has caused extreme hardship in the form of cuts to schools, health care, energy and environmental programs and a drastic reduction in the state workforce,» Avella said in a statement.

We will fund a significant premium for disadvantaged pupils from outside the schools budget by reductions in spending elsewhere.

The budget also completely wiped away the GAP Elimination Adjustment reductions in school aid.

The governor had presented lawmakers with a $ 3.2 billion budget reduction plan, which legislators had said before the vote that they would not approve because it entailed mid-year cuts to schools.

Alleviating Overcrowding: This budget will start to address space conditions in the city's schools, reducing overcrowding and the use of trailers as classrooms with $ 4.4 billion capital investment in new space, including class size reduction.

The preliminary 2013 - 14 School District budget presented to the community includes a 4.5 % tax increase and a reduction of 56 staff positions.

Here's the six school districts in Onondaga County that lost the most aid in last year's state budget because of GEA reductions.

[50] He does not support a reduction in operational aid for school districts and believes the budget can be balanced without reducing that aid.

The agreement promises to «fund a significant premium for disadvantaged pupils from outside the schools budget by reductions in spending elsewhere».

This disastrous reduction in school aid was instituted as a means to close the budget gap that year.

Since the 1997 enactment of the multibillion - dollar state School Tax Reduction program, New York has seen a pattern of relatively high school - budget approval rates — even in tough School Tax Reduction program, New York has seen a pattern of relatively high school - budget approval rates — even in tough school - budget approval rates — even in tough times.

And according to a September audit by the city comptroller's office, the DOE used more than 25 percent of money targeted to early grades class size reduction to cover its own portion of the budgets for 245 schools, rather than to enhance their budgets, as intended.

The Independent Schools Council of Australia has warned that they will not be in a position to provide adequate support to their disadvantaged students, saying that the budget highlighted a «significant reduction» in money for non-government sSchools Council of Australia has warned that they will not be in a position to provide adequate support to their disadvantaged students, saying that the budget highlighted a «significant reduction» in money for non-government schoolsschools.

Hawaii decided to fix their budget shortfall by eliminating 17 days from this school year in exchange for an 8 percent reduction in teacher salaries.

First, to achieve a targeted budget reduction, school districts need to lay off a greater number of junior teachers than senior teachers (as junior teachers have lower salaries), meaning that a seniority - based layoff policy will cause class sizes to rise more than they would under an alternate arrangement.

If Oregon voters approve the new tax, it is expected to generate $ 387 million over the next two years for the state's financially strapped public schools, which are looking at an 8.4 percent budget cut this fall and further reductions in the future.

«If a school district has to sustain a major [budget] reduction, they have little alternative than to reduce staff,» said Reginald Felton, the director of federal relations for the Alexandria, Va. - based National School Boards Associschool district has to sustain a major [budget] reduction, they have little alternative than to reduce staff,» said Reginald Felton, the director of federal relations for the Alexandria, Va. - based National School Boards AssociSchool Boards Association.

Other key findings include: - Squeezed budgets mean many schools have been forced to shed staff, with further reductions to staff spending expected over the next two years - Teacher shortages seem to be getting worse - Schools that opt for academy status are not embracing the freedoms it brings in terms of curriculum, and teachers» pay and conditions - Secondary governors are using 11 - 16 funding to subsidise their sixth forms, as cuts in post-16 budgeschools have been forced to shed staff, with further reductions to staff spending expected over the next two years - Teacher shortages seem to be getting worse - Schools that opt for academy status are not embracing the freedoms it brings in terms of curriculum, and teachers» pay and conditions - Secondary governors are using 11 - 16 funding to subsidise their sixth forms, as cuts in post-16 budgeSchools that opt for academy status are not embracing the freedoms it brings in terms of curriculum, and teachers» pay and conditions - Secondary governors are using 11 - 16 funding to subsidise their sixth forms, as cuts in post-16 budgets bite

Labour has also promised to reverse the $ 30 billion reduction to school funding over the next decade revealed by the Coalition in its 2014 budget.

The most successful schools are protecting or even expanding their professional development budget, time and leadership even in the face of reductions elsewhere.

With drastic reductions to operative budgets schools have been forced to do more with less.

This can only come from empowering local school communities to design their schools, giving them charter - like budget and staffing flexibility in hiring and staff reductions and then holding them accountable for performance, parent satisfaction and enrollment.

Nevada school superintendents pleaded with state lawmakers Thursday for flexibility from educational mandates to try to meet a 10 percent budget reduction that could mean thousands of teacher layoffs statewide.

As CEL embarks on its next ten years, we are mindful that the persistent achievement gap in the midst of severe school district budget reductions poses enormous challenges for educators.

Although there is a reduction in the school's overall budget, there is actually more money available (per capita) to spend on the students who choose to remain there.

In the past three years state funding for public schools has fallen by $ 690 million, including severe reductions to the textbook budget, professional development, the state's pre-K program and the Governor Morehead School for the blind.

Comparatively, the same 10 percent reduction in funding would only save home school districts, on average, less than 0.2 percent of their budget.»

As introduced, the Senate budget bills show a cut to charter schools through the continuation of Small School Weight reductions for charter networks.

The 2011 - 12 Budget Act also required school districts to assume the same level of per - pupil funding in 2011 - 12 as they received in 2010 - 11, essentially requiring COEs to ignore proposed trigger reductions when reviewing school district budgets, according to the report.

The law, passed as a part of the budget bill last summer, provides little in the way of accountability for private schools while reducing funds for public education at a time when schools are seeing sharp reductions in funding over a years - long period.

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The Local Government Association said councils had been calling for a fairer funding system, but there would be losers and so any changes should be «introduced in a phased way to protect those schools facing a relative reduction in budgets».

A spokesman for budget committee co-chairwoman Sen. Alberta Darling, R - River Hills, said the Joint Finance Committee reduced the increase to $ 639 million because of reductions to funding proposed by Walker for rural school districts and for schools in the Milwaukee School District that meet academic achievement school districts and for schools in the Milwaukee School District that meet academic achievement School District that meet academic achievement goals.

«This will mean a real reduction in the public service portfolio,» he said, adding that it was likely to hit areas with few or no academies hardest as the money would not be replaced via individual school budgets.

Allison's opening paragraph describes the current school environment as follows: «Budget cuts, program closures, pink slips, workforce reductions, school closures, changes in teacher and administrator evaluation processes, and accountability.»

Repurposed federal funds will result in a «reduction in general funding to the schools while having no significant overall impact on school budgets.»

The bill requests an increase in funding to school district between $ 222 - 450 per student, provides $ 30M to be allocated to rural school districts (approximately $ 89,700 for Hanover School District), a permanent buy down of $ 150M on the current $ 850M budget stabilization factor (approximately $ 60,000 for Hanover School District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school distschool district between $ 222 - 450 per student, provides $ 30M to be allocated to rural school districts (approximately $ 89,700 for Hanover School District), a permanent buy down of $ 150M on the current $ 850M budget stabilization factor (approximately $ 60,000 for Hanover School District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school distschool districts (approximately $ 89,700 for Hanover School District), a permanent buy down of $ 150M on the current $ 850M budget stabilization factor (approximately $ 60,000 for Hanover School District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school distSchool District), a permanent buy down of $ 150M on the current $ 850M budget stabilization factor (approximately $ 60,000 for Hanover School District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school distSchool District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school distschool districts.

The hope is that in addition to saving educator jobs, such efforts will address the ballooning class sizes, shortened school days, and reduction of after - school activities that many districts are facing this school year as a result of state budget shortfalls.

In Wake, that may mean an increase in the property tax rate to increase revenue for the county government to pay for these additional teachers, but what is more likely to happen is a reduction in other parts of the school budget for teacher salaries.

In the Duval school district in Florida, for example, moving to a four - day week produced only a 0.7 % savings, yet that resulted in a budget reduction of $ 7 million.

For schools wanting to avoid or minimise staffing reductions which could impact negatively on pupil outcomes, our focus on review of non-pay budgets offers alternative solutions for cost reductions.

The projected increases were offset by tax - rate reductions in the last two state budgets, forcing lawmakers to shift other state money into schools to boost funding.