Sentences with phrase «school district budgets within»

The State School Boards Association reports that 99.8 % of school district budgets within tax cap limits were approved on Tuesday.

The State School Boards Association reports that 99.8 % of school district budgets within tax cap limits

The rebate program was part of the 2014 - 15 state budget agreement that spreads nearly $ 1 billion in relief over the next two years providing that local governments and school districts budget within the state's cap on property - tax increases.

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It's a culinary miracle: Revolution Foods makes school lunches that are junk - free, freshly prepared, and locally made, while staying within public school districts» ultra-tight budgets.

Funding / Budgets + Delivery Models: Each district — and each school within that district — has different needs.

It also comes as school districts and local governments are budgeting within a tax cap with the lowest allowable limit in the levy increase since the measure first took effect in 2012.

Local government and school district officials have been pushing for changes to make it easier to budget within the cap, though that is unlikely to occur this legislative session.

The Empire Center's Ken Girardin: «School budgets were approved at a record - high rate of 99.3 percent, adding to evidence that districts can live within a property tax cap set at either 2 percent or the prior year's average rate of inflation, whichever is less.»

Worked with the Legislature and Governor to approve legislation that continues the appointment of monitors in East Ramapo, provides new oversight authority for the monitors and the Department over the school district's budget, and provides $ 3 million in state funds to restore and expand educational programming for the public schools within the district;

-RRB- would drop the supermajority requirement for school districts to pierce the cap, instead calling for a simple majority — making overrides no more difficult than passing a budget within the cap, and inviting a return to the days when school taxes grew by more than 7 percent per year.

As part of its initial consolidation of pre-kindergarten programs, the Executive Budget would require schools districts to «agree to adopt approved quality indicators within two years.»

In recent weeks, as Nixon began her upstart campaign, Cuomo has been talking about a budget proposal that would require school districts within cities with a population of more than 125,000 people — New York City, Buffalo, Syracuse, Yonkers and Rochester — to submit an annual plan detailing the allocation of local, state and federal funds by school building.

A separate bill introduced by Assemblywoman Jaffee (A227) would drop the supermajority requirement for school districts to pierce the cap, instead calling for a simple majority — making overrides no more difficult than passing a budget within the cap, and inviting a return to the days when school taxes grew by more than 7 percent per year.

I am calling on Governor Cuomo to include language within his 2012 - 2013 State Budget allowing the Babylon United Free School District to be fully reimbursed for a project already approved by the Department of Education and included in a prior State Budget.»

«If you have to live within a budget, like each and every one of us do during these tough fiscal times, why not school districts and local governments.»

And Democrats in the chamber are suggesting that some changes could be made and school aid should be boosted as well to help districts budget within the cap.

Still, the major caveats for all this tax cap is that school districts are yet to calculate their own budgets and determine how to stay within the limit.

The School Board Association's Tim Kremer says a survey of the state's school districts finds that the vast majority are budgeting within the strictures of the tax cap, and as a result, 93 percent expect their budgets to be approved by voters on MSchool Board Association's Tim Kremer says a survey of the state's school districts finds that the vast majority are budgeting within the strictures of the tax cap, and as a result, 93 percent expect their budgets to be approved by voters on Mschool districts finds that the vast majority are budgeting within the strictures of the tax cap, and as a result, 93 percent expect their budgets to be approved by voters on May 21.

Most school districts have managed to adopt budgets within the state's property tax cap and have those spending plans approved by voters, largely without a negative impact on their credit ratings, a report released by Moody's on Friday found.

In the filing, NYSUT argues the rebate program «incentivizes» school districts to submit budgets within the tax cap.

Indeed, the move would likely apply more pressure on — or incentive to, depending on your point of view — local governments and school districts to budget within the property tax cap, which was approved in 2011.

Still, school districts have been able to continue budgeting within the cap without impacting their credit ratings.

Despite the calls for changes, the vast majority of school districts last month approved budgets within the cap, with only 18 districts statewide overriding the limit on levy increases.

Proponents of the cap have pointed to the vast majority of school districts and local governments being able to budget within the cap.

School districts statewide proposed an average tax levy increase of 2.14 percent, with 662 district budgeting within the legal limit for increasing the amount collected in taxes.

A state official said the taxes from any school or municipal district whose proposed budget feel within the state's tax cap would be combined and measured against income.

On May 15th, voters across New York will go to the polls to consider school district budgets and for the first time, schools will be under the constraint of a property tax cap, and school leaders say they've had to make «sacrifices» to live within those limits.

But what this long - overdue budget correction will do is force school districts and the medical community and others to live within their means, without relying on excessive payments from the state for support.

There is a provision within ESSA known as the weighted student funding pilot that allows up to 50 districts to apply for permission to adopt weighted student funding systems or student - based budgeting where dollars do follow the child to whatever school they attend.

The language in the budget proposal says it would be an increase of $ 1 billion in Title I to encourage states and districts to adopt student - based funding systems where money, including state, local and federal funds, follows the child to the school that they attend within the public sector.

Districts and charter schools have begun to embrace Public Impact's vision of an Opportunity Culture, creating pilot schools that use job redesign and age - appropriate technology to extend excellent teachers» reach, directly and by leading other teachers, in fully accountable roles, for more pay — but within budget.

In response to years of falling enrollment and multimillion - dollar budget deficits, the Minneapolis school board has approved a downsizing plan that will close four schools and reduce busing within the district.

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The Harlandale Independent School District, in south - central San Antonio, Texas, has joined the national Opportunity Culture initiative to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to more students, for more pay, within recurring budgets.

We computed real - dollar school budgets, based on actual staff salaries, and found huge within - district variations in per pupil spending.

Fletcher, of UTLA, and other educators don't oppose outright the content within the agreement, which includes teacher - friendly provisions such as a commitment from the district to resolve any budget shortfalls without turning to teacher layoffs, and from school leaders to ensure teachers get the proper resources to fulfill new expectations under the Common Core State Standards.

They are unique in the nation in that they have autonomy over budget, staffing, governance, curriculum and assessment, and the school calendar to provide increased flexibility to organize schools and staffing to best meet students» needs, while operating within the economy of scale of a large urban public school district.

The LA school board is one of the most powerful in the entire country, overseeing a budget of more than $ 7 billion and making decisions that impact 664,000 public school students, including 110,000 who attend charter public schools located within the district.

They were frustrated by more immediate issues: controversial interventions at a handful of schools within Zimmer's Westside district, budget cuts affecting things like school libraries, and the looming possibility of school closures.

Thursday's announcement that the Charlotte - Mecklenburg School District is scaling up its use of Opportunity Culture models that extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to more students, for more pay, within budget, got some attention.

In partnership with the community, this support provides opportunities beyond what is possible within the school district's budget.

Launched in 2011, Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation, or L.I.F.T., is a five - year initiative in nine low - performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.35 The project focuses on innovative strategies to provide students with extended learning time and increased access to technology while supporting community engagement and excellent teaching.36 Project L.I.F.T. worked with Public Impact — a nonprofit organization that works with school districts to create innovative school models — to design hybrid teacher - leader roles that «extend the reach» of high - performing teachers to more students.37 These «multi-classroom leaders» continue to teach while leading teams of teachers and assuming responsibility for the learning of all students taught by their team.38 For this advanced role, teachers earn supplements of up to $ 23,000 annually, funded sustainably by reallocating funds within current budgets.39

The study claimed that funds for oversight action by other departments within the district were not paid for through the oversight fees collected from charter schools, but the district response showed that nearly $ 1.4 million from the Charter Schools Division budget is allocated to the Office of the General Counsel, Data and Accountability, Accounting and Attendance and Enrollment for those departments»schools, but the district response showed that nearly $ 1.4 million from the Charter Schools Division budget is allocated to the Office of the General Counsel, Data and Accountability, Accounting and Attendance and Enrollment for those departments»Schools Division budget is allocated to the Office of the General Counsel, Data and Accountability, Accounting and Attendance and Enrollment for those departments» costs.

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Opponents of the student - based funding approach cite the potential instability introduced into school district and school budgets, arguing that fluctuations within a school year would be difficult to absorb.

«We have chosen to partner with Lea (R) n because it allows school and district leaders to harness the wealth of educator experience and student impact data to identify cost savings within their edtech budgets, freeing up funding to provide teacher training that enhances what is working in classrooms.»