Sentences with phrase «school facilities funding bill»

For the first time, a public charter school facilities funding bill has passed one chamber of the Texas Legislature, the Senate, and is now in the House.

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The state funding would be available for counties, cities, towns and school districts to replace property taxes paid by electric generating facilities that close on or after June 25, 2015, according to the budget bill.

With respect to the per - pupil facilities aid program (under which the Secretary makes competitive matching grants to states to provide per - pupil financing to charter schools), the bill allows states to: (1) partner with organizations to provide up to 50 % of the state share of funding for the program; and (2) receive more than one program grant, so long as the amount of the grant funds provided to charter schools increases with each successive grant.

The bill supplements charter school facilities funding and adds incentives for virtual (Internet - based) charter schools.

Such bills would cut funding for charters serving elementary - and middle - school grades, or subject charters to onerous state - approval processes for facilities, or eliminate the charter - friendly State University as a chartering entity - or set artificial caps on charter enrollment in areas such as Albany, where parental interest in charters is far higher than the union likes.

The Charter School Facility Grant Program was enacted by Senate Bill (SB) 740 (Chapter 892, Statutes of 2001, Education Code Section 47614.5) in 2001, and provides funding assistance to charter schools for rent and lease expenditures that meet specific eligibility criteria.

This proposal injects a bit of «pay - as - you - go» from district general funds into educational facilities construction — a departure from the bond debt financing that has driven school construction since the enactment of Senate Bill 50, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act ofschool construction since the enactment of Senate Bill 50, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act ofSchool Facilities Act of 1998.

It featured interviews with U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander and Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton on the facilities crisis facing the nation's schools, and how they planned to address the issue of education facilities and funding.

In 1994, a bill was introduced in Congress that would allocate federal funding to help address the nation's school - construction needs and improve the dilapidated condition of K - 12 facilities.

The bill would allow each partnership to look different, but would likely alleviate facilities burdens for charter schools and allow school districts to foster innovation while holding on to the funds that follow students when they leave districts for charters.

A charter school construction bill would change the standards needed to qualify for the facilities funding and make it easier for some charters to expand.

HB 21 is a comprehensive education bill providing for an additional $ 530 million in public school funding, charter school facility funding and an Education Savings Account program for children with special needs.

The Senate approval of the bill comes after charter schools have fought hard for the last few legislative sessions for more facilities funding.

Three bills that failed last year would have increased charter schools» cut of the Permanent School Fund, exempted charter schools that lease from paying property taxes and provided per - student facilities funding.

The bill would also make several changes to the existing School Facility Program by requiring, among other things, that as a condition of receiving funding school districts commit to upkeep of their buildings by developing long - range facilities master plans and that they conduct an inventory of existing facilSchool Facility Program by requiring, among other things, that as a condition of receiving funding school districts commit to upkeep of their buildings by developing long - range facilities master plans and that they conduct an inventory of existing facilschool districts commit to upkeep of their buildings by developing long - range facilities master plans and that they conduct an inventory of existing facilities.