Sentences with phrase «school money follows»

Public - school money follows students when they move to charter schools, but the public schools» costs do not fall by the same amount.

Not exact matches

Should he tell them that he wanted more than anything to follow all his high school friends to Gainesville or Tallahassee or Coral Gables, but he was the first pick in the 1993 draft and the money he stood to make was the salvation of his mother and his two half - siblings, Joe and Suzy?

Sad how with school food programs it always seems to be a matter of following the money.

«There is no school district that has lost money,» Flanagan said following a leaders meeting on June 9th.

money, follow the money: These charter school proponents would love to privatize and monetize everything in sight - including your children's future - as they increasingly suck up your tax dollars and public buildings and public resources for their own ideological and profit - making ends — leaving the public schools starved.

He supports charter schools, school choice within a district, and «money follows the child,» a program in which students who attend magnet or charter schools bring education funding with them instead of sharing it with their old school district.

«We do have more money for our student this year, but this year was an important year to listen to these parents, listen to these families and focus on school safety and that's what we did,» Scott told reporters immediately following Sine Die on Sunday.

Many school leaders have replied that the state follows an unrealistic «Goldilocks» approach — not too hot, not too cold — in trying to fine - tune the amount of money that districts can set aside as a hedge against tax caps.

This follows the # 1.3 billion announced for schools in July which was little more than recycled money from other areas of the education budget

The Conservative plans to let money follow the pupil to the school of their parents» choice and, crucially, to add a pupil premium to the poorest children.

Foley's education plan includes policies such as school choice within a district and «money follows the child» - a program where students who attend magnet or charter schools bring the education funding with them instead of sharing it with their old school district.

Applicants must bring the following documentation to the outreach: 1) Proof of gross income received within the last 30 days for all household members a) Wages: If paid weekly, last four (4) paystubs b) Wages: If paid bi-weekly, last two (2) paystubs c) Award letters, if applicable (Social Security, Pension, Unemployment, Workers Comp, Disability, etc.) d) Yearly statement of interest received (savings, checking, CDs, money market account, etc.) e) Dividend proof (stocks, bonds securities, etc.) 2) Social Security numbers for all household members 3) One (1) form of ID for all household members (birth certificate or Social Security card or driver's license or school ID, etc.) 4) Proof of residency (utility bill, Rent / lease information or mortgage statement) 5) Current heat and / or electric bill.

Under a future Conservative government, the amount of money following your child into school will be protected.

He pointed to less money for upstate school districts and transportation during the brief Democratic takeover of the Senate following the 2009 «coup,» adding a repeat will result in «unacceptable» policies for western and upstate New York.

By the time the funding for the Cornell project dried up, Burdett had three children, the oldest of which was entering high school, and he wasn't interested in following the money any more.

Following humble beginnings at the suburban New Jersey high school they attended, myYearbook partnered with game developer Arkadium to bring Flash based games and a virtual currency, called Lunch Money, to the site.

Christmas» script is by Susan Coyne, the co-creator of Slings And Arrows, and it follows the interpretation of Scrooge as Dickens» alter - ego, his miserliness a caricature of the novelist's preoccupation with money, which began when his opportunistic father, John Dickens (Jonathan Pryce), was sent to debtors» prison, forcing a 12 - year - old Charles to quit school and go to work at a shoe polish factory.

The Dublin - set feature follows 14 year - old Conor (Ferdia Walsh - Peelo) who is looking for a break from his parents» strained relationship and money troubles while trying to adjust at the inner - city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher.

Owing equal debt to Italian neo-realism and more contemporary Iranian cinema, Haifaa Al - Mansour «s feature debut follows the title character, a rebellious 12 - year - old girl who enters a Koran - recitation competition at school in order to win enough money to ride a bike, while her mother (Reem Abdullah) fights to hold on to her husband, whose wealthy mother is encouraging him to get a second wife.

Owing equal debt to Italian neo-realism and more contemporary Iranian cinema, Haifaa Al - Mansour «s feature debut follows the title character, a rebellious 12 - year - old girl who enters a Koran - recitation competition at school in order to win enough money to ride a bike.

Penned by Brad Ingelsby («Out Of The Furnace «-RRB-, and set to be directed by James Marsh («Project Nim,» «Shadow Dancer «-RRB- the story follows a money hungry woman, whose life didn't turn out the way she wanted, who uses a man as a pawn to help land her high school crush in a get - rich - quick scheme.

Then the money follows the child, in a virtual «financial backpack,» to the school of the family's choice.

This would include funding for a pilot private - school voucher program, new money for charter schools, and additional money for Title I that would be directed to follow students to the public school of their choice.

Philadelphia's public schools, which just re-opened Oct. 29 following a 50 - day teacher walkout, could be forced to close earlier than planned at the end of this school year for lack of money, according to Superintendent of Schools Michael P. Mschools, which just re-opened Oct. 29 following a 50 - day teacher walkout, could be forced to close earlier than planned at the end of this school year for lack of money, according to Superintendent of Schools Michael P. MSchools Michael P. Marcase.

This finding is always followed by claims that schools need lots more money to produce real improvement and that the most challenging NCLB requirements are unreasonable and need to be relaxed.

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.

During the summer of 2002, the district mailed a follow - up notice telling parents that the law provided transportation money for any students who wanted to leave those schools.

«The studies that I'm familiar with say that the inner - city parochial schools, which spend much less per child on education, do a better job than the public schools that spend much more,» said Scalia, adding «so I just don't think it follows that... more money [will] solve the difficulty that the people of Cleveland found with their public schools.»

You must follow basic procurement regulations because your school spends public money.

To help that process along, Bennet in 2008 shifted from traditional budgeting to a weighted, student - based budgeting system, under which about 56 percent of operating money follows students to their chosen schools (see sidebar).

Following a spirited debate about federal spending priorities in education, the House education committee approved a bill last week that would authorize new money to help districts improve school facilities, including making them more environmentally friendly.

In her new book, Follow the Money: How Foundation Dollars Change Public School Politics, Sarah Reckhow picks up where I left off.

Let the money in the form of taxpayer dollars follow students to their school of choice.

And third, generous amounts of federal - and state - money have followed students to the schools of their choice.

• Why not let all Title I money follow children to the schools of their choice?

He is also the author or editor of numerous other publications including the following: School Choice International: Exploring public private partnerships (co-editor with Rajashri Chakrabarti) School Money Trials: The Legal Pursuit of Educational Adequacy (co-editor with Martin R. West) Reforming Education in Florida: A Study Prepared by the Koret Task Force on K - 12 Education (editor) The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools (with William G. Howell) Generational Change: Closing the Test Score Gap (editor) No Child Left Behind?

And unfortunately, although each state tackles the allocation of federal and local funding differently, more often than not, money follows schools that are already successful.

A Birmingham school has found its X-factor following an annual talent show to raise money for charity.

See, e.g., Coleman, The Struggle for Control of Education, in Education and Social Policy: Local Control of Education 64, 77 - 79 (C. Bowers, I. Housego & D. Dyke eds.1970); J. Conant, The Child, The Parent, and The State 27 (1959)(«Unless a local community, through its school board, has some control over the purse, there can be little real feeling in the community that the schools are in fact, local schools...»); Howe, Anatomy of a Revolution, in Saturday Review 84, 88 (Nov. 20, 1971)(«It is an axiom of American politics that control and power follow money...»); R. Hutchinson, State - Administered Locally Shared Taxes 21 (1931)-LRB-» [S] tate administration of taxation is the first step toward state control of the functions supported by these taxes...»).

The best and quickest path to unleash innovation is to follow a consumer model of organization theory, and ensure that money follows the consumer to the product they want — their school of choice.

It's highly unlikely that he could get Congress to go along with such an idea, however, since even some Republicans have opposed broad proposals to let the money follow students, particularly to private schools.

The release quotes CER leader Jeanne Allen saying, «the real fight» is not whether teachers are paid well enough and schools are adequately funded but how to «ensure money follows students and doesn't continue to get wasted on a bloated bureaucracy and top - heavy school districts that have grown dramatically faster than enrollment.»

Title I portability would allow money to follow the student rather than being a payment to a school.

Charter school advocates have for several years sought the statewide mandate, arguing that they should be funded equitably with traditional public schools and that capital money should follow the child, not be dictated by the needs of a school.

Here's the best - kept secret: If schools join the Collaborative and follow our advice on Medicaid reimbursement, that recovered money easily pays for their membership.

When money follows students, whether at a charter school, a traditional neighborhood school, a private school, or even for homeschooling cooperatives or courses at a community college, all parties are more accountable.

The company plans to make money by charging parents a small fee to follow their kids» progress, and by selling extra services to schools.

With the governor squarely in charge of education, states would wield most of the authority and provide most of the money, but those dollars would follow kids to the schools of their choice, which would largely run themselves, selecting their staffs, managing their budgets, etc..

In his third annual State of the State Address, Gov. Michael Rounds complained of «confusion» that has followed two $ 7.3 million grants that, at his behest, the legislature distributed to schools for the 2004 - 05 and 2005 - 06 school years — one - time money that will not be available for next year.

The schools receive less money than traditional schools but do not have to follow most state regulations and are able to explore a variety of approaches to learning.