Sentences with phrase «school voter education»

Students throughout the state are showing more interest in «high school voter education weeks» than ever before.

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With every election cycle, the number of voters who grew up and went to school before there were national standards for public science education is decreasing.

Voters in Mt. Prospect - based River Trails Elementary District 26 approved a 50 - cent increase in the education fund rate, to $ 2.60 per $ 100, while their counterparts in Huntley Consolidated School District 158 agreed the district should sell $ 18 million in bonds to fund the construction of two new schools.

Streamlined sales pitches, voter confidence in the economy and the possibility of getting extra state money for voter - approved school construction projects all played a part, said Joe Kaczanowski, deputy superintendent in the Suburban Cook County Regional Office of Education.

The report released by the association comes as voters in school districts across the state are set to consider education budgets this month.

At 8:30 a.m., the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund hosts the third installment of their Getting New York City to 80 × 50 Policy Forum Series, with panels focusing on the waste sector, New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, 295 Lafayette St., second floor, Manhattan.

Also at 8:30 a.m., the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund hosts the final installment of its Getting NYC to 80 × 50 policy forum series, New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, second floor, 295 Lafayette St., Manhattan.

This summer, as you'll recall, the state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia removed Paladino from his seat for violating executive session rules, even though voters had twice elected the former Republican gubernatorial candidate to the school board despite his many controversial public statements.

Our areas of work have included health care, education, after - school programs, voter participation, economic development and consumer issues.

Although DeFrancisco is hurt by widespread GOP support of Marc Malorino — his chief rival in the May nominating convention — voters should consider DeFrancisco's vow to cut taxes, his previous positions on the Syracuse City School District Board of Education and city council and his 40 - year undefeated record in political races.

«It is clear that voters want quality public schools, and state can and should reverse what would be devastating cuts to education.»

Aside from lowering the voting age by a year, the bill would also require all pupils in the ninth grade or higher to receive at least eight full class periods of civics education and mandate that every New York high school provide each student with a voter registration form the year they turn 17.

Griswold will start the school year without an education budget in place, as voters rejected the fourth Board of Education budget proposal at a July 22 referendum by a 981-102education budget in place, as voters rejected the fourth Board of Education budget proposal at a July 22 referendum by a 981-102Education budget proposal at a July 22 referendum by a 981-1022 margin.

«Voters showed they value public education, support their local schools and recognize that teachers and other employees have, too, sacrificed in order to preserve programs and jobs.

«The high level of voter support for school budgets speaks to the importance of public education.

Last year, 4,197 voters cast their ballots in our school district budget vote and board of education elections.

According to a 2006 study by the Local Government Education Committee, a municipal training organization, roughly 14 percent of voters statewide participated in school elections in May of 2006.

State Senator James Seward recently welcomed Homer High School senior Emma Murphy, Dryden High School junior Laurel Deacon, and Cortland High School freshman Abigail Bowker to Albany for the 17th annual Students Inside Albany conference sponsored by the League of Women Voters of New York State Education Foundation.

Bus purchase approved, Jaquith and Zhao elected to the Board of Education Niskayuna Central School District voters on Tuesday, May 16, approved the 2017 - 18 school budget, with 1,713 casting votes in favor of the $ 81.4 million spending plan and 475 opSchool District voters on Tuesday, May 16, approved the 2017 - 18 school budget, with 1,713 casting votes in favor of the $ 81.4 million spending plan and 475 opschool budget, with 1,713 casting votes in favor of the $ 81.4 million spending plan and 475 opposed.

More than 60 percent of voters polled said the schools chancellor needs education experience, not management experience.

Voters re-elected three incumbents, Leisa Boise, Amelia Goerlitz and Ron Marino, Plattsburgh City School Board of Education to another term.

Highland voters on May 15 will be asked to approve three candidates on the ballot running to fill three open seats on the Highland Central School District Board of Education.

ALBANY — Pro-charter school education reformers and the real estate industry emerged as the big winners Tuesday night when New York voters elected a majority of Republicans to the State Senate, leaving teachers» unions and tenants» rights advocates worried about what the next two years will bring.

WARRENSBURG — Within several years, students of the Warrensburg Central School District will have safer and more accommodating buildings in which they acquire an education, following Tuesday's approval by district voters of an $ 11 million capital project.

The Buffalo School Board majority has been knocked out by voters in Tuesday night's election, with brand new members ready to take on education.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Two recent New Rochelle school board candidates have violated Regulations of the New York State Education Commissioner in a voter fraud Appeal to the Commissioner filed by a former school board candidate.

Those who voted in a school were more likely than other voters to favor raising the sales tax to fund education.

The initiative that benefited from voters casting their ballots in schools was Proposition 301, which proposed a new sales tax to be spent on education.

This week our Noggins returned in force to a stunningly renovated Franklin High, after two years of voter - approved seismic upgrades beautifully revitalized yet another Portland Public School... The message sent to students, teachers, staff and visitors is clear in school improvements — that education is a priority for this commSchool... The message sent to students, teachers, staff and visitors is clear in school improvements — that education is a priority for this commschool improvements — that education is a priority for this community.

A Northern Kentucky circuit - court judge has voided a utility - tax increase imposed by the Campbell County school board, ruling that the state's 1990 education - reform law requires voter approval of such increases.

Blogger Suzie Boss advocates for boosting civic education in our schools to better prepare the next generation of voters.

In the absence of a sizable, well - organized and mobilized block of voters, the path of least resistance for most mayors is to focus on things that are within their control (like a school district), rather than on things are not (like independent education entrepreneurs).

For starters, an elected school board is an important stakeholder in education, and the group most accountable to local voters.

And in a number of other states, voters approved education - related ballot items, suggesting a high level of local support for public schools.

Advocates on both sides of California's ballot initiative to curtail bilingual education in public schools went before the state school board this month, several months before the voters will decide the issue.

Polls indicating that voters have not warmed to the idea of giving state education money to children who attend private schools led officials at the leading school - choice advocacy group to announce the decision last month.

In Michigan, where legislative action on school reform has been put on hold until questions of funding equity have been settled, voters will face two ballot referenda — each with a different sales - tax equation — that could add new funds to the education coffers.

We asked Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty to share thoughts and reactions to the election, during which Republicans maintained control of the House and Senate and — in an important local contest — a ballot question to expand the cap on charter schools was rejected by voters.

Yesterday, Colorado's voters resoundingly rejected Amendment 66, which had promised to vastly increase funding for Colorado schools and create a world - class system of education.

Two years after voters rejected a statewide school - construction ballot initiative for the first time, Californians will decide next week whether the state can sell $ 3 billion in bonds for construction and repair of the education infrastructure.

And even though few voters outside education circles know who they are or what they do, the state schools chiefs have increasingly important roles as new federal mandates take hold.

The Green Brook Township (N.J.) Board of Education last week formally halted discussions with a for - profit school - management firm after voters turned out several school - board members who had held discussions with the company.

California's public schools received a record - high 12.5 percent funding increase in the first state budget passed since voters approved Proposition 98, a constitutional amendment that governs education spending.

In a Show - Me Institute poll released in May 2007, 67 percent of Missouri voters and 77 percent of African Americans said they favored a law that would «give individuals and businesses a credit on either their property or state income taxes for contributions they make to education scholarships that help parents send their children to a school of their choice, including public, private, and religious schools.»

The Australian Education Union has placed the ads in major papers across the country, claiming voters have a «stark and important» choice to make this election about the future of schools.

The education union has launched an advertising blitz warning voters not to trust Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's «sham» promise to match Labor when it comes to schools funding.

But last week, the Arizona senator sought to offer voters a more complete picture of his views on schools, outlining an agenda of higher pay for «master teachers,» school vouchers, and fewer «strings» attached to federal dollars designated for K - 12 education.

Certainly, the interests of teachers in ensuring adequate educational investment are far stronger than they are for most voters, who don't have children in the school system and may be more concerned about holding down taxes than investing in the education of other people's kids.

Several California school districts have pledged to protect the status of their undocumented students, and voters overwhelmingly voted in November to end nearly 20 - year - old restrictions on bilingual education...

With K — 12 education policy barely registering as an issue at the presidential level this election cycle, Question 2 has given Massachusetts voters a unique chance to weigh in on the future of school choice in their state.