Sentences with phrase «schools at no cost to the taxpayers»

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One district might have a gleaming, well - equipped central food preparation facility like Houston's (at the cost of $ 51 million to taxpayers) and another might have school «kitchens» that look a lot more like a janitor's closet.

One district might have a gleaming, well - equipped central food preparation facility like Houston's (at the cost of $ 51 million to taxpayers) and another might have school «kitchens» that -LSB-...]

They believe CEP unfairly subsidizes the meals of kids who could afford to pay full price, at enormous cost to taxpayers, and have advocated for a 60 - percent threshold to determine a school or district's eligibility.

«It's not sustainable, and what they do is they keep pushing the cost down to the local taxpayer, saying, «We cut at the state level», which is true, but somehow it has to get funded, which really pits the taxpayer against the school district,» Brown said.

The burden of paying for education has shifted increasingly from state to local property taxpayers, creating funding problems for the schools and an unfair distribution of the cost of education, according to state Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, speaking at a budget forum she held at the senior center Sunday, March 23.

The free school programme has delivered new schools faster than any other school building programme and, according to the National Audit Office, at significantly less cost to the taxpayer than previous initiatives.

The main point is to make it possible to run the kinds of schools that kids deserve to attend at a cost the taxpayer can afford to pay — and to bring the profession of school - teaching into the twenty - first century.

While some charter schools use related - party transactions to achieve cost savings in the best interest of their students, in most cases they are used to produce questionable salaries and profits for the charter holders, at the expense of students and taxpayers.»

According to a Solanco School District Press release, «Solanco's SVA does not infringe upon [cyber charter school choice], but rather offers an additional choice which provides a proven and solid academic curriculum, at a much lower cost to the taxpayer.&School District Press release, «Solanco's SVA does not infringe upon [cyber charter school choice], but rather offers an additional choice which provides a proven and solid academic curriculum, at a much lower cost to the taxpayer.&school choice], but rather offers an additional choice which provides a proven and solid academic curriculum, at a much lower cost to the taxpayer.»

Summary: A new study looking at the costs associated with suspending students in California finds that taxpayers are on the hook for billions of dollars each year due to the impact of suspensions, which can lower the high school graduation rate.

Moreover, the charter schools achieved better results at lower cost to taxpayers.

A major study earlier this year by the state Legislative Analyst's office found that the autonomy and smaller size of charter schools bring more innovation and individual attention to students, and greater academic success at a lower cost to taxpayers than traditional public schools.

-- so that a large percentage of families who have «won» the Norwich Free Academy bonanza are those who sit on appointed or elected boards, or who work in the Town Hall... it's unclear who got this year's bonus special dispensation... But one family seems to believe that all of their children will get the NFA benefit — at a cost of over $ 100K of local taxpayer dollars (with increased segregation and isolation in the impoverished Windham schools).

Wake County school leaders said Thursday that the state's decision to eliminate funding for driver's education could put students at risk and lead to higher costs for families and taxpayers.

This teacher turnover comes at considerable costs to taxpayers, districts, schools, and students.

For example, if the average cost of a voucher is $ 5,000 and the average student variable cost is $ 7,000, then at least 71 percent of voucher users will need to come from public schools for the program to not cost taxpayers anything.

Meanwhile, about 1 in 5 students never graduates from high school; 2 out of 3 who do graduate are not ready for college; among those who go to college, 1 in 4 needs to retake high school classes at their own expense; and 40 percent of college students do not finish within six years, costing parents, students and taxpayers billions.

According to John Musso of the Association of School Business Officials International, advance refund bonds «are a cost - effective way for districts to refinance high - interest debt at lower - interest rates, potentially saving hundreds of thousands of taxpayers» dollars in lower debt payments.

And it does so at about a quarter the cost to taxpayers of DC's public schools.

Critics also say some states» programs lack transparency, and include loopholes that can allow families and private schools to game the system, at a cost to taxpayers.

One of the ways that we help students and families achieve their financial dream is by underwriting the financial education program, Financial Cents, and offering it at no cost to students, schools or taxpayers.

Summary: A new study looking at the costs associated with suspending students in California finds that taxpayers are on the hook for billions of dollars each year due to the impact of suspensions, which can lower the high school graduation rate.